Deal seals NatWest’s fate
The English clearer and its chair Sor David Rowland have no escape as two banking rivals move in for the […]
Royal Bank of Scotland to pounce on NatWest
SCOTLAND’s two biggest banks are locked in a fight to the death for the multi-million pound takeover of the National
History of an auld alliance
Banco Santander and Royal Bank of Scotland have had a strategic alliance and cross-shareholding since 1988. Today the Royal Bank
The Spanish acquisition
Ian Fraser, Financial Editor, and Darran Gardner report on the man and company that may be backing RBS’s bid for
Bank of Scotland still closing in on NatWest
The Bank of Scotland was in a bullish mood last night, as its £22 billion hostile bid for NatWest was
Bank of Scotland sparks £21 billion ‘dirty war’ for NatWest
This week, Bank of Scotland will let investors know the details of its £21 billion hostile bid for NatWest. Ian
‘John Menzies’ is dead long; live John Menzies
IT IS rare for a business leader to become involved in a form of exorcism. But when David Mackay, chief
Young Turks in £4 million buyout
THE wee small hours of Friday morning spelled the end of an era for Rutherford Manson Dowds, the accountancy, investment
EXCLUSIVE – Pensions crisis to force Widows merger
SCOTTISH WIDOWS is tomorrow expected to make a major announcement about its future staus as a mutual company. Following an
Darkest hour for the men on the Mound
It will go down in history as Scotland’s worst video nasty. The men on the Mound believed they had weathered
Boutique cashes in on the sweet smell of success
He may have earned himself a reputation as the enfant terrible of Scottish finance, but Ian Fraser finds Colin McLean
National Wealth Service
Three prime Edinburgh hospital sites have been snapped up by Morrison Construction at knockdown prices, writes Ian Fraser Fancy an
Edinburgh transformed? Making the most of boom town
Who are the movers and shakers behind Edinburgh’s rebirth? Ian Fraser finds out The new Scottish parliament has sparked off
Sir George ploughs ahead with planned £28bn ‘reverse takeover’ of Barclays
SIR George Mathewson, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, last week made further steps towards his goal
You can’t get better than a Kwik-Fit buyout, says Sir Tom Farmer
Sir Tom Farmer, the ebullient chairman and chief executive of Kwik-Fit, spent most of last week reassuring the media that
From virtual basket case to financial powerhouse; not bad work for ‘a spiv’
Profile of Martin Gilbert, CEO, Aberdeen Asset Management The austere granite facades of several Victorian terraced houses in Aberdeen’s West
Goodbye The Human League … hello Dolly
Blue Chip Club – Simon Best, CEO Roslin Bio-Med Simon Best, who was headhunted last summer as chief executive officer
Bank merger mania ruffles London
THEY obviously don’t like it too much down in London, but Scotland’s two major clearing banks are well-run and successful.