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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.

Staff at a Fife charity working with vulnerable children and their families are to see their work supoorted by a donation from the Edinburgh office of Aberdeen Asset Management’s Charitable Foundation.

Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, has invested £1.8 million in Glasgow-based Encompass Corporation as part of a £3.6m co-investment with the Sydney based Adcock Private Equity Group.

A new ICAS report produced in partnership with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has warned that steps need to be taken to ensure the skills needs of the auditor of the future will be met.

Chris Smith Grant Thornton has called for wide ranging reforms, including greater tax simplification, to boost growth in Scotland’s fragile property and construction sector.

Glasgow-based Clydesdale bank has announced the appointment of Timothy Wade and Fiona MacLeod as independent Non-Executive Directors.