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A museum at the site of the world's first savings bank has been spared closure by TSB following a community campaign. The bank announced in March that it would close the museum in Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway and transfer the contents to its Edinburgh headquarters for a special exhibition.

The Scottish economy contracted by 1.9% during the first quarter of the year, which business experts have called "concerning and disappointing". The economy was 5.4% smaller in Q1 2021 than in Q1 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic made its full impact, the figures show.

Scotland's oldest municipal bank – and one of just two in the whole country – has celebrated its centenary. Clydebank Municipal Bank was officially opened on 22 June 1921, having been agreed by Clydebank Town Council in May 1920.

Scottish entrepreneur Lee Fitzpatrick offers suggestions of how businesses can focus on the longer-term in their digital marketing strategies. Who wouldn’t want better sales, bigger balance sheets and a quick hit turnaround in 2021? After the year or so we’ve all had, SMEs surely deserve

Timber firm James Donaldson & Sons Ltd (JDS) has further developed its programme of growth with the acquisition of Glasgow-based worktop specialist, Stonecare. Established in 1999, Stonecare supplies solid worktops to the UK kitchen industry and is the only kitchen worktop manufacturer in Scotla

A new digital academy launched by Bank of Scotland aims to help people, businesses and charities across Scotland boost their essential skills. The free academy includes live training sessions as well as videos, interactive webpages and guides that can be accessed on demand at any time.

Scottish fintech Miconex has launched a national campaign asking families in Scotland to nominate their "school superheroes" who have made a positive contribution to their school community. One school superhero will receive a £50 Town and City Gift Card for their choice of the 60 schemes aroun

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has cautioned executors against swallowing the myth that when a debtor dies their debt is written off. Paul McDougall, associate director in the company's insolvency practice, said this is not the case if the deceased debtor leaves an estate with assets.

Bank of Scotland has revealed the first images of its brand new state-of-the-art ‘concept’ branch which will open in the St James Quarter development in Edinburgh later this month.

A woman who allegedly robbed a bank from her electric wheelchair has been arrested.

Deloitte has announced nine new partner and director appointments in Scotland as the firm bolsters its leadership team and invests in its Scottish business. Lesley Smillie and Stephen Pratt have been appointed to partner in Edinburgh and Michael Caullay has been promoted to partner in Glasgow.

Scotland continues its decade-long trend as the UK’s most attractive region for financial services foreign direct investment (FDI) outside of London, according to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey for Financial Services.

TSB is preparing to stop its customers from sending money to cryptocurrency trading sites such as Binance and Kraken due to concerns over high levels of fraud. According to The Times, TSB believes fraudsters are being allowed to establish e-wallets and steal money from traders due to weak security c

The Scottish Startup Survey 2021, run by the Engage Invest Exploit (EIE) team at the University of Edinburgh’s Bayes Centre, has revealed how Scottish startups have been faring throughout the pandemic. A total of 75 startups drawn from EIE alumnus companies - EIE has supported over 500 tech st

Edinburgh-based fintech company Aveni has secured an investment of £1.1 million led by the TRICAPITAL Angel syndicate to launch a ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform which is leading the way in a new era for speech analytics in business. Aveni Detect uses the latest advances