Mr Buchan said companies were confident their fortunes would pick up in the near future.
Previous winners of the biography prize include Lytton Strachey, John Buchan, Lady Antonia Fraser and Quentin Bell.
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The final word, however, goes to Jim Buchan who gave me two absolute rules for my toast.
Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan, SNP) asked when changes in the regulation of the white-fish industry will be announced.
The series, produced by Kudos Film and Television, also starred Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Vicky McClure, Pauline Quirke and Matthew Gravelle.
Bryan Buchan will head the organisation, which acts as the support group for the engineering industry in Scotland, from 1 January 2013.
Mr Buchan has been involved in a wide range of engineering projects.
In 1961 then-chief executive Carl Buchan died unexpectedly, leaving his 50% stake to a trust from which shares could be purchased by employees.
"The president is determined to protect our country from those who would still seek to do us harm, " said White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan.
Eric Buchan, chairman of Wyre Forest Canoe Club in Worcestershire, said Mr Smith, who had been a member for 16 years, was a "brilliant" canoeist.
"They're staying alive when the prediction would say that they should die, " said Prof Alastair Buchan from Oxford University who has investigated how they survive.
"We're going to have to use a lot of surveillance on the ground: eyeballs and binoculars, " says Glenn Buchan, a senior military analyst at Rand.
Frances Hepburn lost her 23-year-old husband John Buchan in the tragedy.
The novelist John Buchan ("The 39 Steps") explained why in 1940.
Mr Salmond, who is Banff and Buchan MP, said Westminster should follow the example of the Scottish Parliament which no longer provides second homes for parliamentarians.
Today, he was at it again, brandishing a bottle of a concoction called macb - a low-calorie, fruit-flavoured spring water which emanates from his former constituency of Banff and Buchan.
Paul Sherrington, principal of Banff and Buchan College, said the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff at the institution had dropped from 237 to 220 over the past two years.
Mr Salmond, who is the MSP for Gordon and the MP for Banff and Buchan - both north east Scotland constituencies - said there would now be a full investigation by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau.
Speaking to BBC News online, Prof Buchan said the focus of this research was on "ways to keep brain cells alive" which could have impacts beyond stroke - such as in Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injuries.
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