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Helen Brand In the lead-up to the UK General Election, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has advised the next government to utilise the soft power of UK plc and professional bodies to secure optimal trade opportunities.

Claire Armstrong Scottish law firm Maclay Murray & Spens earlier this month saw the bell ring at the London Stock Exchange for the IPO of Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust raising more than £55 million.

Wes Streeting Royal Bank of Scotland is facing yet another blow to its reputation after MPs told bosses at the Edinburgh-based lender that they may face a parliamentary inquiry into the ballooning sums that the still 73 per cent taxpayer-own bank is spending to defend itself and disgraced former bos

Lorraine Macphail Scotland’s commercial property sector could face long-term growth issues if demand for office space continues to outstrip supply.

Jes Staley Barclays chief executive Jes Staley is to be stripped of his annual bonus at the same time that two regulators opened an investigation into his conduct in a whistleblowing case.

The Scottish Government should explore the creation of a new Scottish National Investment Bank, delegates at the SNP's national conference have said. Party delegates gave unanimous backing on Friday to a motion which said the devolved government should be "examining the feasibility and the creation

A Dundee branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland held fraud awareness training for customers yesterday as a part of UK-wide education initiative involving all major banks, building societies and other financial service firms.

Debjani Raffan A massive 120 Scottish cultural projects have benefited from a collective investment of more than £1.87 million by partnering with businesses operating in Scotland’s business services, financial and legal sectors in what is being hailed as a decade of success for a pioneering progr

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has moved to play down reports that it is set slash a massive 15,000 jobs in its latest bid to cut costs and finally return to profit.

Neil Norman Accountancy firm Chiene + Tait has entered into a partnership that aims to make it easier to invest in Scottish SMEs.

Royal Bank of Scotland along with Barclays has been named among a group of banks hit with multi-million pound Libor rate-rigging fines by Switzerland’s financial competition regulator.

Stella Panu Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners has today announced its exit from Regent Pacific Group, delivering a 9x return on funds invested.

Scott Webb (UKSE) and Robert Stevenson (SB&AS) UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE) has provided financial backing for a management buyout (MBO) of Wishaw-based asbestos removal firm, Specialist Building & Asbestos Services (SB & AS) Ltd.

Kevin McCloud and Bevis Watts managing director Triodos Bank UK Triodos Bank has created a dedicated £15 million lending pot for social housing providers to make energy efficient improvements to current housing stock to alleviate fuel poverty and develop green spaces.

James Leigh-Pemberton The spectre of a fine ranging between $5bn (£4bn) and $12bn imposed by American authorities on Royal Bank of Scotland is preventing the re-privatisation of the still 73 per cent state-owned, bailed-out bank, MPs have heard.