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Ally Scott EY’s corporate finance team in Scotland, led by partner Ally Scott, acted as lead advisors on the £30 million sale of two businesses by Perthshire-based entrepreneur Simon Howie.

Two postcodes in Edinburgh and Glasgow have been named in the top three locations for house price growth over the past year in Barclay’s first ever Postcode Property Index.

David Lonsdale Four of Scotland’s leading industry groups – representing manufacturing, commercial property, retail and tourism - have united to challenge the Scottish Government to ensure future increases in business rates rise by no more than CPI, rather than the RPI measure of inflation. A sw

Mark Carney Royal Bank of Scotland, which did not pass the Bank of England’s annual industry stress test last year, has done so this time around, a result that the Bank said shows the Edinburgh-based lender has improved its financial position over the last twelve months.

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.

As the UK once again prepares to hunt for a Black Friday bargain, figures from Nationwide show how retail spending soars as impulse buying rises on the day.

Fiona Gormley Following the gently improving energy sector, Aberdeen’s area property market is looking brighter, with residential sales activity improving above £400,000, according to latest research from Savills.

Mel Bucher Edinburgh investment house Martin Currie has strengthened its US Institutional business team with the appointment of Andy Hahn as vice president, North America, sales and client service.

Faisal Choudhry House prices in Scotland will outperform London and most other regions of the UK over the next five years, according to international real estate adviser Savills.

Gary Gillespie The latest report on Scotland’s economic performance has shown a strong first half of 2017.

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

Fiona Robertson Campbell Dallas has appointed Fiona Robertson, an international M&A specialist, as an assistant director in the firm’s expanding corporate finance team, and promoted Graham Cunning, partner, to head of corporate finance in Scotland.

Charity The Trussell Trust has called for urgent action to improve the system of Universal Credit after new figures revealed a 20 per cent rise in the use of food banks in Scotland in the last year.

Nationwide Building Society has today said it is improving its rates for mortgage customers and outlining its response to any decision by the Bank of England to increase the Bank Rate this week. As mortgage customers look to secure competitive rates in the light of the uncertainty around Bank Rate,

Willie Rennie Registration of powers of attorney are facing delays of up to three months, Scotland on Sunday has reported.