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Philip Hammond UK Chancellor Philip Hammond has described the state’s 70 per cent stake in bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland as a “long-term asset”, dashing any hopes of a sell-off in the near future.

Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas has worked closely with long-standing client, Fleet Alliance, a Glasgow-based vehicle leasing company, on it acquisition of Neva Consultants.

Scotland’s police force has been described as “an organisation in crisis” after the Auditor General’s told a Holyrood committee there is a £200 million deficit in the budget. Caroline Gardner, the Auditor General for Scotland, reported last month that the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), w

Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced a fresh multi-billion-dollar hit to its balance sheet weeks before it reveals its 2016 full-year results.

Homes previously completed at Western Harbour by Hart Builders Royal Bank of Scotland has provided a £6.9 million funding package to Hart Builders to back its plan to construct 146 new homes in Edinburgh.

Boys receive more pocket money than girls, with the pay gap widening with age, according to a new report.

Dundee Sheriff Court (Google) A former team leader dealing with tax credits at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Dundee office has been charged with defrauding the authority out of more than £75,000.

Lord Woolman The liquidators of a distribution services company which sold its principal asset for half its market value have failed in a legal challenge against the transaction. A judge rejected the claim that the sale amounted to a “gratuitous alienation” and ruled that the price paid was “a

Gordon Chalmers Wylie & Bisset LLP, one of Scotland’s longest established firms of Chartered Accountants, has secured full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for Consumer Credit Activities following a rigorous assessment process.

Brian Norton Students at Scottish universities are more financially savvy than their UK counterparts, according to new research.

Perth-based Braveheart Investment Group has reported a strong third quarter trading prompting the the AIM-listed group’s stock to jump by more than 17 per cent.

Edinburgh fund manager Martin Currie has seen its UK arm post a pre-tax loss of £8 million in the year to March 2016.

Liina Tulk Liina Tulk, Senior Solicitor in MBM Commercial's Dispute Resolution team, considers circumstances where a banking dispute can turn into a professional negligence claim against previous lawyers.

Hugh Meechan (Pic: Christian Cooksey) Glasgow challenger mortgage firm, The Mortgage Lender, (TML) plans to create up to 109 new jobs in Scotland’s financial services sector after being awarded a Regional Selective Assistance grant from economic development agency Scottish Enterprise.

Dundee-based bespoke joinery manufacturer and interior fit-out specialist, Bentleys Shopfitting Ltd, has announced it is the latest Scottish business to adopt an employee ownership model, with 50 staff now given the opportunity to become owners.