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Derek Pierce. MD, J&D Pierce Contracts was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2018 Summit Entrepreneurship Awards (Image: Robert Perry) Last night saw the winners of the inaugural Summit Entrepreneurship Awards at a stellar celebration dinner in Glasgow.

Joe Garner Nationwide has announced that it will launch a business bank account - with or without external competition funding - describing the project as an "opportunity too big to ignore".

Grant Fitzner (Image: Twitter) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today announced the appointment of Grant Fitzner as its new chief economist, following the departure of Nick Vaughan who has moved to become the Chief Economic Adviser with the Government of the States of Jersey.

https://vimeo.com/299664237 More than four in ten 18 – 24 year-olds have shared their online passwords, according to research carried out by Santander.

The tough economic conditions which have engulfed Aberdeen for the last four years may be coming to an end with new figures indicating tentative signs of a recovery in the local property market.

Catherine Burnet The government-backed Hampton-Alexander Review for 2018 has revealed companies in the FTSE 100 index are on track – as a whole – to hit targets of women holding one-third of board level positions by 2020.

Kate Cranston around 1903 The decision by Royal Bank of Scotland to make Kate Cranston (1849 – 18 April) the first woman - other than the Queen or Queen Mother - to feature on a Scottish £20 note has run into strong criticism after it emerged that tea room matron was said to have exploited her yo

Sandra White The chief executive of Adopt an Intern (AAI) will today tell its largest ever conference gathering in Glasgow that Scots businesses must strive to lead the UK in the creation of more ethnic employment opportunities.

Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group Stuart Robb and Julien Irving of Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery Limited have been appointed joint administrators of Red Dog Music Limited.

Ged Killen Dr James Goodfellow CBE, the Scots inventor of the ATM and the PIN code has endorsed a bill by Labour MP Ged Killen which seeks to ban ATM charges and prevent financial exclusion.

Alison Rose Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced the launch of a new digital platform which will be available to all Royal Bank business and commercial customers allowing them to apply online for secured and unsecured loans of up to £750,000 – the largest digitally available loans in the in

Andrew McRae The Scottish Government should set aside £75 million to help firms adapt to the UK leaving the European Union, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged Ministers.

Paul Eagland Accountancy and business advisory firms, BDO and Moore Stephens LLP, are in advanced merger discussions to complete a deal that would see the creation of a firm to supplant Grant Thornton as the fifth-biggest player in Britain.

Adrian Lowcock Almost a fifth UK retail investors expect the UK stock market to fall by over 10 per cent between now and April 2019, while 6 per cent anticipate a correction of more than 15 per cent, according to new research from DIY investment platform Willis Owen.

Vince Smith-Hughes Advisers are increasingly optimistic that partnerships with accountants and solicitors will help drive new business in the year ahead, research from Prudential has revealed.