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A new financial institution based on ‘ethical banking’ has been created in Edinburgh following the merger of two long established Credit Unions.

Nearly a third of Scotland’s professional services firms are considered to be at higher than normal risk of insolvency, according to research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

Fears that headwinds from the UK vote to leave the EU in June could spread to the global economy appear not to have been realised, with confidence amongst UK businesses holding up relative to the previous quarter, according to the latest the latest Global Economic Conditions Survey published today

Demand for temporary professionals in Scotland has risen by 8 per cent year on year to September 2016 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Edinburgh-based peer-to-peer lending firm LendingCrowd has announced an inducement offer to investors who are thinking about adding P2P to their investment strategy.

Gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £20.5 billion in September, according to latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

L&SD MD Bryan Wilson at the former Tesco site in Crieff. A property management, investment and development company has announced plans to regenerate dormant sites across Scotland, deliver over 300 new home in the process.

Aberdeen Asset Management’s South American fund has reported better-than-expected assets under management in its third quarter results as the enterprise benefited from the weakened position of sterling.

The High Court Calls has been made for a Scottish Government review after police and prosecutors were found by the High Court in London to have “abused state powers” to carry out an illegal raid while investigating the allegedly fraudulent takeover of Rangers football club.

(Image: Stuart Crawford) Scottish James Bond legend Sean Connery’s Spanish lawyers are facing jail for tax fraud after an investigation sparked by the sale of the actor’s Andalucian home.

Counsel and others who merely give advice on tax avoidance schemes without helping to design them should be excluded from a proposed new regime of sanctions, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested.

Bank branches are closing at a faster rate in Scotland than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, figures unearthed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show.

The City of London Corporation has today published a report produced by PwC outlining for debate how elements of immigration policy could be devolved so that visas for non UK nationals could be tailored to meet the needs of local business. The report sets out how such a system could work in practice

The number of debt decrees recorded against businesses in Scotland during the third quarter of the year fell to the lowest level on record, according to figures released today by Registry Trust.

Grant Thornton is to invest in Aberdeen as it explores growth opportunities in the north east of Scotland.