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Aegon scraps Kames Capital brand in Europe-wide revamp

Asset manager will be absorbed by parent Aegon is to scrap its Kames Capital brand and absorb it into the parent group as it integrates its US and European businesses.Read More

Relief for shops

Retailers on course for Black Friday shopping boost

Black Friday
Deep discounts have been in evidence all week (pic: Terry Murden) Black Friday shoppers appeared on track to give retailers a much-needed boost, according to early data. Some high streetsRead More

Latest photo craze

Introducing the Spelfie: a selfie taken from space

Spelfie
Capturing the moment: a photo taken 400 miles above Earth The latest craze in recording our every moment has now reached the skies above us. Selfies can be taken fromRead More

Fight goes to court

Distillery threatens to sink £12m hotel plan in brand dispute

Tomatin hotel
Planned hotel will bring jobs to the area A £12 million Highlands venture is under threat because of a dispute over its name. Entrepreneur William Frame wants to build aRead More

China whisky contract

Scots tycoon Valentine oversees Mongolia distillery

Dave Valentine
Dave Valentine at the convention A Scottish entrepreneur’s company is to manage the building of a whisky distillery in Mongolia. Dave Valentine, owner of Forfar-based Valentine International, concluded the dealRead More

Youngest billionaire

Kylie Jenner in $600m cosmetics deal with Coty

Kylie Jenner: youngest self-made billionaire (pic: Kylie Jenner/Instagram) Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is selling a 51% stake in her cosmetics company Kylie Cosmetics for $600m (£463m) to beauty giant Coty, ownerRead More

Deal inquiry

Regulator to investigate FNZ’s £150m Aussie deal

FNZ offices (FNZ website)
FNZ: expanding through acquisition Competition watchdogs have launched an inquiry into Edinburgh software company FNZ’s £150 million acquisition of Australian tech provider GBST. The two businesses will remain separate whileRead More

Crowfund plan

BrewDog raising funds to build distillery in US

James Watt BrewDog
James Watt: ‘We’re growing faster than ever’ (pic: Terry Murden) BrewDog has launched a third US round of its Equity for Punks and will use the funds raised to helpRead More

New role for funds veteran

Gilbert confirmed as chairman of digital bank Revolut

Martin Gilbert
Martin Gilbert: linked to job since summer (pic: Terry Murden) Digital bank Revolut has confirmed the appointment of fund management veteran Martin Gilbert as its chairman. Mr Gilbert, 64, isRead More

Affair leads to sacking

McDonald’s fires CEO over relationship with employee

McDonald's
Fast movers: McDonald’s board met on Friday and fired the CEO McDonald’s chief executive Steve Easterbrook has been fired for violating company policy by having a relationship with an employee. TheRead More