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The latest figures from LMS have revealed that the value of monthly gross remortgage lending saw a decrease of 16 per cent in February to £3.5bn, down from the £4.1bn in January reported by the Council for Mortgage Lenders(CML) last week. LMS estimates the number of remortgage loans also fell by 1

Total, the French oil and gas giant, has been cleared by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to develop two gas fields north-west of Shetland. The company said the DECC had approved field development plans for its Edradour/Glenlivet project.

A third of Scottish pubs have reported a slump in business in the wake of the new drink-drive limit introduced north of the border late last year, leading to industry bosses to condemn the move that they say in costing jobs and livelihoods. The reaction has come in the wake of The Bank of Scotlandâ€

Scottish football clubs have seen a dramatic improvement in their financial health according to Begbies Traynor’s annual financial fitness test for the sport. In just the second season in which the accounts of football clubs in the English Premier League and Football League have come under the scr

The average cost of renting a Scottish property has risen just 1.1 per cent in the last year. The figure announced by Your Move represents the slowest increase in almost two years.

The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has revealed a ground-breaking £200 million international pilot programme with the UK government.

Sir Gerry Grimstone, chairman of Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life, has spoken out on the prospect of a British exist from the European Union. Speaking yesterday at City Week, a conference on how to maintain Britain's competitiveness as a financial centre, Sir Gerry (pictured) left littl

Irn Bru has penned a three-year partnership with English The Football League to become its official soft drink partner. The deal spans clubs across the Sky Bet Championship, League One and League Two and will kick off during this year’s Play-Offs.

The FTSE 100 Index climbed above the 7,000 mark on Friday for the first time in its history. It came as world markets were buoyed by a small recovery in the price of oil as well as hopeful signs over the Greek debt crisis.

Alliance Trust has said that it is surprised by a move by investor interest group ShareSoc to support a boardroom overhaul proposed by American activist group Elliott Investors. The Dundee-based investment giant is at the heart of a tussle with leading shareholder Elliott, a US fund agitating for bo

The number of women on company boards has almost doubled over the past four years to just under a quarter, according to new figures. It is close to the target that was set to be achieved by 2015 by Lord Davies of Abersoch four years ago.

Fiona Weir is Tax Director at Johnston Carmicahael. The VAT law on prompt payment discounts changes with effect from 1st April 2015 and will significantly increase the compliance burden for both suppliers and customers.

Rona Dennison is a director at Burness Paull At the Scotland Food & Drink AGM and Annual Conference last week, CEO James Withers cited a new culture of collaboration as a key factor in the impressive 20.8 per cent rate of turnover growth in Scottish food and drink manufacturing over four years.

Eileen Blackburn is partner and head of business recovery at FD Debt Solutions, and chair of R3’s Scottish Technical Committee Amongst other measures, the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act, which comes into force in April 2015, seeks to ensure appropriate debt relief and management and inc

George Bull is Chair of Professional Services Group at Baker Tilly There was once a poster at Watford Junction railway station, just outside London. Advertising the local shopping centre, it read ‘Little blue dress, little blue dress, my life would be complete if only I could have that little blue