John Scott has resigned as the chief executive of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games organising committee (OC) with immediate effect following an "error of judgement".

Scott has been replaced by chief operating officer David Grevemberg while the search for a permanent replacement is carried out by the organisation. Glasgow 2014 chair Lord Smith said: "The board has accepted his resignation for an error of judgement he made in accepting, and not declaring, an offer from one of Glasgow 2014's potential suppliers.

"I know he deeply regrets this mistake and this was a job that he loved. It is a measure of the man that he has put the values and reputation of the OC ahead of his own at this time."