27th October, 2015 When trying to interview bankers and other City of London insiders for his Guardian banking blog three years ago — material which later formed the basis of his recently published book, Swimming with Sharks: My Journey Into The Word of Bankers — Joris Luyendijk came across exactly the same sort of resistance […]
By Ian Fraser Published: Sunday Herald Date: 11 October 2015 London-based drinks business Kolson has accused Glasgow-based Tennent Caledonian Breweries of damaging its business after a contract-brewing deal between the two firms turned sour. Tennent’s owner C&C Group, though, counter claims that Kolson’s actions are simply a “smokescreen” designed to avoid payment to Tennent’s. The war […]
By Ian Fraser Published: Sunday Herald Date: 4 October 2015 Businesspeople who claim to have been ruined by RBS’s Global Restructuring Group are refusing to co-operate with a firm hired by the Financial Conduct Authority to investigate the scandal, potentially derailing the probe into the bank’s so-called “vampire unit”. The RBS GRG Business Action Group […]
By Ian Fraser Published: The Treasurer Date: 1 October 2015 Corruption, scandal and bribery are commonplace in the world, but what action is being taken to eradicate these crimes? And what can treasurers do to avoid them? Ian Fraser reports In September 1977, Sir Richard Dobson made some off-the-cuff remarks he would come to regret. […]