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WE’LL HAVE WHAT THEY’RE HAVING: Many leading Scottish lawyers believe that if the Scottish Executive ignores their pleas for Clementi-style […]
Goodwin wades in with £49 billion ABN Amro bid
ROYAL Bank of Scotland threw down the gauntlet to Barclays, offering to trump its agreed £45bn takeover of Dutch bank
RBS banks on an ABN Amro carve-up
Sir Fred Goodwin’s plan to dismember Dutch banking giant ABN Amro is one of his most intriguing takeover moves yet.
Knight wants more solicitors on boards of public companies
THE lack of lawyers on the boards of publicly listed companies is depriving corporate Britain of the opportunity to benefit
An “enfant terrible” conquers some setbacks
The future is bright for Colin McLean, SVM Asset Management chief, despite the loss of top personnel and a drop
China brings cheer to Scotch whisky industry
Rocketing sales of Scotch whisky in the Far East are changing the face of the market and encouraging firms to
Scottish Agenda: S&N sale is just another watered down brew
Times have changed for Scottish and Newcastle When Melbourne-based brewer Elders IXL bid for Scottish and Newcastle in October 1988,
Grampian results delayed by pension concerns
GRAMPIAN Country Food Group, one of Scotland’s largest privately-owned companies, has delayed posting its annual results because a restructuring designed
Debate rages over Gordon Brown’s “creative accounting”
BUDGET OVERVIEW: FAREWELL FIGURES Gordon Brown constructed his final Budget to ease his passage to Number 10 but the jury
Ben Thomson enters semi-retirement at the age of forty-three
All change at the Noble Group as CEO Ben Thomson “goes plural” One-time Scottish international decathlete Ben Thomson has, at
Officer saddles up for marathon on horseback
A former army captain is set to trek from John O’Groats to Land’s End WHEN the former army captain Grant
The world we’re in is no longer risk free
The stock market turmoil that has recently wiped some 5 per cent off share prices speaks volumes about the fragility
Low-profile stick-up artist
Quiet man of corporate recovery speaks up about his craft – and fondness for banks IAN Cuthbertson is a man
Amec sells half of specialist rail arm to French company
DEAL OF THE WEEK: AMEC SPIE RAIL SYSTEMS – Huge disposal part of wider restructuring by Waverley revamp firm THE
Bond researchers Sutherlands spun out
Sutherlands, the Edinburgh-based fixed-interest research firm, has been spun out by its owners, Charles Stanley, writes Ian Fraser. The newly
ICAS still committed to ‘true and fair view’
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland has reinforced its commitment to principles-based accounting by republishing a 25-year-old paper on
After the crash, Qatar gears up for a comeback
With price-earnings ratios back at compelling levels following last year’s correction, Ian Fraser says the Qatar market may be worth
Katherine the Great “downshifts” to Dundee
ALLIANCE TRUST: APPOINTMENTKatherine Garrett-Cox insists she is not going to rest on her laurels SHE is the “Superwoman” who held
Tata makes global impression with £6.2bn takeover of Corus
DEAL OF THE WEEK: Indian steel group celebrates while UK employees and pensioners await more details “A monent of great
It’s a woman thing
Within four years, law will be dominated by females – but will it submit to real change? LAW is going
Whisky firms turn tables on supermarkets
SCOTCH whisky companies expect to be able to exert strong pricing pressure on supermarkets and other UK customers over the