Widows divests £440m from firms that fail ESG test
Scottish Widows is to divest at least £440 million from companies that have failed to meet its environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. Widows warned…
Scottish Widows is to divest at least £440 million from companies that have failed to meet its environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. Widows warned…
Eight non-executive directors have been appointed to the board of the Scottish National Investment Bank ahead of its launch in the final quarter of 2020….
France’s EDF said on Thursday it will begin decommissioning its Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire by January 2022 at the latest. The…
UK insurance giant Aviva plc said on Monday that its Falkirk-born chief executive office Maurice Tulloch has stepped down “for family health reasons” will be…
Scotland’s schools will return full-time in August “if Scotland continues to make progress on suppressing coronavirus” said Deputy First Minister John Swinney on Tuesday. Swinney…
Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s largest financial mutual, on Thursday announced record sales of Investment ISAs — also known as stocks and shares ISAs — as it…
A new report has forecast that expenditure for North Sea decommissioning work will be £15.2 billion over the next 10 years. The 2019 Decommissioning Insight report was…
Glasgow-based mutual Scottish Friendly announced on Wednesday a substantial acquisition of life and pensions policies from financial services provider Canada Life. The deal sees Scottish…
The Scottish Government said the value of fish landed by Scottish vessels in 2018 increased by 1% to £574 million, despite a 4% drop in…
The influential Business Roundtable in the United States on Monday announced a new “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” signed by 181 CEOs that…
Project Heather, the firm creating a new Scottish Stock Exchange based in Edinburgh’s Geoge Street, on Friday announced the appointments of two senior executives. Helen…
Perth-based transport giant Stagecoach Group announced on Monday planned new vehicle orders worth more than £80 million to help tackle the twin challenges of car…
Aviva plc, the UK’s second-largest insurer, said on Monday that Falkirk-born Maurice Tulloch will become its chief executive officer with immediate effect. Tulloch most recently…
Diageo announced that plans have been formally submitted for its flagship Johnnie Walker visitor centre in the former Frasers department store at the west end…
Aberdeen-based oil services and engineering giant Wood plc said it won a contract to supply “programmable digital control technologies” to the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria….
Creative Scotland said Janet Archer is stepping down from her role as chief executive after five years. No reason was given for the departure. An inquiry…
UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) boss Chris Flint has warned North Sea oil and gas operators about continued hydrocarbon releases, urging the industry to…
AIM-listed chemistry company Cronin Group, which has a research relationship with the University of Glasgow, announced a 2017 loss of of £1.46 million after tax and said…
UK airline Flybe announced that its franchise agreement with Glasgow-based Loganair to fly under the Flybe brand has been terminated with effect from August 2017 “following…
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the bond (debt) ratings of media firm Johnston Press, owner of The Scotsman, the i newspaper and the Yorkshire Post, deeper into…
A NatWest real estate report on “Building Momentum: The Northern Powerhouse” said the economic success of the North of England depends on collaboration, innovation and…
Plans to redevelop the John Brown shipyard in Clydebank and create a new “civic heart” for the area have been given the go ahead by West Dunbartonshire…
Johnston Press, owner of The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post, on Thursday confirmed speculation that it is in “late stage discussions” with Independent Print Ltd for the…