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Allan Clow (no tie) and John Irvine. Bancon Group has appointed Allan Clow as managing director of its homes business.

Prof Gary McEwan Aberdeen City and Shire is once again the top region in Scotland for new business start-ups after breaking the record for a second year.

The Serious Fraud Office has today charged Barclays, along with four of its former executives, with conspiracy to commit fraud relating to capital raising arrangements with Qatar in June and October 2008 at the height of the financial crisis.

Graeme Hartop Edinburgh-headquartered private bank Hampden & Co has announced that it has reached £200 million in client deposits.

Couples in the UK face an average bill of £800 each time they attend a wedding, according to a survey on the wider costs associated with tying the knot by Nationwide.

As shareholders vote today on the proposed mega merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management, it has emerged that Standard Life is lining up another major deal in the form of the acquisition of 202-year-old life assurer and Edinburgh neighbour, Scottish Widows.

Royal Bank of Scotland has said it welcomes the decision by credit ratings agency Moody’s to upgrade the still 71 per cent state-owned lender’s senior debt ratings and the deposit ratings.

Derek Mackay Scottish firms looking for significant investment will now be able to access an additional £200 million through the Scottish-European Growth Co-investment Programme.

The Bank of England’s chief cashier has revealed that the UK’s central bank could produce an official digital currency along the lines of Bitcoin.

Paul Smith Fife-based Smith Anderson Group, one of the UK’s largest food packaging companies, has agreed a new financial package with Barclays, including day-to-day banking, invoice discounting and a facility to help manage longer-term foreign exchange (FX) exposures.

Royal Bank of Scotland is close to a deal to resolve the scandal for its role in the sale of so-called “toxic” sub-prime mortgages in the US that played a major role in the onset of the financial crisis of 2008.

The 10th anniversary of Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Scholar Internship Programme is set to see a record 165 students take part.

(Image: GLD Group) Perthshire clothing and footwear supplier GLD Group has been named as the fastest-growing Scottish business for international sales.

Property wealth boosted the retirement standard of living for pensioners in Scotland by nearly £21.6 million in the first three months of this year – more than £240,000 a day, according to new analysis from over-55s finance specialist Key Retirement.

Elaine Mulgrew The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has appointed Elaine Mulgrew as its new head of finance and corporate services.