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Overseas Scottish food and drink exports were worth approximately £6 billion in 2017 - almost £570 million more than 2016.

The Mayor of New York City is going to make the Island of Manhattan, and the epicentre of global finance, bigger - literally. Mayor Bill de Blasio yesterday announced a $10 billion plan to protect lower portion of Manhattan, home of Wall Street, from sea level rise and the next major storm by expand

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today confirmed that the Financial Ombudsman Service will soon be able to require financial services firms to pay significantly more compensation to consumers and businesses. From 1 April, the current £150,000 limit will increase to £350,000 for

New York asset management business State Street Global Advisors has today brought its Fearless Girl campaign to the City of London with a new statue in Paternoster Square, against the backdrop of the London Stock Exchange and St Paul’s Cathedral. The work is a copy of a statue that became

Research carried out as part of accountancy firm BDO LLP’s annual FraudTrack report shows that Scotland ranked as the fourth most defrauded region in the UK by value as fraud rose by 88 per cent from £16.2m in 2017 to £30.4m in 2018. Accountants and business advisers BDO disco

The Scottish housing market has once again proved its resilience in the face of both domestic and international political issues, with sales breaching the £18 billion barrier in 2018. During a year dominated by Brexit uncertainty, markets remained busy, with the country enjoying its best spell

Professionals in London (73 per cent), Northern Ireland (64 per cent), the North & Scotland (63 per cent), and the Midlands & Wales (59 per cent) would all strongly consider relocating job roles if it provided a better lifestyle.

David Duffy, chief executive of Clydesdale Bank owner CYBG, has received more than £730,000 worth of shares in the lender through a deferred equity plan. Last week Mr Duffy was awarded 391,561 shares in CYBG under a 2015 plan linked to its demerger from National Australia Bank (NAB) in 2016.

The Edinburgh property market has had a record-breaking start to 2019, with the highest number of properties listed for sale in more than a decade. Despite the prospect of Brexit, Warners Solicitors and Estate Agents listed 99 properties for sale last month - an annual increase of almost 4

The UK property market has peaked, and average prices are falling, according to an Edinburgh property management firm. Apropos by DJ Alexander Ltd, one of the UK’s largest family-run property management businesses which is run jointly by brothers David and John Alexander, has an

City house prices in the UK have outpaced earnings growth by 11 per cent, causing home affordability to reach on average, its lowest level since 2007, when the ratio of house prices to earnings stood at 7.5. The average house price within UK cities has risen from £180,548 in 2013 to its highes

The entrepreneur behind the luxury sportswear brand, Monreal London, comes to Scotland in April to talk about her rise in the competitive world of sport and leisure fashion. Stefani Grosse, CEO and founder of the high-end active wear range, is the latest speaker confirmed for this year’s Entre

Shares in Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank owner CYBG Plc surged 14 per cent today after the lender lifted its forecast for margin growth and reported a rise in lending in a tight UK mortgage market. The 1.4 per cent increase in total loans to to £71.9bn in October-December, the first quarter of

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has today launched a beta version of an online calculator, which works out consumers’ likely financial entitlements if they are unable to work due to illness or injury. ‘Percy The Protection Calculator’, which is still in development, is a

London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) international business support and capital raising initiative, ELITE, has welcomed seven Scottish companies in the first exclusively Scottish cohort, as part of the launch of ELITE Scotland.