Search:

Kirsty Wells Kirsty Wells is head of HouseMark Scotland

Glasgow-based global engineering giant, The Weir Group, has ended its 70-year relationship with EY and confirmed that ‘Big Four’ rival PwC is to take over as its new external auditor. PwC will begin audit and assurance services at Weir, which is one of Scotland’s biggest employers and operates

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned former Royal Bank of Scotland LIBOR submitter Paul White from performing any function in relation to any regulated financial activity and publicly censured him. The FCA said that were it not for Mr White’s serious financial hardship, the City watchd

Ronnie Brown

An entrepreneurial homeowner has decided to try to flog off his spare toilet for rent at £3,000 a month – that’s 6,000 visits per month if charged at 50p per pee. The rare opportunity has emerged to buy the special piece of real estate in Highgate, North London, according to the Metro.

Perth-based transport giant Stagecoach has placed orders for about 480 buses and coaches in deals worth a total of £97m. The firm said it was buying £82m worth of new vehicles for its regional networks in England, Scotland and Wales.

Adrian Grace Edinburgh-based life and pensions group Aegon UK is to offload most of its UK annuity portfolio to specialist insurer Rothesay Life.

Martin Gilbert Martin Gilbert, chief executive and founder of Aberdeen Asset Management has said that despite a recent onslaught of bad news for the firm, “There is a glimmer of hope this year, but no more.”

New tenants renting from private landlords in Scotland have been faced with the highest percentage rental increases in Britain outside London, according to a new survey. The latest figures from the HomeLet Rental Index reveal that rents on new tenancies signed on a UK rental property outside of Lond

Clydesdale Bank has announced that it is to close nine branches throughout Scotland. The move by the recently floated CYBG will see total of 26 Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank branches which are lapsed-lease or considered unsustainable close across the UK.

The world’s biggest brands and businesses are still failing to tap into the trillion pound Muslim lifestyle market, according to the UK’s first-ever B2B conference discussing the fast-growing sector. Over 150 businesses took part in MLE Connect in London which discussed and showcased how the Mus

Scotland has the most frequent gamblers of anywhere in the United Kingdom, a new study has found. Online research conducted by the polling company YouGov shows more than a quarter of adult Scots (28 per cent) gamble at least once a week, over five times the number of adults in the South West of Engl

UK Home-owners borrowed £8.7bn for house purchase in February, up 4 per cent month-on-month and 21 per cent year-on-year, according to latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. This is the most amount borrowed in the month of February for house purchase since February 2007, the CML said.

Glasgow-based property development company London & Scottish Investments Ltd (LSIL) has submitted a detailed planning application to South Lanarkshire Council for a major new £40 million retail development at Peel Park, East Kilbride.

Alan Mahon and Josh Littlejohn of Brewgooder. Brewgooder, the new craft beer brand launched by two Scots-based social entrepreneurs, has successfully crowd funded its first production run three weeks after launching.