Search: raise

The UK’s IPO pipeline still contains attractive investment opportunities, but increases in the number of postponed or cancelled deals are expected in 2016 as companies battle against market volatility and challenging market conditions, according to PwC’s latest IPO Watch, published today. 61 IPO

James Anderson James Anderson, who runs the £3 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust that owns £120 million shares in Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has launched a chastening attack on the tech giant over its UK tax obligations.

A Scottish entrepreneur may have come to the rescue of thousands of Scotland's amateur team sports organisers after raising £150,000 through a crowdfunding campaign. Glasgow-based Find A Player which aims to use mobile smart phone technology to rid the world of the frustration of getting together e

Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has today revealed the price range of its upcoming IPO to be 175-235p per share. The lender, currently owned by National Australia Bank (NAB), announced plans for a demerger and initial public offering last month.

James Anderson James Anderson, co-manager of Baillie Gifford’s flagship £3.3 billion Scottish Mortgage Trust, has warned that sixty-nine of the world’s 100 biggest stock market companies “face doom in the next 10 years” as a result of the convulsions racking the energy, healthcare, transpor

Andrew Milligan Next year looks to be a challenging year for investors, with different countries and asset classes at such different stages of the investment cycle, according to Edinburgh-based global investment manager Standard Life Investments.

Chromacity managing director Dr Christopher Leburn. A group of leading Scottish investors has come together to make a £500,000 investment in Chromacity a university spin out company which makes lasers for the life-sciences industry and spectroscopy market.

Bill Robertson CBE Robertson Group has reported a record turnover of £298 million and a pre-tax profit of £11.77m as it nears the end of a five-year plan focused on growing sustainable, long term value and profits.

After HMRC this week issued letters to Scottish taxpayers about the introduction of the new Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT), accountants RSM has warned that the campaign underplays the impact on employers. The letter encourages Scottish taxpayers to ensure their address details are correct and se

Cat MacLean In a major development in swaps litigation, an explosive judgement issued on Friday 13th November by a English High Court judge has held that there is “ample support for an inference of fraud and dishonesty at the highest level of RBS”.

Scotland’s most successful big investment fund in recent years The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has seen a 24 per cent fall in its earnings per share. Returns for the £3.4 billion trust managed by James Anderson and Tom Slater at Baillie Gifford as more companies are reducing the cash paid

Image via google Street Map It is an area of London more closely associated with Del Boy than high-end property deals but a dilapidated prefab bungalow in Peckham has just sold at auction for nearly £1 million pounds.

Growth in Scotland has begun to diverge quite markedly from the UK despite being boosted by public investment in infrastructure, according to the latest Economic Commentary from the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute, sponsored by PwC. While domestic demand is clearly driving

A draft report outlining proposed changes to the way Stirling Council delivers its services in the face of challenging financial circumstances is set to be published today. The local authority is facing a budget shortfall of over £25 million over the next five years.

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce’s latest survey of Scotland's key business sectors in the third quarter has revealed a mixed picture that should "trigger an amber warning light" for governments north and south of the border, the body has warned. The chambers of commerce said the fall across manu