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Gillian Guy The Citizens Advice Bureau has announced that it has seen the number of complaints about payday loan compnaies nearly halved over the last year.

Jim O'Neill The value of Royal Bank of Scotland shares rose by up to £900 million yesterday on the back of Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement that the UK Government is to start selling off the taxpayer’s stake in the Edinburgh-based lender.

George Osborne A report published by an independent think tank has said it would be “negligent” for UK Chancellor George Osborne to carry out a “reckless fire sale” of 80 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland.

Stephen Gibb (Jo Hanley Photography/johanley.com) Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced its year-end results.

Martin Gill Manufacturing firms reported the biggest decline in optimism this month since March 2013, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants BDO in Scotland.

The High Court The High Court has ruled against Lloyds Banking Group in its bid to save around £1 billion by buying back early bonds issued in the wake of its 2008 bailout.

Martin Gilbert Aberdeen Asset Management chief executive Martin Gilbert has said that he harbours no worries for his business in the case of a British exit from the EU.

Paul Frame Investment and planning group, Tilney Bestinvest has been appointed as the Law Society of Scotland’s expert partner offering investment management and financial advice for solicitors’ clients.

A group of companies, a third of which are Scottish, are set to launch a £600 million case action against Royal Bank of Scotland after securing financial backing for the crusade. The 270 firms that make up the action group claim that the 80 per cent taxpayer-owned bank’s now infamous Global Restr

David Nicol Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has reported a strong first-half performance on the back of an “overall upward trend in investment markets” and sell-offs.

Rod Ashley Airdrie Savings Bank, the UK's last independent savings bank, is to close four of its Lanarkshire branches with the loss of 20 jobs.

Charlie Jeffery Edinburgh University has announced that it is to do a dramatic u-turn and fully divest from three of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers within the next six months.

Local authorities in Scotland made just over 118,000 awards under the Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) scheme during 2014/15, with a total value of over £50 million granted through to 31st March 2015, new statistics have revealed. The figure was £3m more than the £47.2m initially allocated b

“They have pulled the tiger’s tail and the tiger is going to bite them back. I was nearly broke but now I am back, bigger, uglier and stronger than ever before.” Those were the defiant words of Scottish businessman Stewart Ford who was yesterday fined £75 million by the Financial Conduct Auth

Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland could be about to bid on a £13bn bundle of state-owned mortgages emanating from the Northern Rock collapse. The news comes as still 80 per cent taxpayer-owned RBS revealed yesterday that it will make a loss of £5 million on the £205m sale of a portfolio of p