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Brexit supreme court appeal begins
December 5th, 2016
Senior judges prepare to hear Brexit supreme court appeal Four-day hearing on whether parliament or government has right to trigger article 50 will be broadcast live All 11 of the UK’s most senior judges will take their seats on ...
The winners of British Accountancy Awards 2016
December 1st, 2016
The big winners of the British Accountancy Awards 2016 have been announced. BDO awarded as Global Firm of the Year and John Whiting awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award. Below are the winners: Individual Excellence Awards OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD Winner: ...
Burness Paull defends multi-million dollar claim relating to legacy business
November 18th, 2016
Burness Paull is defending a $210m claim relating to legacy business Paull & Williamsons, Legal Business has learned. The claim, filed by Robert Kidd, former chairman and principal shareholder of oil service firm International Tubular Services (ITS) relates to a private equity ...
RBS rejected Goldman, Deloitte warning over 2008 cash call, lawsuit alleges
November 17th, 2016
Just hours before Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) launched a massive cash call in 2008 to shore up its capital, the bank’s senior advisers were still discussing whether its financial figures were potentially misleading for investors, court documents allege. ...
Gold Climbs as Vote Jitters Hit U.S. Stock Futures, Mexican Peso
November 3rd, 2016
Polls point to a close race ahead of presidential election Bullion, yen boosted by haven demand as dollar extends slide Investors are becoming more jittery amid a tightening race for the U.S. presidency, sending gold higher for a sixth ...
NatWest sets up alternative finance panel for loan referrals
November 1st, 2016
NatWest has set up a panel of alternative lenders to which business customers can turn if they fail to qualify for a loan from the UK bank. The panel, called ‘Capital Connections’, builds on NatWest’s existing referral partnerships with ...
Lloyds Banking Group to introduce new state of the art fraud prevention technology
October 13th, 2016
Lloyds Banking Group is set to become the first organisation in Europe to introduce new state of the art fraud prevention technology, helping protect its 30 million customers from telephone fraudsters.The patented Phoneprinting™ technology, developed by call centre fraud ...
Barclays Bank is the most complaint about firm according to FCA
October 11th, 2016
Financial services firms recorded a 2.6% reduction in new complaints between January and June 2016 compared to the previous six months, according to new complaints data published today by the Financial Conduct Authority. The total number of complaints was ...
CMS, Nabarro and Olswang combine to create 6th largest law firm in the UK and 6th largest globally
October 11th, 2016
The Partners of CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal to combine their firms and create a new City powerhouse that will become the world’s sixth largest law firm by lawyer headcount (1) ...
HSBC reduces tariff for thousands of business customers
October 4th, 2016
HSBC has pledged its support for Scotland’s small business community by extending a reduced tariff applied to customers using its digital banking services. The bank’s Electronic Banking Tariff (EBT) is now available to customers with a turnover of up ...
