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(Image: http://www.thescotsmanhotel.com) An Edinburgh five-star hotel and one of the Capital’s most prominent landmarks has been up for sale after it went into liquidation.

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has announced that it is cutting a further 665 jobs and closing 49 branches as part of its ongoing cost-reduction drive.

Scottish house prices have maintained their upward projection as the number of new properties on the market continued to fall, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have said.

Grant Campbell Scottish law firm Brodies LLP has developed innovative software that helps businesses identify contractual risks arising from the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.

Matthew Giles Perth-based Gresham House Forestry Ltd, the forestry asset management division of specialist asset manager Gresham House plc, has promoted Matthew Giles and Rob Carlow to Director.

James Adamson Estate agent Savills has made a senior appointment to its rural, energy and projects team with the addition of director, James Adamson, who will be responsible for the firm's forestry investment across the UK.

Over half of people in Scotland do not believe they do enough to save energy at home and are being hit in the pocket as a result, according to new research.

KPMG has been appointed administrators of retailer American Apparel’s UK operations, which includes an outlet in Glasgow.

(Image: Chris Stewart Group) The former headquarters of Royal Bank of Scotland in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, is to become a restaurant.

Paul Curran Paul Curran, managing director of Edinburgh-based Quartermile Developments, has been announced as the new chairman of the Scottish Property Federation (SPF).

Royal Bank of Scotland has increased the amount of functions available on its mobile app to let customers do more of their banking on the move.

https://youtu.be/9cDgcMfrihg Insurance giant Aegon, which employs 2,000 staff at its Edinburgh Park UK headquarters and another 400 throughout Britian, has revealed that its European arm boosted earnings 11 per cent in the third quarter of this year to hit to € 151 million (£131m).

Kerry Sharp A total of £430 million was invested in risk capital in Scotland last year, according to Scottish Enterprise figures.

Former Rangers owner Craig Whyte, who bought the controlling interest in the Ibrox club from David Murray for £1 in May 2011, has had his bankruptcy order over multi-million pound debts lifted.

A new action plan designed to attract fresh talent into Scotland’s financial services sector has been launched.