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Bailed-out and scandal-hit Scottish banking giant Royal Bank of Scotland is to ditch the RBS acronym branding that has existed throughout its wretched recent history. The Edinburgh-based bank, which was bailed out by UK taxpayers at a cost of £45 billion in the darkest days of the financial crisis,

Lord Brodie A Scottish law firm which sued a former corporate client for payment of over £100,000 in unpaid legal fees has won its action after the company lost an appeal.

A seafood company has called for Scottish smoked salmon to be awarded protected status. Associated Seafoods said foreign producers, including the US and France, had “misappropriated” the label for smoked salmon and wants to see it granted protected geographical indication (PGI) status.

As the humble ‘hole-in-the-wall’ celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the Glaswegian man who invented the technology has revealed he got just £10 for the industry-changing technology he created. While Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg is now worth an estimated $50 billion, 79-year-old Jame

Swiss banking giant UBS has downgraded Royal Bank of Scotland from ‘buy’ to ‘neutral’ and cut the price target to 250p from 310p, as it citied significant payout uncertainty. UBS said first-quarter adjusted pre-tax profit of RBS’s ongoing businesses beat its estimates by 16 per cent, with

An Aberdeen oil industry executive with a previous conviction for embezzlement stole more than £1.3m from her employers to fund a life of luxury, a court has heard. Jacqueline McPhie, 46, took the money while vice president for finance at Altus Intervention between March 2013 and April 2014.

Paul Eagland Martin Gill, head of BDO in Scotland, has today welcomed the election of Paul Eagland as the new managing partner of the mid tier accountancy firm following a vote by all its partners.

Craig McKinlay Nearly a third of Scotland’s young people expect to work beyond retirement age to pay off their mortgage, according to a report.

Buccleuch Property has announced a key new addition with the appointment of Paul Jarvis as asset manager director. This new role will focus on developing Buccleuch Property’s asset management capability in the UK.

Anne Begg Perthshire property bosses are revealing that, despite the rain and snow, April was a bumper month for property sales.

Aberdein Considine Managing Partner Jacqueline Law (centre) with (l-r) Michael Sinclair, Partner, Aberdein Considine, Paul Jennings, Partner, Aberdein Considine, Brydon Crearie, Partner, A&S Ireland and Gavin Crowe, Partner A&S Ireland. Scottish Law Firm Aberdein Considine has announced that

Barclays Mortgages has today made the controversial move to reintroduce the 100 per cent mortgage back into the UK housing market. Such products were slammed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis for being a major catalyst of the meltdown.

While the people of Leicester took to the streets yesterday to hail the realisation of the impossible dream, cheered on by most of the UK population, it wasn't just despondent Spurs-supporters left licking their wounds. They were joined in their misery by the nation’s bookmakers who, it has emerge

Standard Life has announced the acquisition, through its subsidiary Standard Life Savings, of AXA Portfolio Services Limited (trading as Elevate) from AXA UK. The deal will create one of the UK’s largest adviser platform businesses with combined assets under administration of £36.4bn, bring more

Lord Boyd of Duncansby A gambler who lost more than £90,000 after placing an online bet on a Scottish football match has failed in a legal challenge over the bookmaker’s decision to refuse to pay out.