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Rail passengers in Scotland face growing disruption following a sudden rise in the theft of copper cables from railway lines, since soaring global prices for metals, fuelled by growing demand from China, has triggered a surge in metal thefts from Scotland's railway lines. Perhaps the railways should take a leaf out of the Gauteng Soweto development in South Africa, which receives a business boost with a R1bn investment by shared broadband infrastructure company, Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), to lay fibre in the township.

Australian gold exploration company Scotgold Resources Limited has appointed AMC Consultants Ltd , an internationally recognised mining consultancy, to conduct a Scoping Study at its 100% owned Cononish gold and silver project in Scotland. The study will commence during the third week of September and is expected to be completed within three months. The commencement of the Scoping Study represents an important milestone towards production at the Cononish Project.

Police turn ‘inn keeper' software’ to keep tabs on troublesome drinkers across the county. Tayside Police is to become the first force in Scotland to adopt an innovative computer system called ‘Inn Keeper’ to help tackle the problem of alcohol-fuelled violence. Chief Inspector Lorna Robbie of Tayside Police explained: “The Innkeeper licensing system has allowed staff within Tayside Police to record information in a more systematic way, easing the retrieval of information in relation to all aspects of licensing.”

As the grouse shooting season gets under way, two scientists involved in high-profile studies of hen harriers and red grouse at Langholm Moor in Scotland have called for field trials of a 'ceiling' on harrier numbers in an attempt to end the long running conflict between conservationists and grouse managers. Anyone studying the approach of large area wildlife conservation will know that predators and prey need careful 'ceiling' monitoring so an equilibrium can be achieved. The same should hopefully prove viable for Scotland's grouse moors.

United Auctions (UA) is to close the Perth Mart next year and switch the operation to the new Stirling Agriculture Centre, where the Stirling mart at Kildean will also move. The new Â£11m Mart, due for completion in 2009 is built on greenfield land at Hill o' Drip and will feature two sales rings, 417 pens and 700 sq. metres of office space. The move says UA is necessary to protect the long-term future of the company. The firm added that existing marts will continue to operate as usual, with no disruption to scheduled auction sales.

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With two facilities in Scotland, a Glasgow process and packaging plant and abbatoir, process and packaging facilities in Perth out of 14 throughout the UK, Anglo Beef Processors (ABP), the largest processor of Beef in the UK, is streamlining its accounts payable processes, significantly improving cash collection and freeing-up a significant amount of credit controllersâ€™ time, by implementing document management and imaging software.

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