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A survey of the impact of the closure of all three bank branches in the South Lanarkshire town of Cambuslang has found that the effects have already been “intensely damaging" to its population. The survey was conducted for Cambuslang Community Council’s submission to the Scotti

HM Revenue and Customs has announced that the deadline for applications for an £8 million government initiative to help businesses prepare for EU Exit has been extended to 31 May 2019.

Aberdeen Standard Investments has announced a new tie-up with Skipton Building Society to provide portfolio solutions for customers of its £4bn investment offering. The Edinburgh-based fund manager arm of Standard Life Aberdeen said the partnership will build on its existing £13.9bn MyFo

A scam run by a pair of identical twin brothers has left them out of pocket after both were ordered by a Brazilian judge to pay maintenance to a child whose paternity could not be established.

While London remains the UK’s main hub for international finance, industry export growth in several of the country’s regions and nations has been faster than in the capital over the past five years.

Borders-based chartered accountancy and tax advisory firm Douglas Home & Company has opened an office in central Edinburgh. The firm, which was founded in 1983 by former Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-home’s nephew, Andrew Douglas-home, specialises in director-led expert advice and financ

Business leaders from across Ireland are to join their peers in Scotland at a series of events designed to build meaningful business alliances that will make it easier for companies to build their capacity to trade between Scotland and Ireland. The inward trade mission is supported by AIB GB, Amoss,

Wealth managers Brewin Dolphin has acquired Mathieson Consulting Ltd, a specialist pension and actuarial consulting firm in a move to augment its professional services offering.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has promoted Linda Gray to partner in its audit team in Glasgow to help drive the firm’s future direction and growth strategy. The promotion took effect on Monday 1 April 2019.

Five people have been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing joint investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Police Scotland into alleged money laundering and VAT fraud worth £12 million.

A brand new regulatory anti-money laundering (AML) sub-committee is being set up to ensure that the Law Society of Scotland can meet its increasing statutory obligations as a responsible and effective AML regulator.

East Kilbride-based five-a-side football firm Goals Soccer Centres has discovered what it has called "substantial" VAT errors totalling £12 million and counting.

Mortgage customers who have previously been unable to switch mortgages despite being up-to-date with their payments (commonly known as mortgage prisoners), could soon be able to find a cheaper deal after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposed changes to how lenders assess whether or not a cu

Edinburgh-based Standard Life has gained approval to transfer almost €19 billion of assets to Dublin in anticipation of possible disruption of services after Brexit. The company has received the final permission it needed from the Court of Session in Scotland to go ahead with the move.

Scottish accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB), has secured a significant seven figure equity investment for Project Heather to support the re-launch of the Scottish Stock Exchange after almost fifty years. AAB’s Douglas Martin, Tomas Carruthers and Edwin Hamilton of Project