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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.

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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.