Corporate partnership deal puts French Duncan in The Driver’s Seat at National Theatre of Scotland

Published 12 May 2015

Johnston Carmichael names new head of hospitality and tourism

Hugh Boyle has been appointed as head of hospitality and tourism at Johnston Carmichael.

Published 12 May 2015

Alliance Trust CEO wins prestigious businesswoman award

Katherine Garrett-Cox, the chief executive of Dundee-based investment firm Alliance Trust, has been announced as the winner of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award 2015.

Published 12 May 2015

Former RBS director to drive expansion of Edinburgh finance group Urbicus

Edinburgh-based real estate finance group Urbicus has appointed a former senior Royal Bank of Scotland director to help drive forward the expansion of its lending arm Castle Capital.

Published 12 May 2015

ShareIn shifts from platform to enabler with $1m cash boost

Edinburgh-based crowdfunding software provider ShareIn is to transition from equity crowdfunding platform to a provider of services on the back of a new $1 million (£646,000) investment.

Published 12 May 2015

Caledonia Edinburgh bought in Bellpenny double swoop

Wealth manager Bellpenny has bought Caledonia Edinburgh in one of two acquisition deals completed this week.

Published 12 May 2015

Business Briefs - May 11

Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, has announced plans to pump more money into Scotland’s small and medium-sized enterprise sector.

Published 11 May 2015

Scottish Mortgage to pay dividend with dip into decreasing reserves

Scottish Mortgage, the £3.3 billion flagship fund run by Edinburgh-based investment house Baillie Gifford is proposing to dip into its reserves to pay this year’s final dividend of 1.55p per share.

Published 11 May 2015

Sin Bin: Finance employee at major Scots law firm jailed over £180,000 embezzlement

A financial worker at one of Scotland’s top legal firms has been jailed for 21 months after embezzling almost £180,000.

Published 11 May 2015

Business for Scotland criticises CBI Scotland’s ‘call for austerity’

New CBI Scotland director Hugh Aitken’s calls for austerity to be a priority for the new SNP MPs have been criticised by Business for Scotland.

Published 11 May 2015

New government inherits buoyant Scottish business community –BDO

The new government has inherited a confident business community but underlying fragility is a cause for concern, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO in Scotland.

Published 11 May 2015

Scottish SMEs are underestimating their true value -Clydesdale

New research carried out by Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank suggests that the majority of small and medium-sized businesses in Scotland are underestimating their true worth by not taking into account the value of assets such as trademarks, patents and intellectual property.

Published 11 May 2015

Virgin Money lending up in Q1 assault on mortgage market

Edinburgh-based challenger bank Virgin Money has reported a 34 per cent jump in lending in the first quarter of the year as it continued to increase its share of the mortgage market.

Published 11 May 2015

Osborne ponders RBS share sale hair cut

Chancellor George Osborne may be set to sell-off 81 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland this year, even if it means the UK taxpayer taxing a hit on the deal.

Published 11 May 2015

April sees Scottish businesses return to growth - Bank of Scotland PMI

The Bank of Scotland’s latest PMI survey data has indicated a return to growth for Scottish business activity during April.

Published 11 May 2015