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The former director of an Aberdeen scrap metal firm who admitted running a VAT fraud amounting to in excess of £200,000 has been jailed for 18 months.

Gillian Docherty, Jim McHarg, Neal Juster and Paul Little Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has installed Jim McHarg as its new president for a two-year term.

Tim Jones More than a quarter of a billion pounds has been raised by independent not-for-profit Allia to help tackle global and local issues such as unemployment, social exclusion and affordable housing – with half that sum (£125 million) being issued in 2017 alone.

Adam McGhee There needs to be a fundamental reappraisal of the way public contracts are awarded to ensure the uncertainty facing Carillion workers and sub-contractors is not repeated, according to the architects behind a host of Scottish university buildings.

Stephen Inglis Regional REIT, the office and industrial property-focused real estate investment trust managed by London & Scottish Investments, has announced the acquisition of three office properties across the UK, with the support of a £19 million facility from Royal Bank of Scotland’s Real

Howard Archer Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell to a 35-month low in December, marking what was a fourth decline in five months, latest Bank of England figures have revealed.

The UK’s financial watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority has today reached out to people with interest-only mortgages to urge them to contact their lender after discovering that many have still not sought guidance on their repayment options.

Duncan Swift Latest data from the Insolvency Service published today has shown that 99,196 people were declared insolvent in the UK in 2017 as the nation’s personal debt burden ballooned to £1.6 trillion.

A pioneering digital ordering system that empowers small kiosk owners to order and pay for products from wholesalers via SMS has been launched in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

David Gauke The Lord Chancellor has lost an appeal to a ruling that transitional pension arrangements for over 200 judges amount to unlawful age discrimination.

Jim McColl Jim McColl, chief executive of investment vehicle Clyde Blowers Capital and one of Scotland’s richest men, has revealed that he plans to launch a new Scottish bank to support small businesses with loans of up to £5 million.

Graeme Hartop Edinburgh-based Hampden & Co, the UK’s newest private bank, has announced that it raised more capital than planned in its recent fundraising.

Paul Pester TSB has today announced that it is starting to put pieces in place to bring much needed competition to the UK small business banking market this year.

Sir Howard Davies Top brass at the Royal Bank of Scotland have again been sent scrambling over revelations of how the Edinburgh-based lender treated small business customers in a bruising session in front of MPs that has forced the Financial Conduct Authority into a dramatic u-turn on its decision n

John Di Paolo Irwin Mitchell in Glasgow has announced that two of its employees have been promoted to associate or senior associate.