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Stuart Brown An Aberdeen veterinarian has secured funding from Barclays to diversify into property development.

Edinbrugh-based Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has revealed that it plans to establish an investment and distribution business in Dublin, subject to regulatory approval, following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today imposed a fine of £1,976,000 on credit card lender, Vanquis, for failing to disclose the full price of an add-on product, called Repayment Option Plan (ROP).

Theresa Sharp Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has appointed two new investment managers, as it continues to grow its investments in charities and social enterprises.

Gordon McArthur Renfrewshire-based fintech firm Beeks Financial Cloud has doubled its underlying profits after posting £0.28 million pre tax profit for the six months to 31 December, up from the £0.13 million registered for the same period in 2016.

Royal Bank of Scotland has launched a pioneering new service, available to support telephone and branch banking, which makes it possible for deaf customers to communicate with staff at its Ulster Bank subsidiary with the help of a video-link to an interpreter.

Police Scotland has today issued a warning to the public to be alert after a recent spate of telephone scams saw businesses and individuals across the country scammed out of £7 million.

Graeme Finnie Almost three quarters (70 per cent) of Scottish businesses want to remain in the Customs Union and the single market (64 per cent in the rest of the UK), according to a new survey by HLB International Accountancy Network, of which French Duncan LLP is the Scottish member.

Royal Bank of Scotland has been forced into backing down on previous denials and issued a “sincere apology” after admitting its staff had indeed forged a customer’s signature in order to take more money from them.

A state-backed investment bank should be set up to plug the shortfall in lending to small and medium-sized businesses and help tackle the challenge of poor productivity in the UK, report produced by a Civitas has urged today.

Scottish Labour has demanded a full review of the decision by LINK to change how free ATMs are funded, saying the proposal could create a "cash machine desert" particularly in deprived areas.

Graham Blair First-time buyers in Scotland save £31,000 on average when buying their own home instead of renting, according to research from Bank of Scotland.

The Law Society of Scotland says it has been made aware that Scottish law firms have recently been targeted by a redemption statement scam when acting in sale or remortgage transactions.

Irene Dorner Virgin Money has announced the appointment of Irene Dorner as independent non-executive director and chair elect to its board of directors.

The former director of an Edinburgh-based company that supplied security personnel and CCTV facilities to the construction industry has been disqualified for 10 years.