Paul Charmatz A higher proportion of loans to businesses in Scotland are now being made by challenger banks compared with the UK as a whole.
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Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has launched of a range of new mortgages, including a five year mortgage with a rate of 2.44 per cent which it claims as its ‘best ever’ such deal.
Rosalie Chadwick By Rosalie Chadwick, partner and head of corporate finance at Pinsent Masons LLP
The Nationwide is to launch a 95 per cent LTV tracker deal for home buyers with a small deposit.
A group of 12 new trainees have taken up posts with accountancy firm EQ Accountants LLP, the largest number ever recruited by the firm in a single year.
Food manufacturing in Scotland is growing twice as fast as the UK average, it has emerged.
Dr Lena Wilson More than 100 new jobs will be created at Scottish bus maker Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) thanks to the country’s largest ever research and development (R&D) grant.
Lynne Bell Employment law, HR and health and safety specialists Law At Work (LAW) have appointed a new financial controller as part of their strategy to expand operations in Scotland and England.
Ingenico, the Fife-based chip and PIN payment technology firm, has had its contract extended with Worldpay UK to supply card payment terminals until 2020.
Hundreds of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which either support or work in the construction and property services industries are benefitting from increased workloads as figures published today show the value of construction going through the Scotland-wide Scottish Futures Trust hub progra
August was a bumper month for buying and selling in the ‘Big County’, according to Perthshire property experts.
Daniel Broby Scotland’s financial sector needs to accelerate its adoption of technology to avoid a future banking crisis, experts at Strathclyde Business School have warned.
David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for the 5 per cent threshold of residential LBTT to be raised to £500,000 in the light of evidence suggesting a downturn in the value and number of transactions in the first year of LBTT.
The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has announced its support for a move to measure the impact of tax changes for Private Rented Sector (PRS) landlords on the availability of affordable housing.
HM Revenue & Customs is offering a selection of webinars to help the self-employed get tax advice, with advisers on hand to answer any typical tax questions.