Martin Leonard Castlight COO Castlight Financial, the Glasgow-based financial capability company, is partnering with Paradigm Mortgage Services and Foundation Home Loans to launch a major pilot of its Affordability Passport, an affordability tool powered by open banking technology, which allows brok
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Carroll Buxton More than half (53 per cent) of Highlands and Islands businesses plan to take on new staff in the coming year, and most plan to recruit them from within the region, new research has revealed.
Professor Gordon McConnell Robert Gordon University (RGU) is to launch the first funded startup accelerator programme in North East Scotland to support entrepreneurial students, staff and recent alumni in creating new businesses with up to £10,000 of funding each.
Legal and insurance services provider Carpenters has moved its Scottish headquarters into new premises on Blythswood Street, central Glasgow to pave the way for future growth plans.
Keith Brown The new Scottish National Investment Bank will be operational next year and provide £2 billion in capital over ten years, MSPs have been told.
Simon Craufurd with his two daughters, Indra and Manisha Craufurdland Estate in Kilmarnock, has received funding from Barclays to help launch the Laird’s Table, a new restaurant set in the grounds of the 800-year old, family-owned Estate.
Jason Marshall Global craft beer firm BrewDog has appointed Jason Marshall to the newly-created role of chief financial officer.
The number of people seeking help for debt problems in Scotland has risen by almost 50 per cent over the past four years, with charity StepChange warning that debt is becoming “entrenched in day-today living” for many in the country.
McPhee managing director Brinsley McFarlane Private equity group Elaghmore Partners has acquired Scottish concrete mixer firm McPhee Mixers in a deal worth about £5 million.
The number of properties in Scotland which sold for more than a million pounds increased by 4 per cent in 2017, compared to 2016, according to analysis from the Bank of Scotland.
Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan has appeared before Westminster's Scottish Affairs Committee this morning to personally explain the bank’s controversial decision to close 62 branches throughout Scotland.
CYBG, the parent company of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, and Yorkshire Bank, has made a £1.6 billion takeover offer for Virgin Money.
Martin Gill Business output has fallen but firms remain optimistic about future growth, while employment continues to rise, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisors BDO.
SFE Chief Executive Graeme Jones with CBS Consulting team Iain Beggs, Stephen Verrecchia and Eddie Curran Edinburgh-based firm CBS Consulting has joined Scottish Financial Enterprise to expand their network and support the representative body’s work in strengthening and promoting financial service
Buccleuch Livingston Buccleuch Property has further strengthened its commercial property portfolio with the purchase of a substantial industrial unit at Oakbank Industrial Estate, Livingston.