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Gerry Cockburn Experienced finance director Gerry Cockburn has joined Boyd Legal – bringing with him more than 25 years’ experience. Previously head of finance at the Faculty of Advocates and having held key roles at Gilson Gray and Capita-owned Optima Legal Services, Mr Cockburn will now be fi

Christopher Woolard Barclays has emerged as Britain’s most complained about bank following the publication of new Financial Conduct Authority data which shows the total number of complaints reported by firms in the second half of 2016 was 3.04 million.

UK investor sentiment has dipped again in April, slumping by 1.65 per cent to 4.25 per cent.

Ross Wilson By Ross Wilson is director and head of east agency at the Edinburgh commercial department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors

Fraud affected two in every five people aged over 55 living in Glasgow last year, according to new research.

A government department has applied to join a class action suit currently representing shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland who are among those the still state-owned bank is alleged to have misled in 2008 prior to its £45 billion taxpayer bailout.

Workloads for small and medium-sized construction firms in Scotland rose faster than at any time since the 2007 financial crisis, a new survey has revealed.

Mastercard has unveiled the world's biometric bank card, combining chip technology with fingerprint senors in what is claims is the next generation of point of sale card technology.

Neil Amnar Scottish Chambers of Commerce has called for a lowering of taxes and a commitment to safeguarding inward migration north of the border to bolster Scotland’s stuttering economy.

One in five businesses have fallen victim to cyber-attacks in the past year, according to the results of a survey released today by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

Graeme Rogerson, sole director of GKTD Limited, an oil consultancy based in Aberdeen, has been disqualified from acting as a director for 5 years after failing to pay more than £55,000 in tax.

Jonathan Meddes Four of Scotland’s most disruptive start-up companies will showcase their vision of how to change the world of business to investors, venture capitalists, incubators, and academics at Deloitte’s Edinburgh Greenhouse on April 25.

Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has begun telling its clients that new industries such as asteroid mining are set to make the so-called space economy a multi-trillion-dollar industry within the next two decades

Lee Crowe Brooks Macdonald announced the appointment of Lee Crowe, who joins its Edinburgh office as a Business Development Manager.

Debbie Mayor Confidence levels within Scotland’s business community have stabilised, but remain below the UK and Eurozone averages, according to Grant Thornton’s International Business Report.