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Scottish sales declined by 1.0 per cent on a like-for-like basis last month compared to March 2016, when they had decreased by 1.6 per cent, according to latest data.

Demand for professionals in Scotland has risen by 11 per cent year-on-year to March 2017, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Philip Hammond UK chancellor Philip Hammond has hinted that the Treasury could finally be about to take a multi-billion-pound haircut and sell off its 73 per cent stake in Royal Bank of Scotland nearly a decade after rescuing it at a cost of £45 billion to the UK taxpayer.

Philip de Klerk Philip de Klerk, chief financial officer at airline Flybe, has resigned to take up the position of CFO at AIM-traded performance materials manufacturer Low & Bonar.

Luke Davis With the triggering of Article 50 and the start of the 2017/18 financial year on 6 April, London-based investment firm IW Capital has conducted new research to profile the risk appetite of the UK investor community.

While the image of the classic CEO is of brash, confident, charismatic and extroverted, a new study has suggests that this may only be the case because they interview well.

John Whittle Bolton-based law firm, Keoghs, is to extend its geographic reach into Scotland in April with the opening of a Glasgow office in the heart of the city’s business district.

Blair Nimmo New analysis from professional services firm KPMG indicates positive signs for the Scottish economy, with a significant drop in the number of Scottish companies failing in the first three months of 2017.

Tracey Black The CBI has appointed Tracy Black as its new deputy director in Scotland.

The Scottish Government has welcomed commitments from the new owners of the Green Investment Bank on the future of the Edinburgh-based institution.

Neil Amnar Scottish Chambers of Commerce has called for a lowering of taxes and a commitment to safeguarding inward migration north of the border to bolster Scotland’s stuttering economy.

The average Scottish council spends less than a fifth of their procurement budget with local small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), according to data uncovered by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £21.4 billion in March, according to The Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Vanessa Kennedy Scottish law firm Gilson Gray has appointed PwC marketing director Vanessa Kennedy to the same, though newly created role, with the Edinburgh headquartered lawyers.

Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh, money advice trainer and consultant at Advice Scotland, summarises his new report on the Scottish government's faltering Debt Arrangement Scheme.