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Sandy Begbie Standard Life has announced that terms have been agreed to sell its Hong Kong insurance business Standard Life Standard Life Asia, to the Edinburgh-based insurance giant's Chinese joint venture insurance business, Heng An Standard Life Insurance Company Limited.

Lesley-Anne-Junner A new director of finance and corporate services has been appointed at Linstone Housing Association.

The prospect of an out-of-court settlement between Royal Bank of Scotland and a shareholder action group that claims its members were misled by the bank in the run-up to it’s £12 billion rights issue in 2008 has been thrown into doubt over levels of compensation.

Johnston Carmichael has been confirmed as gold sponsor of this year’s Kiltwalks in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee, delivering a welcome financial boost for the charity events.

Members of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) painted the town red this week as part of a special behind-the-scenes tour of Glasgow’s SSE Hydro, one of the world’s busiest live music venues.

Nearly have of married Scots have revealed that they regret how much they spent on their weddings, with more than a quarter (28 per cent) wishing they’d saved the money to purchase their first home instead, according to new research from Barclays.

Antonio Horta-Osario The UK Government has today reduced its stake in Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group to less than 3 per cent after selling further shares in the bank.

The UK’s most vulnerable tenants are being pushed out of the private rental market, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned.

Martin Gill A fall in consumer spending and high inflation is slowing growth in the Scottish economy and the UK as a whole, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Barclays has today announced the launch of Scotland’s first ever Degree-level Apprenticeship in banking aimed at a range of people from all social demographic backgrounds and ages to enter the industry.

John Todd By John Todd, tax partner at Johnston Carmichael

Samantha Seaton The findings of a new survey have revealed that more than 1.3 million Scots have little or no savings.

David Melhuish Receipts from the Scottish Government’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) may fall below government estimates at the end of the 2016/17 financial year, according to official statistics.

Rod Ashley The boss of Britain’s last remaining independent savings bank has told a Holyrood committee that last month’s decision to close the 182 year-old institution was made to avoid a disorderly, regulator-led demise and the consequent impact on its thousands of customers.

Derek Mackay Finance secretary Derek Mackay is to announce support for business in the wake of an outcry relating to the Scottish Government’s business rate hikes.