Lloyds Banking Group ‘is starving small firms’
John Swinney, the finance secretary, has accused Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland of abusing their dominant position […]
July 2009
Scottish Agenda: The revolving door that shuts out taxpayers
Is the taxpayer losing out in pre-packaged administrations that leave state-owned banks swallowing debts? Can we call pre-packaged administrations —
Parkmead bank in false market claim
A company that numbers Tom Cross, chief executive of Dana Petroleum, and Brian Wilson, the former Labour energy minister, among
Recession pays dividends for protection insurance firms
Mounting unemployment, recession and the gloomy economic outlook do not appear to be ideal conditions in which to expand a
Waitrose eyes new stores in Scotland
Waitrose has unveiled plans to open as many as 25 stores across Scotland within the next five years, after two
Jim Rogers: failed banks should have been left to go to the wall
Did the UK government have to risk bankrupting our economy by bailing out dysfunctional banks such as Royal Bank of
The recklessness of Cummings
Speaking on Bloomberg TV, Justin Urquhart-Stewart, director of Seven Investment Management, has described HBOS as being “pregnant with the spawn of
Focus: On the rocks?
Is the closure of the Johnnie Walker plant in Kilmarnock the beginning of the end for Scotch whisky bottling in