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Trustees of the former state-owned, Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank have raised concerns over the level of investment in UK projects compared to rest of Europe since its controversial privatisation in 2017. As part of seeing it close the acquisition of the GIB, Australian bank Macquarie agreed

Tim Wishart, head of Scotland and the North of England at Psigma Investment Management, makes the case for investors to hold their nerve in uncertain times  

F&C Investment Trust has announced that it is partnering with City of Glasgow College - Scotland’s largest college, designed for up to 40,000 students - to launch a new award.

Joe Garner Nationwide has announced that it will launch a business bank account - with or without external competition funding - describing the project as an "opportunity too big to ignore".

Sweden's central bank has announced plans to build a technical framework for the issuance of a new electronic currency.

A potent cocktail of gin and funding advice was served up to guests attending Johnston Carmichael’s Meet the Food and Drink Investor event.

Douglas Cameron Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has insisted that ISAs remain important despite the number of ISA accounts in the UK dropping to a near-two-decade low.

Pictured (l-r): John Fordyce, founder at Borders Distillery; Malcolm Offord, chairman of Badenoch & Co; and Adam Hardie, partner and head of food and drink at Johnston Carmichael A potent cocktail of gin and funding advice was served up to guests attending Scottish accountancy and business advis

Adrian Durham Edinburgh-based fintech firm FNZ has announced a major investment in the company which values the firm at £1.65 billion just 15 years after it was founded.

Sir Howard Davies The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a rebrand in an attempt to evade the continued reputational damage that has assailed the lender as a result of a decade’s worth of fallout stemming from multiple misconduct scandals.

Edward Bruce and Mark Richards of Bruce Stevenson Bruce Stevenson, Scotland’s largest independent insurance broker, has acquired Turriff-based regional player Youngson Insurance Consultants on the back of a record financial year that it said closes out its most recent 5-year growth plan.

Veronica Poole Companies in the FTSE are getting ahead of the game in advance of new corporate governance and reporting rules, new research by Deloitte has revealed.

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RSM Class of 2018 Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has expanded its annual trainee intake by appointing 320 new students, including 7 school leavers and graduates across its Scottish offices.

David Purse (left) and Steven Fraser, Partner at Anderson Anderson & Brown Accountancy firm Anderson Anderson Brown has announced the appointment of David Purse as a director in their payroll & employment taxes team, based in their London office.