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Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has this morning reported a profit of £792 million for the first three months of 2018 year, up from the £259 million logged for the same quarter last year.

Tim Cooper The number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland rose by 28 per cent during the first three months of this year compared with the final quarter of 2017 and rose by 67 per cent compared with Q4 2016-17 (January-March 2017), according to latest data.

Alastair Keatinge Alastair Keatinge, Partner and Head of Charities and Social Enterprises at law firm Lindsays, warns charities of all sizes are struggling to deal with the tide of attempts to defraud them, posing a serious and very prevalent risk issue for trustees

A former hotel owner has been ordered to repay the money he made from trafficking workers from South Asia.

Antonio Horta-Osario Lloyds Banking Group’s pre-tax profits have jumped 23 per cent to hit £1.6 billion for the quarter, latest results show.

Image courtesy of Deutsche Bundesbank Germany's central bank has opened a new exhibition that aims to lift the veil on the nation's massive gold reserves, partly to reassure sceptics that the prized ingots are really there.

Just how careful pensioners remain with their retirement funds since the introduction of Pension Freedoms has been revealed by new research from Prudential.

A significant number of businesses in the legal sector are in danger of breaching anti-money laundering legislation, and are among those at the highest risk of exposure to such crime, new research has revealed.

Bill Crossan and Thomas Gillan A new mission-led investment venture aimed at stimulating social entrepreneurship in Scotland has been launched by responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS).

Mark Higgins Glasgow-based Ascent Performance Group which has an office has been shortlisted for two awards at the Credit Strategy Credit Awards 2018.

The average price of a property in Scotland in February 2018 was £144,377 – an increase of 6.2 per cent on February in the previous year and a decrease of 2.7 per cent when compared to the previous month, according to the Registers of Scotland’s latest publication of its monthly UK House Price

Peter Lawson and Tamar Tammes Burness Paull has announced a new management team as long serving chairman Philip Rodney stands down.

The director of a Scottish freight transport firm has been banned from acting as a director for 9 years after he illegally used red diesel to fuel his fleet.

TSB is partnering with start-up ‘LOQBOX’ to provide UK consumers with alternative options to build their credit history that doesn’t rely on spending and paying off debt but instead building their savings.