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Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has rejected a last-ditch bid to settle a legal claim over the disastrous merger that created Britain’s biggest high street lender, days before the high profile trial kicks off. On the eve of the case that will see appearances from some of the UK’s most promi

Cat MacLean, MBM Commercial partner Cat MacLean, who is one of Scotland’s leading legal authorities on banking misconduct, has told Sir William Blackburne, the retired High Court judge installed as the independent arbiter of the scheme set up by Royal Bank of Scotland to compensate victims of the

Unsecured debt, amassed primarily on credit cards, student loans, car financing and overdrafts, has reached an all-time high of close to £300 billion, or £11,000 per UK household, growing at a faster rate than at any time in the past 15 years, PwC’s latest Precious Plastics report has found.

Simon Cowie Aberdeen accountancy and business advisory practice Infinity Partnership has won at the British Accountancy Awards for the third year in a row.

Three of the five Scottish Parliament constituencies with the fastest growing business communities are in Edinburgh, new research has revealed.

New figures released today by the Office of National Statistics have revealed that Britain is almost half a trillion pounds poorer than it was originally believed.

The Museum on the Mound in Edinburgh, which charts the history of banking in Scotland, and explores the theme of money in all its shapes and forms, is being shut by Lloyds Bank Banking Group.

Nicky Morgan Nicky Morgan, chairwoman of the Treasury select committee, has taken another step to further ratchet up the pressure on the Financial Conduct Authority and Royal Bank of Scotland to disclose in full the watchdog’s now notorious leaked report into the conduct of RBS’s former small bu

Bruce Farquhar and Alistair Dean A new company, Alba Claims, launches this week aimed at helping Scottish businesses pursue commercial claims.

3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh Edinburgh’s office market looks set for another very strong year after a further 160,449 sq. ft. of city-centre stock was let during Q3 2017, according to commercial property consultants Knight Frank.

Businesses in the Highlands and Islands are being more cautious about investment in the desire to remain debt free, while many have reported increasing costs.

Hunter Insker Barclays has announced key appointments across its Aberdeen, Inverness, Edinburgh and Glasgow business banking teams as it continues to extend its support for Scottish SMEs and scale-up businesses.

Philip Grant, treasurer of the Bank of Scotland, and Frances Simpson, chief executive of Support in Mind Scotland Bank of Scotland has announced plans to raise money for a mental health charity when the new £10 polymer note comes into circulation tomorrow.

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Businesses could save a third by locating 100 staff in Edinburgh compared to London, according to analysis in Knight Frank’s 2018 Global Cities report.