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Thomas Moore Standard Life Equity Income Trust (SLEIT), managed by investment director Thomas Moore, is to focus on stocks it thinks are undervalued amid a backdrop of "stretched" valuations after it provided a 12.8 per cent diluted total return on net asset value in the first half of its financial

Rt Rev John Chalmers Key figures from the financial industry in Scotland have today welcomed the arrival of a new Church-led player on the affordable credit landscape.

David Lonsdale Footfall numbers in Scotland during April were 1.1 per cent higher than a year ago, marking the third month of growth in a row for the figures north of the border.

Hamish Mair The University of Edinburgh has approved a £6m recapitalisation of its in house venture capital fund Old College Capital (OCC), which provides growth and development finance into companies associated with the University.

Katherine Garret-Cox Alliance Trust chief executive Katherine Garrett-Cox has claimed that her £1.3m wage is only questioned by her critics because she is a woman.

Andrew Dunlop A former tax adviser to Margaret Thatcher who played a significant role in creating the infamous Poll Tax has been made a life peer and appointed as under secretary for the Scotland Office in a move that SNP politicians have branded “"scandalous".

Accountancy firm Baker Tilly, which has offices across Scotland, has won a major national award for services to small businesses.

Gordon Matheson A procurement strategy has been agreed upon to take forward Glasgow’s £1.13 billion City Deal, paving the way for work to proceed on 20 ‘major infrastructure projects’ across the city region over the next 20 years.

Markus Stadlmann Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has reported that UK household wealth has grown by £1.5 trillion or 19 per cent over the last year.

The weary stereotype of the stingy Scot may be well-known the world over, but new research has revealed that we are actually the most likely people in the UK to leave a tip. Restaurant booking service OpenTable, found that 91 per cent of Scots are likely to tip, the highest rate recorded in its surv

A Scottish brewery which is inviting its fans to become shareholders has been criticised for not providing an appropriate level of protection for its investors. Craft beer company BrewDog is currently trying to raise £25 million in capital through its fourth release of shares — an initiative it c

Pre-tax profit at Clydesdale Bank increased 53 per cent to £133 million in the six months to March according to new figures released as the Glasgow-based bank searches for a new owner. The bank is to be demerged from its parent, the National Australia Bank (Nab), through a flotation on the London S

Rathbone Investment Management has announced the opening of a new office and "important hub" on Glasgow's Nelson Mandela Place. The provider of discretionary investment management services for private clients, charities and professional advisers has moved into new premises at The Athenaeum, 8 Nelson

Terra Firma Chambers has announced that Michael Howlin QC has joined the stable with immediate effect. Mr Howlin called to the bar of England & Wales in 1982, serving company-law and chancery pupillages in Lincoln's Inn before coming to practise in Scotland.

The Royal Bank of Scotland and James Donaldson & Sons Ltd (JDS) have forged a new banking relationship that will see RBS provide strategic funding services across the Fife-headquartered JDS Group. The agreement will benefit all four companies in the JDS Group: James Donaldson Timber Ltd, Donalds