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Scotland’s top prosecutors will press the case for stringent business compliance at an anti-bribery seminar in Aberdeen this week.

Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland took a hit over the weekend amid rising concerns that the still 73 per cent state-owned bank could be next in line for a massive multi-billion pound fine from US authorities after it emerged Deutsche Bank had been hit with a $14 billion penalty relating to pre-crisi

More than three million current account customers have ditched their old bank or building society and switched to a new one in the three years since a new service to take the hassle out of switching was launched.

Sir Nicholas Macpherson (Image: FT) The Board of The Scottish American Investment Company has appointed Sir Nicholas Macpherson as a non-executive Director.

Edinburgh-based Miller Homes has announced it plans to continue its “substantial” land investment programme after the firm unveiled a 66 per cent rise in interim profits.

Scotland’s rental culture is happier, friendlier and more settled than that south of the Border though it is still under threat from rental increases, according to new research.

The value of oil and gas produced in Scotland fell to its lowest level since 1999 last year, despite an increase in production.

Aberdeen Asset Management has been told by the Financial Conduct Authority to increase its capital buffers.

Peter Boyd A dedicated event has been arranged as an Edinburgh headquartered law firm looks to meet the surge in demand for Equity Release.

In its Banking Deals Review 2015/16, Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance practice – the largest in Scotland – has reported its busiest ever twelve months.

Business owners in Scotland take an average of £91,100 a year from their firms in salary and dividends, according to the results of a new survey.

Paul Charmatz A higher proportion of loans to businesses in Scotland are now being made by challenger banks compared with the UK as a whole.

People on low incomes pay more than most for essential goods and services in Scotland, according to new research published today by Citizens Advice Scotland.

A consultation has been launched over Government proposals to allow savers planning for retirement to take up to £500 tax-free from their pension pots to pay for financial advice.

A building merchant sales manager who embezzled more than £73,000 from his former employer has been jailed for a year.