News
RSM: Scottish businesses could improve cashflow through credit score improvements
The combination of Brexit uncertainty, lack of investment and stockpiling is putting increasing pressure on cash, but Scottish businesses could unlock access to credit through improving credit scores - counterbalancing this burden, accountancy firm RSM has said.
Published 14 February 2019
Addleshaw Goddard strengthens Aberdeen team with partner appointment
International commercial law firm Addleshaw Goddard is strengthening its Aberdeen energy team with the appointment of David McEwing as partner.
Published 14 February 2019
FRP appointed as 1920s Wick social club enters liquidation
Francis Street Club & Institute Limited, a Wick-based social and sports club founded in the 1920’s, has been placed in liquidation.
Published 14 February 2019
New plans submitted for Prudential Haymarket gap site
Development firm M&G Real Estate has drawn up fresh proposals for an Edinburgh development site project being developed with the investment arm of Prudential.
Published 14 February 2019
UK property market has peaked and is falling back
The UK property market has peaked, and average prices are falling, according to an Edinburgh property management firm.
Published 14 February 2019
GP loan scheme expanded to £50m
An additional £20 million is to be invested by the Scottish Government in extra support to help GPs with the cost of running their practices, making a total investment of £50 million over the next two years.
Published 14 February 2019
ACCA backs the Flag It Up campaign
Complying with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations is high on the agenda for the accountancy and legal professions, but the majority are worried about becoming a target for criminals looking to exploit their professional skills and services to enable money laundering, new research has revealed.
Published 14 February 2019
And finally... Cornish bank beef
Lloyds Bank has been accused of "institutional racism" for refusing to accept a customer’s cheque written in Cornish.
Published 14 February 2019
Clydesdale Bank completes joint venture with customer lending channel
Clydesdale Bank has completed a joint venture tie-up with Salary Finance Limited, a fintech platform that connects to the payroll of participating employers to provide financial wellbeing benefits to employees, including salary-deducted savings and loans, as well as financial education.
Published 13 February 2019
Johnston Carmichael expands corporate finance team
Scotland’s largest independent accountancy and business advisory firm, Johnston Carmichael, has strengthened its corporate finance team with a senior strategic hire following over £320m of deals in 2018.
Published 13 February 2019
McGill & Co’s housing division follows parent company into administration
The new housing project in Dundee is in doubt after developer McGill Homes followed its parent company into administration.
Published 13 February 2019
Inflation drops to two year low
The UK inflation rate fell to its lowest rate in two years in January to 1.8 per cent, latest official data from the Office for National Statistics published today shows.
Published 13 February 2019
Standard Life Aberdeen pushes on with share buyback
Edinburgh-based financial giant Standard Life Aberdeen has continued to buy back shares from investors in the wake of the sale of its life arm to Phoenix last year.
Published 13 February 2019
Only 1,000 organisations report their gender pay gap
With just under two months to go until the second gender pay gap reporting deadline on 4 April 2019, only 1,000 or around 10.5 per cent of the total number of organisations expected to submit their data have done so.
Published 13 February 2019
Some New Year cheer as growth returns to Scottish retail sales
January saw Scottish sales increase by 2.0 per cent on a like-for-like basis compared to January 2018, when they had decreased by 0.7 per cent, above the three-month average of -0.5 per cent.
Published 13 February 2019
