While the future of the UK’s sheep industry doesn’t look particularly bright under any of the likely post-Brexit trade deals, the fortunes of other sectors of the industry will be highly dependent on the shape of these future trade…
Rightly or wrongly, many believe the accountancy profession has been Teflon-coated in they way it has seemingly got off from so many company financial scandals down the years.
British-based banks seeking to relocate some operations to the EU before Britain quits the single market are behind schedule in their preparations for the move, a European Central Bank (ECB) supervisor has warned.
Balfour Beatty swung back into profit in the first half as the construction and infrastructure group’s turnaround under chief executive Leo Quinn continues.
In one of the most unusual exports in recent times, a shipment of Scottish red deer antlers has started its 35-day journey from Dumfries and Galloway to the Far East where the antlers will be used in medical potions. The consignment,…
Logistics group John Menzies has revealed a sharp drop in half-year profits after being hit with costs linked to its aborted £40 million tie-up with parcels business DX. The Edinburgh-based baggage handler and newspaper distributor said…
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale may be quietly satisfied the defamation action launched against her by the Nationalist blogger Stuart Campbell, the man behind the Wings over Scotland website, is opening up divisions amongst…
It was two days since we had spoken to a reporter from the world’s leading tech news outlet, over a week since I had pitched the story but as I scanned the site on the morning school drop there was still no sign of it. My heart sank and so…
Why does it always happen in August? The world is on holiday, fund managers stretched out on the beach, investors relaxing and barely a cloud in the sky. But black clouds have quickly gathered. A storm is brewing.
UK-listed companies reporting annual results in the second quarter of 2017 notched their best pre-tax profits since 2012, but the outlook is far gloomier, a study published today has found.
Scottish salmon producers are enjoying record overseas sales, with new figures revealing exports of the fish reached £345 million in the second quarter of 2017 – an increase of more than 70 per cent on the same period last year.
In the early hours of 9 November, 2016, Howard Jacobson woke with a feeling of abject horror. The sense that “a hobgoblin was sitting on my chest, that something evil had happened in the world”.
A union has called on the Scottish Government to improve security and staffing levels on some rail routes to help combat rising anti-social behaviour and criminality.
Nationwide saw profits tumble in the first quarter as it braces for a period of potential “prolonged economic uncertainty” and amid a retreat from the buy-to-let market.
While the wider potato industry might be much less exposed to some of the post-Brexit trade risks which could be disastrous for other sectors of agriculture, the industry still faces many challenges in the coming years.
Sofa chain DFS has confirmed that profits will take a hit after an uncertain economic environment, the snap general election and warm weather led to weak trading at its stores.
The red ink has continued at embattled Co-operative Bank as the lender yesterday put out its first earnings report since it recently sealed a £700 million rescue deal with investors.
Upmarket property adviser Savills has posted a leap in profits, but also flagged a cooling UK residential market and cautioned over Brexit uncertainty.