The Business - 03/10/2010

Graham Stewart with the stories and issues making the news in business. As Nestle's factory in Girvan celebrates being the first of the group's sites to achieve zero waste to landfill, the company's UK chief executive, Paul Grimwood, tells our reporter Gillian Marles why environmentalism is so important to the brand and what effect the Kraft takeover will have. With the business rates appeal deadline passing on Thursday, BBC Scotland has learned that some areas face an increase in appeals of 40%. Garry Clark of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce and Peter Muir, director and head of Scottish rating with property adviser Colliers International, explain why. And we hear about the business potential of a trade delegation from Tianjin in the north east of China, which arrived in Scotland last week. Scottish Trade International's regional director, Frank Boyland, tells us about the exchange and we hear from a couple of Scottish firms who were only too willing to meet the delegation.