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Team Amiqus A pioneering project aiming to allow regulated professionals to securely collect client on boarding information and documents, has won business consultancy firm Deloitte’s prestigious Disrupt the Enterprise competition, an annual pitch competition inviting Scotland’s most disruptive

Lloyds Bank is to lay off 305 staff and redeploy 900 more after announcing plans to close another 49 branches across its Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands.

Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Money CEO Jayne-Anne Gadhia UK challenger bank Virgin Money, which is headquartered in Newcastle but employs 200 at its Edinburgh hub in the capital’s St Andrew Square, increased its underlying pre-tax profits 28 per cent to £273.3 million last year, with total inco

Matt Henderson Insolvencies are down in Scotland but all might not be as it seems, argues Matt Henderson, head of restructuring, at Johnston Carmichael

Tom Faichnie An Aberdeen-based corporate finance team has acted for clients on deals valued at £30 million since it was set up earlier this year.

David Duffy Glasgow-based parent company of Clydesdale Bank, CYBG, has delivered its first profit for five years in challenging conditions after reporting a statutory profit of £182 million for the year to September 30, including restructuring and conduct charges.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB-ZY5rq5nk&feature=youtu.be This year’s Female FTSE Report, by academics at Cranfield School of Management and Exeter University Business School, sponsored by Aviva and the Government Equalities Office, reveals that while the number of women being appointed to

Spending on Scotland's ferry services has more than doubled since 2007/08, increasing vital links to the islands. But the full extent of future spending requirements is not known and could be substantial, putting the sustainability of services in doubt, Audit Scotland has warned.

Richard Theo Insurance giant Aviva, which employs 2,500 staff across hubs in Perth and Bishopriggs has announced an agreement to acquire a majority shareholding in Wealthify, a low cost, 'robo' investment service.

Landowners and tenant farmers across Scotland’s diverse agricultural sector believe that selling prices, input costs and Brexit will have the biggest impact on agribusiness over the next 12 months, according to the results of a survey.

Wendy Smith, Scott Henderson, and Sandy Findlay (all Jumpstart). Edinburgh-based R&D tax relief firm Jumpstart has opened its first office in the West Midlands and is promising to help engineering firms and manufacturers unlock an extra £4.5 million.

Gordon Duncan Lockton, the world’s largest privately owned insurance broker, is bolstering its presence in Scotland with the launch of a new office in Aberdeen.

Royal Bank of Scotland and Deloitte have joined forces in a collaborative project, led by RBS subsidiary Ulster Bank, known as Project GreenPay, which is exploring the application of RBS developed Blockchain technology to improve domestic payments systems.

Liz Cameron Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) has announced the official opening of a new International Trade Office in the city of Yantai, China, as part of a trade mission by a Chambers’ delegation to explore new trading opportunities and links with business, education and government organisat

Cyber risks associated with energy technology are high on the agenda for UK businesses with two- thirds (65 per cent) significantly concerned about the issue and over half (51 per cent) worried that their client data isn’t handled securely enough by their energy supplier, according to the latest