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The Office of Tax Simplification has launched a consultation on the review of Inheritance Tax (IHT).

Sir Ian Wood from ONE and Stephen Coleman of CodeBase A new partnership between private sector led economic development company Opportunity North East (ONE) and leading tech business incubator CodeBase is targeting digital companies in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire with new investment and focus on entr

head of entrepreneurship at Royal Bank of Scotland, Gordon Merrylees Royal Bank of Scotland has officially opened its new Accelerator Hub in Glasgow city centre.

Simon Rubinsohn The divide in the Scottish commercial property market between retail property and the industrial sector is growing, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' Q1 2018 UK Commercial Property Market survey.

A significant number of businesses in the legal sector are in danger of breaching anti-money laundering legislation, and are among those at the highest risk of exposure to such crime, new research has revealed.

The breakneck speed with which digital technology is transforming the financial and related professional services industry, has been revealed in a new report.

Ronnie Stokes Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £2.2 million invoice finance funding facility to Care Visions, a leading independent fostering and residential care provider for vulnerable children, adults and the elderly.

Iain Scott Scottish Government ministers John Swinney MSP and Fergus Ewing MSP this week met the South of Scotland Alliance in Galashiels to discuss a range of key economic issues for the area.

The Scottish Affairs Select Committee will run a special session to investigate the potential closure of 30,000 free to use ATMs.

Nicky Morgan MPs have this week renewed their criticism of Royal Bank of Scotland after it emerged that nearly all of the senior staff currently employed in the bank's turnaround unit for small businesses today also worked in the now disgraced Global Restructuring Group, which was condemned by the F

Nicky Morgan After months of denials and attempts to hide the findings of the Financial Conduct Authority's probe into how Royal Bank of Scotland mistreated thousands of its small business customers, the report has now been made public, resulting in a group of influential MPs branding the bank “di

David Alexander David Alexander, a partner at Gilson Gray LLP comments on a recent case on the recoverability (or otherwise) of VAT on expenses from the unsuccessful party

Scottish Labour has demanded a full review of the decision by LINK to change how free ATMs are funded, saying the proposal could create a "cash machine desert" particularly in deprived areas.

Fraser Sime Activity in the Scottish private sector returned to expansionary territory in January, following a contraction at the end of 2017, as private sector business optimism strengthened markedly to a 43-month high, according to Bank of Scotland analysis.

Jane Howard Royal Bank of Scotland has bowed to pressure and said it will now keep open – at least until the end of the year – 10 of the 62 branches it has marked for closure, but warned customers they must use them, or risk losing them for good.