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Santander UK is poised to launch a standalone digital unit in the next few months aimed at the UK's small and medium-sized enterprises, according to reports.

Nearly one in three couples (31 per cent) have secret savings or investments that they have deliberately started without telling their partner or spouse, the Prudential has found.

A third (32 per cent) of Scotland’s first time buyers believe their parents influenced the decisions they made in buying their first home, according to new research from housebuilder Barratt Homes.

McPhee managing director Brinsley McFarlane Private equity group Elaghmore Partners has acquired Scottish concrete mixer firm McPhee Mixers in a deal worth about £5 million.

The number of properties in Scotland which sold for more than a million pounds increased by 4 per cent in 2017, compared to 2016, according to analysis from the Bank of Scotland.

Martin Gill Business output has fallen but firms remain optimistic about future growth, while employment continues to rise, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisors BDO.

A company director who was jailed for submitting false VAT claims has been ordered to repay nearly £190,000.

Aberdeen accountancy firm Infinity Partnership has targeted further growth after a multi-million-pound investment in a new office – more than double the size of its previous location.

Pauline Biddle Deloitte has announced Pauline Biddle as its new managing partner of regional markets in a role that will see her lead all of the firm’s regional practice senior partners outside of London.

Royal Bank of Scotland in England & Wales and its subsidiary NatWest retail banking business in Scotland, which had been due to be cleaved off and launched as a separate ‘challenger bank’, under the brand name, Williams & Glyn, are to be reintegrated back into the core bank resulting in

Seven houses bought using proceeds from crime have been recovered by the Civil Recovery Unit (CRU).

Clydesdale Bank owner CYBG has said it has been hit with extra £350 million impairment because of soaring payment protection insurance (PPI) claims as a deadline for them looms.

Ewen Stevenson Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed that it is to make a further contribution of £3.5 billion to its main pension scheme, in a move seen as an important milestone in its quest to resume dividend payments to investors.

Alan Brown Alan Brown has announced his intention to retire as chief executive at CALA Homes after 32 years at the company.

Nearly a third (31 per cent) of those planning to retire this year are helping out their families financially to the tune of around £4,300 a year, increasing pressure on their own retirement plans and income, new research from Prudential has revealed.