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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.

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.

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.

Paul Broad New figures have revealed almost half of all transactions for office space in Glasgow in 2017 was by the public sector, following two major Government Property Unit deals at the end of the year.

Alasdair McGill Miigen, a Scottish-based social platform for senior life living with global ambitions, has strengthened its top management team as it moves towards a new £1 million fund-raising round with the appointment of entrepreneur Alasdair McGill as finance director.

2 Semple Street Edinburgh has surpassed the 1,000,000 sq ft take-up mark for the first time since 2004, with 1,138,500 sq ft of office space transactions across the four quarters of 2017, according to the latest research from CBRE Scotland.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has come under renewed fire today over the long-running scandal surrounding the conduct of its notorious Global Restructuring Group after The Treasury select committee published an internal memo in which RBS staff are told to let struggling businesses “hang thems

Neil Amner Scottish firms continuing to display resilience in the face of economic uncertainty, according to the latest Scottish Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Indicator survey.

Andrew Telfer Edinburgh-based fund managers Baillie Gifford & Co has announced the appointment of five new Partners effective 1 May 2018.

David Redfern One of the UK's leading tax experts today weighed into the debate emerging from news that HMRC investigations into large companies have increased in length over the last financial year.

Royal Bank of Scotland bosses “undermined” Carillion’s efforts to avoid collapse, a witness statement filed at the High Court in London has revealed.

Ken Pattullo Business distress is hitting businesses in Scotland increasingly hard, according to research published today by Begbies Traynor.

Andy Wood The number of businesses failing because of their debts to HM Revenues & Customs has jumped by double-digits, according to a new report from Enterprise Tax Consultants.

People planning to retire this year are expecting to live on an average annual income of £19,900, according to the latest research by Prudential.

Aberdeen-based business support software firm Evolve iMS has secured contracts worth £400,000, with five major UK construction, engineering and decommissioning firms, as it gears up for further growth in 2018.