Private equity players on course to buy Turnberry
Turnberry, the South Ayrshire hotel and golfing complex put up for sale by US owners Starwood Hotels & Resorts, is […]
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Move to tackle Big Four a “damp squib”
Measures designed to tackle the continuing dominance of the Big Four accountancy firms in the UK audit market are, “a
Iberdrola crunch
Spanish utility Iberdrola has become the latest victim of the credit crunch. Bilbao-based Iberdrola has been forced to delay a
Caledonia sees a steady future in India
CALEDONIA Investments, a £1.3 billion investment trust with strong Scottish roots, is now keener to put its money into India
Salmond rewrites the PFI rule book
Paying for big public projects could be about to change. Ian Fraser looks at the Scottish National Party’s plans to
It’s time to ease the tempo and lower interest rates
The idea of Bank of England governor Mervyn King strutting his stuff at a rave defies the imagination. However, his
Airline flies into stormy weather
Tom Dalrymple founder of no-frills airline Flyglobespan, has run into some unwelcome turbulence, finds Ian Fraser Tom Dalrymple is not
World according to GAAP is holding back progress
Americans are increasingly recognising that clinging on to US accounting standards is hampering corporate and capital market competitiveness, according to
Taking the road and the miles to Dundee
WHEN Katherine Garrett-Cox announced she was quitting her job as chief investment officer at Morley, the fund management subsidiary of
Never mind the quantity, it’s keeping Icas ahead that counts
Anton Colella lays out vision for Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland Anton Colella, chief executive of the Institute of
Healthy mix of global, national and local firms
Contrary to expectations, the inexorable decline in Scotland’s base of quoted companies has not slowed demand for professional services in
Not just a talking shop
When Dell unveiled plans in February 2005 to create 400 jobs in Glasgow, with the help of a £7.5m grant
Harnessing potential is key
Robert Crawford, who since last November has been executive director responsible for business development and commercialisation at Glasgow Caledonian University,
Diageo team distils the old and the new as £100m strategy lifts off
It is rare for a company’s financial and accounting team to a have major role in shaping its future corporate
Burness beats larger rivals on partner profits
Burness has become Scotland’s second most profitable law firm measured by profits per equity partner. The Edinburgh and Glasgow-based commercial
The Competition Commission must protect small businesses
PRIVATE EYE calls the DTI the “Department of Timidity and Inaction” because of its persistent leniency towards big business. Following
View through the glass ceiling presents unbalanced picture
It’s a scenario that would have been unthinkable 10 years ago. An aspiring director of the “Big Four” accountancy firm
Murray profits rise 18 per cent
SIR DAVID MURRAY’s Premier Property Group has shrugged off fears of a commercial property downturn with an 18% rise in
Life after ‘war and peace’
A hectic timetable preceded Standard Life’s planned flotation, involving teams of advisers working flat out on the mind-numbing process which
Nice little cash generator
By exploring all their options and holding out for better terms, the Pirrie brothers achieved a satisfactory sale of their
Staying on the home front
Instead of an unsettling trade sale, perhaps to a foreign buyer, the all-Scottish MBO of Ken Cairnduff’s Internaçionale satisfied all