EACH week the Evening Times puts the spotlight on one of the dozens of new businesses determined to succeed.
They are the future for Glasgow and the west of Scotland's economy and are working hard to achieve success in the face of the UK's economic hardship.
Many new businesses are struggling to take off because of the economic downturn and this column offers advice for potential start-ups.
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ROCKER Bruce Springsteen showed 45,000 fans at Hampden Park that he's still The Boss.
SCOTLAND'S biggest music festival celebrates its 20th edition this year – and has launched its own tartan to mark the occasion.
BRITISH actor Jason Statham hopes his latest film Hummingbird will show a more emotional side to his acting even though the thriller is packed with violence.
SINGER Justin Bieber struck a photographer with his Ferrari while leaving a Los Angeles comedy club, but the accident was not a hit-and-run, police said.
WHEN fashion designer Joanne McGillivray's dress hit high street store Marks and Spencer earlier this month she had no idea it would be so successful.
WITH Glasgow about to mark the 50 anniversary of work beginning on the construction of the Clyde Tunnel today we look back to 1969 when the subterranean link was almost ready to open.
WHEN I go to bed my legs jump and I have trouble sleeping.
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