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The Crown Office has launched a bid to claw back £160,00 under Proceeds of Crime legislation from a Perthshire potato merchant who conned the taxman out of £160,000 to fund private school fees for his children.

Jon Preshaw Scottish businesses could be sleepwalking towards hefty fines for failing to anticipate the implications of the imminent Criminal Finances Act 2017, which comes into law at the end of September, PwC has warned.

US government agency the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has named Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds in a lawsuit it has filed against some of the UK’s largest banks over manipulation of Libor.

Sabine Lautenschlaeger A European Central Bank official has cautioned that British-based banks who intend to relocate some operations to the EU before Britain quits the single market are falling too far behind schedule.

Martin Shkreli Prospective jurors in the fraud trial of hated pharmaceutical boss Martin Shkreli trampled over the long-established principle of jury impartiality in court transcripts which show juror selection for the trial going quickly awry because he was so disliked.

Joanna Hill The Start Up Loans Company has become the latest alternative finance firm to strike a partnership with Royal Bank of Scotland and Nat West's programme designed to help businesses access alternative sources of finance.

Edinburgh-based accountancy firm Chiene + Tait has been announced as a finalist at the 2017 British Accountancy Awards in the Mid-Tier Firm of the Year category.

Jamie Robertson Jamie Robertson, residential property solicitor at Scottish law firm Thorntons, assesses the novel method of sale.

A payroll manager who embezzled nearly £360,000 from the British Red Cross in Scotland has been jailed for more than two years.

Royal Bank of Scotland has welcomed some of Silicon Valley’s leading lights to its Disrupt 17 event in Edinburgh.

Craig Vickery Trade, talent and technology and their impact upon productivity were discussed at the first meeting of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) / Jenson Fisher Business Forum hosted by EQ Chartered Accountants in Dundee.

In a move that it Is calling a banking industry first, Barclays has revolutionised its Business Banking Online offering by pioneering the use of open data to benefit SMEs.

John Macintosh John Macintosh, Tax Partner at Deloitte in Scotland surveys the bigger picture as new laws loom.

Bill and Melinda Gates (Photo: Kjetil Ree) Bill Gates is still the world's richest person, despite giving away £3.6 billion of his fortune to charity this week.

The investment arm of Swiss bank UBS has completed the acquisition of Quartermile 2, a prime office building located in the new Quartermile development in Edinburgh in a £28.5 million deal.