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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.

Antonio Lorenzo Standard Life Aberdeen shares took a battering today when they fell 6 per cent on news Lloyds is withdrawing £109 billion of assets from the Edinburgh-based asset manager.

Alan and Gina Miller (Image c/o SCM Direct) SCM Direct, the wealth management firm founded by Gina Miller, the campaigner who came to national prominence through her legal crusade to ensure the protection of the role of parliament in the triggering of article 50 to leave the EU, has presented the Fi

Joe Garner Nationwide Building Society has announced results showing a drop in consumer spending in the wake of the Brexit vote has seen its nine-month statutory pretax profit drop by 6 per cent.

Scottish hill farmers and crofters are to be offered a nationally-funded loan through the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme 2017.

Atlantic Square, Glasgow HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has formally signed an agreement to lease a ten storey new build, at 1 Atlantic Square, Argyle Street in Glasgow, for 25 years.

1 St Andrews Square (Image: c/o Savills) UBS Wealth Management has announced a significant investment in its Edinburgh business where it is seeking to double its headcount.

Carol Flockhart Edinburgh-based accountancy firm, Chiene + Tait has been announced as lead sponsor of the 2018 Ambition & Growth Conference, an event aimed at supporting female entrepreneurs and investors in Scotland.

Royal Bank of Scotland bosses have been blasted by a second parliamentary committee in a week after the Irish Oireachtas’ finance committee told Ulster Bank chiefs that they had a “brass neck” for choosing to send its SFO rather than its outgoing chief executive to face a grilling over a scan

American law enforcement authorities are closing in on a group of thieves that have stolen more than a million dollars from ATMs across America using a new hacking technique that causes the machines to spit out its money in a manner known as “Jackpotting”.

Wynne Evans (left), compare of the GBEA Awards, opera singer and the famous GoCompare actor, Leah Hutcheon, CEO and founder of Appointedd and Aidan Hetherington, University of Edinburgh Business School Leah Hutcheon, CEO and founder of Edinburgh-based online booking firm Appointedd, has won UK Small