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Left to right: Graeme Cairns (Team Leader), apprentices Luis Guarin, Abigail Harkness, Kieran Kerr and Demi Wardrop, as well as Arlene Stewart (Senior Operations Manager). AXA Business Insurance has been named Employer of the Month by Developing the Young Workforce Glasgow.

Royal Bank of Scotland’s plan to avert the need to sell-off its Williams & Glyn business, as per the EU-imposed conditions of its £45 billion taxpayer bailout, is to be probed by the European Commission.

A fraudster who swindled tens of thousands of pounds through a ruse of opening multiple bank accounts in different names has been jailed.

Mike Timmins The London IPO market has seen a slow but steady start to the year as a result of some businesses waiting on the sidelines for more clarity around the triggering of Article 50 and political personnel changes in the US, according to the latest issue of EY’s IPO Eye.

Linda Barr French Duncan has launched a new, free debt advice website to help people in Glasgow who are struggling to pay their monthly bills.

Independent data, research and analysis provider on the UK peer-to-peer lending market Orca has today announced the launch of their new platform, aimed at helping financial advisers and sophisticated investors clearly visualise and seize the opportunities within the P2P market.

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.