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M&G Prudential to cut number of Stirling jobs by 84
M&G Prudential has today announced that its five-year digital transformation plan will reduce its staff numbers by 84.
Published 23 August 2019
Edinburgh fintech Money Dashboard raises over £4.6 million
Edinburgh-based personal finance app Money Dashboard has raised over £4.6 million to allow the fintech to triple its staff numbers.
Published 23 August 2019
Clyde & Co to transfer Edinburgh private client practice to Gillespie Macandrew
Clyde & Co has entered into an agreement to transfer its Edinburgh-based private client practice to Gillespie Macandrew LLP with effect from 2 September 2019.
Published 23 August 2019
GS Group buys I&D Insurance Services
Insurance firm GS Group has announced that it is to acquire I&D Insurance Services at the beginning of next month.
Published 23 August 2019
Eddie Stobart shares suspended as chief executive leaves amid £2m discrepancy
Shares in transport company Eddie Stobart have been suspended and its chief executive has left after a £2 million accounting discrepancy.
Published 23 August 2019
PPI claims increase due to looming deadline
The number of people claiming Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) compensation has increased this week ahead of next week's deadline.
Published 23 August 2019
Glasgow University to make slave trade reparations
The University of Glasgow has agreed to pay back £20 million after revelations that it benefited from the slave trade.
Published 23 August 2019
And finally... Tourists face fines and prison time for beach souvenirs
Two French tourists who removed 40kg of sand from Sardinian beaches could face up to six years in prison.
Published 23 August 2019
French Duncan appointed provisional liquidator at Viking Mead
Brian Milne of French Duncan has been appointed provisional liquidator of a Scottish mead producer which ceased trading this month.
Published 22 August 2019
Scottish Gas HQ in Edinburgh sold to bank for £27m
The headquarters of Scottish Gas has been sold to the Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME) for around £27 million.
Published 22 August 2019
Scottish Budget must deliver certainty, competitiveness and confidence says retail consortium
Ahead of this week's Scottish Budget, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has called for business taxes to be reduced to boost the retail industry.
Published 22 August 2019
Executive pay 117 times higher than average employee
Despite pay cuts, chief executives continue to earn 117 times more than the average full-time employee in the UK, a new report has found.
Published 22 August 2019
Breedon to leave Jersey for UK for tax purposes
Construction materials supplier Breedon has announced its intention to move the tax domicile of the group from Jersey to the United Kingdom.
Published 22 August 2019
Irish businesses exposed to Brexit are putting themselves at risk over foreign currency
Several Irish companies which deal in foreign currency are putting themselves at financial risk due to a lack of appropriate hedging in their organisations, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Ireland.
Published 22 August 2019
Productivity rates in Scotland are among the highest in UK
Scotland has been identified as one of the most productive areas in Britain, according to a study at Durham University.
Published 22 August 2019
