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The James Hutton Institute has announced the appointment of Hugh Darby as its new director of finance and company secretary. Mr Darby replaces Derek Leslie, who is stepping down after almost three years in the role at the Institution, a major researcher of food, energy and environmental security.

Mastercard has contacted regulators in Germany and Belgium about a data breach affecting details connected to its loyalty programme.

Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson's share prices have risen following an order for the company to pay $572m (£468m) for its role in the opioid addiction crisis.

Edinburgh-based personal finance app Money Dashboard has raised over £4.6 million to allow the fintech to triple its staff numbers.

Shares in transport company Eddie Stobart have been suspended and its chief executive has left after a £2 million accounting discrepancy.

The number of people claiming Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) compensation has increased this week ahead of next week's deadline.

The Scottish Building Society announced today that leading banker Andrew Hastings has joined its board as a non-executive director. Mr Hastings' eminent and successful career began in 1985 at the Royal Bank of Scotland and after a period at BNP Paribas Ireland, he proceeded to lead Barclays Ban

Deloitte has been dragged into a long-running scandal after being reported to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) by former client Elfed Thomas, co-founder of now-defunct telecoms company H20 Networks for failing to spot a £160m fraud at a collapsed telecoms firm. Thomas reported H20’s

Construction contractors who don’t prepare for major VAT changes could face a host of financial difficulties from cashflow problems to reduced profit. That is the warning from one of the UK’s top VAT experts, Nigel Roberts, Head of VAT and Duty at accountancy and business advis

Standard Life Aberdeen has confirmed via a stock exchange announcement the timings and other details for its share buyback plan. In this morning's announcement, the group, which houses platforms Wrap, Elevate and Parmenion, asset managers Aberdeen Standard Investments and Aberdeen Standard Capi

The City of London is launching an alternative giving campaign to help the City’s homeless and rough sleeper population, by donating money through four new contactless card points.

Canadian insurance giant Canada Life has acquired Dundee City Council’s headquarters in a £23.8 million “leaseback” deal. The local Evening Telegraph newspaper has reported that the authority is handing Dundee House over to the insurance heavyweight in an arrangement tha

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has been named the most active M&A financial advisers in Scotland in the first half of 2019 – moving from fourth to first place in the last quarter. In total, RSM’s corporate finance team in Scotland has helped to close nine deals in 2019, including

Labour productivity in Scotland, measured by output per hour worked, increased by 1.1 per cent in real terms (inflation adjusted) during the first three months of 2019 compared to the same quarter last year.

Atom Bank, iwoca, Modulr Finance and The Currency Cloud Group have each been awarded £10 million from the Banking Competition Remedies Board  - the fund spun out of the EU's deal with bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland. The cash award comes from the Capability and Innovation Fund Pool C, o