Government software supplier Lagan today announced that it was included in the 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Placement is based on average percentage revenue growth over five years. Lagan grew 254 per cent during this period to record its highest ever revenue of over £15 million in the last year. The award marked the ninth consecutive time Lagan has been included in this prestigious assessment of company growth.

Two suspected cases of swine flu in Scotland have been confirmed as positive and both individuals are now recovering at Monklands Hospital in Lanarkshire.

Third Sector are being squeezed out from being part of the delivery team for the Work Programme despite government promises and reassurances argues the author.

Restraint, and ‘responsible capitalism’ – the key theme of Coalition and Labour politicians pushing the need to end ‘rewards for failure’ but little concern about "high penalties for success".

A think-tank has said Scotland is failing to secure hundreds of millions of pounds of business because procurement systems were found to be the main hurdles for Scottish firms.

Head of Network Rail Sir David Higgins on Monday said company directors would not be claiming a payout this year.

A detailed report released recently dwells on the challenges and hurdles faced by judicial systems around the world as well as attempts to present vital success formulae to prevail over the obstacles.

On Monday, the International Monetary Fund said that the economic upheaval in Europe could reduce China’s economic growth by half. It warned of a grave global economic slowdown in 2012.

A new report has suggested that basic standards of living continue to be elusive to low-income families and the unemployed in Ireland.

A Freedom of Information request by think-tank 2020Health says the National Health Service in England spends as much as £64,000 on translation services and the provision of interpreters.