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Edinburgh-based bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland has reduced its lending to oil and gas companies across the world and doubled its green energy loans in the UK, according to new data. Provisions made to the UK renewable sector now stand at £1bn a year, data published by The Guardian newspaper show

A hearing of the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to consider a formal complaint against Deloitte and one of its partners. The complaint concerns the conduct of Deloitte and partner John Clennett in relation to “certain aspects of the audit of the financial stateme

The average cost of renting agricultural land in Scotland has risen three per cent since last year, new figures show. Scotland's Chief Statistician today released the latest figures on Tenanted Agricultural Land in Scotland.

Professional jobs availability in Scotland has increased 9 per cent in the 12 months to March 2016, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). The data, provided by recruitment software company, Innovantage, revealed that a number of sectors are experiencing considerabl

The decision for the UK to leave the EU will be bad for business, according to more than 75 per cent of lawyers and accountants, a seminar and debate chaired by law firm Hierons has been told. Delegates overwhelmingly believe that while a British exit could lead to more advisory work in the short te

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Paula Bell (via Linkedin) Edinburgh-based distribution firm John Menzies has lost finance director Paula Bell to communications group Spirent.

Troy Michels, John Peebles, Derek Gardner Edinburgh-based Administrate, an EdTech SaaS solution for training providers and corporations, has appointed Derek Gardner as CFO.

Stephen Acheson Edinburgh-based global investment manager, Standard Life Investments, has created a pensions solutions proposition to deliver innovative new liability aware funds designed to address the needs of Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes.

Profits at Edinburgh-based private rented sector (PRS) specialist Sigma Capital Group have risen almost ten-fold. The company has posted pre-tax profits of £2.14m for the 2015 calendar year, up from £0.21m a year earlier.

A new study has revealed that found that one fifth of British accountants have no pension savings at all. High net worth retirement lending adviser Bower Private Clients’ survey of 105 accountants in February also found that 34 per cent of the profession plan to fund some or all of their retiremen

Aberdeen city centreThe regeneration expert appointed to help drive forward the Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) has said the city can compete with world’s best cities for global investment.

CMS Window Systems managing director, Andy Kerr Window, door and curtain walling designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Window Systemshas been identified as one of the country’s most profitable businesses by being named in 2016’s highly respected Profit Track 100 report by The Sunday Times in

Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank is to help more customers access their mortgages by making them available through a new broker service. The Bank, which employs most of its 4,000-strong workforce in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has launched its new intermediary service – Tesco Mortgage Intermediaries – mean

Average property prices in Scotland fell 1 per cent in February from the previous month – the first monthly drop seen since June 2015. The dip comes despite the strongest February for home sales north of the border since 2008, up 19 per cent year-on-year after a buy-to-let flurry, Your Move figure