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Property wealth boosted the retirement standard of living for pensioners in Scotland by nearly £21.6 million in the first three months of this year – more than £240,000 a day, according to new analysis from over-55s finance specialist Key Retirement.

Elaine Mulgrew The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has appointed Elaine Mulgrew as its new head of finance and corporate services.

Martin Armstrong Wheatley Group has secured £100 million of new private investment as it drives forward the country’s largest house-building programme.

The RBoS Shareholders Action Group has voted to accept a 82p a share offer to finally settle with Royal Bank of Scotland over its disastrous 2008 rights issue.

Hard up Moray Council is giving local businesses the opportunity to sponsor new street names as a way of raising much needed revenue.

Deloitte has enhanced its rapidly-growing digital offering in Scotland with the acquisition of proposition design consultancy Market Gravity.

Amy Gordon and Iona McKay Grant Thornton has appointed two new recruits in Aberdeen as the firm pushes forward with its growth strategy in the north east of Scotland.

More than half of Scots say they occasionally run out of money before payday, with 15 per cent saying they do so ‘most of the time’ or ‘always.’

https://youtu.be/YISE37WiBvM Some of Britain’s biggest high street names, including John Lewis, Debenhams, New Look and Next, are forming a credit union designed to offer staff an alternative to the sky-high interest rates charged by payday lenders.

The High Court Lawyers representing 9,000 Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders have this morning secured an adjournment for the third successive day at the High Court in London.

Keith Skeoch Edinburgh-based insurer Standard Life confirmed yesterday that it has filed an application with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as part of the process of seeking regulatory and antitrust approvals for its proposed £3.8 billion takeover of Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM).

The High Court The trial of Royal Bank of Scotland and its former bosses over what they knew about the financial health of the bank prior to a 2008 rights issue and its subsequent £45 billion taxpayer bailout has been adjourned for 24 hours as a last minute settlement was being sought.

Antonio Horta-Osario Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio has bought £36,000 worth of shares just a day after the government confirmed that it had sold its final stake in the bank which received a £20 billion taxpayer bailout in the financial crash.

David Alexander By David Alexander, managing director at DJ Alexander

A husband and wife have been found guilty of fraud in what has become the UK's longest ever criminal trial. At the High Court in Glasgow, Edwin Mclaren, 52, was found guilty of defrauding homeowners to the tune of £1.6 million in a case that began in September 2015. Mr Mclaren’s scam involved pr