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A trader from who racked up a €10m (£8.8m) profit after realising he wasn't using test program is suing the company providing the platform after it seized his earnings.

UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) annual report and accounts, published this week, reveal nearly £62 million of support for Scottish exporters, resulting in almost £79 million worth of overseas sales.

Michael Reid Michael J M Reid, licensed insolvency practitioner and partner of Meston Reid & Co, chartered accountants in Aberdeen explores the impact on directors when firms go under

Debbie Crosbie Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, which was established in the city 1838, could soon disappear from the Scottish banking scene as a result of owner CYBG’s £1.7 billion acquisition of Virgin Money.

Nick Pollard Kingdom Housing Association has secured a significant funding package under a debut private placement which secures its development programme of over 1,100 homes until the end of 2019-20.

Stuart Robb Stuart Robb and Julien Irving at Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery have been appointed joint administrators of Rutherglen-based construction firm MMPS (Scotland) Limited.

Nearly three in five (57 per cent) of people in Scotland plan their lives only days (38 per cent) or weeks (19 per cent) ahead, according to new research from wealth managers Brewin Dolphin.

Andrew Bailey The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today finalised rules creating a new category within its premium listing regime to cater for companies controlled by a shareholder that is a sovereign country.

Whiteburn and London & Scottish Investments (LSI) have announced that IWG, who also own Regus, will open its second Glasgow Spaces co-working centre in July at 100 West George Street, representing the first in City’s Central Business District.

The liquidation of Carillion is estimated to cost taxpayers at least £148 million while accountants and lawyers managing the process are set to earn £70m in fees, the National Audit Office(NAO) has concluded.

There’s no denying it, homebuyers face an emotional rollercoaster when it comes to finding the right property. You can spend months searching for a property that ticks all the right boxes, so when you eventually find one, the priority is making sure your offer is accepted. Propertymark asked its

A four-acre mixed-use development site in Edinburgh has been acquired by M&G Real Estatefor £49.1 million.

James Anderson Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has announced that it has raised a further £170 million in long-term, fixed rate, senior, unsecured private placement notes, denominated in sterling.

Matt Henderson Matt Henderson and Donald McNaught, restructuring partners at Johnston Carmichael, have been appointed as joint receivers for a trio of companies that form construction firm Crummock.

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it has updated its policies governing lending to the energy sector as part of its strategy to become a simpler, safer bank.