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The Scottish Government has lent a total of £10.8 million to the embattled state-owned Glasgow Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire. The figure was included in a new annual report that showed the airport's losses increased from £3.9 million in 2013/2014 to £4.1 million in 2014/15, raising questions abou

Annabelle Ewing MSP Scotland has the second lowest rate of female unemployment across Europe, according to new Scottish Government analysis of European data.

Gillian Henderson The Bank of Scotland has appointed Gillian Henderson as the lead director of commercial banking in Scotland.

The AA has called on the UK government to revisit efforts to improve fuel price transparency. The motoring association, speaking after the price of diesel fell below the price of petrol for the first time in 15 years, said the UK doesn't have "the fuel price transparency that is normal in Australia,

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has met with the Bank of England to discuss their banknote designs.

George Osborne The UK government is bringing forward legislation to improve the governance of the Bank of England and consolidate its financial regulation powers.

Mike Turner, head of multi-asset at Aberdeen Asset Management Aberdeen Asset Management has launched a new multi-asset income fund designed for "the post-financial crisis world".

IoD chief economist James Sproule The Institute of Directors (IoD) has called on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee to start "normalising" interest rates.

Business minister Fergus Ewing The number of Scottish corporate insolvencies in the first quarter of the year is 21.2 per cent lower than over the same time last year, according to new Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) data.

Roger Mullin MP The Scottish National Party yesterday repeated its call for the UK government to end the "anomaly" that sees Scotland's police and fire rescue services paying VAT.

Andrew Tyrie, chair of the Treasury committee MPs have been advised that a 500-page report into the collapse of Scottish bank HBOS has been delayed, possibly delaying it being published until 2016.

SNP MP Peter Grant Scotland would lose influence over UK monetary policy as a consequence of English Vote for English Laws (Evel) proposals, a new report says.

An MP has defended a 9p expenses claim for a 350-yard car journey, claiming that the mileage "does add up" over a year. Rob Wilson, Conservative member for Reading East, has been derided for claiming expenses on journeys that cost less than £1, including a 528-yard journey for 13p and a drive to a

An Edinburgh-based start-up responsible for a popular mobile shopping app has won major new funding from Royal Mail Group (RMG) and other investors. Mallzee, founded in 2013 to publish a flagship shopping app by the same name, has won a total of £2.5 million from RMG and some of its existing invest

Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán Scottish Power expects to pay a £150 million carbon tax bill this year, prompting Spanish owner Iberdrola to complain about the tax's impact on fuel prices.