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Antonio Horta-Osario Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio has apologised to the Edinburgh-based banking group's staff for the damage caused to the firm as a result of reports concerning his personal life.

The Clark Communications team Clark Communications and Golley Slater Scotland, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Golley Slater Group, are to merge, it was announced today.

Agreeing access to the EU Single Market and negotiating trade deals with non-EU countries should be the Government’s main priorities as it negotiates the UK’s exit from the European Union, according to a post-referendum survey of SMEs, conducted for PwC’s My Financepartner (MFp).

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Financial advisers, accountants, lawyers and consultants who run tax avoidance schemes for their clients could be hit with huge penalties in the form of the underpaid tax, according to new government proposals.

The decision by the City of London Police to use private sector law firms to seize the assets of fraudsters is a vital step forward to prevent law enforcement agencies being drowned by the growing scale of fraud says international law firm Pinsent Masons.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan has confirmed that the Edinburgh-based bank would still move its registered headquarters south of the border should Scotland vote to leave the UK in a post-Brexit independence referendum.

Derek MacKay Scotland has asked the UK government to reform laws allowing for a Scottish business vehicle to be used for tax evasion. Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has asked UK ministers to change the law so that criminals who use Scottish Limited Partnerships may be exposed while preserving the ve

The Start Up Loans Company (SULCo), the UK Government-backed investment company, has injected more than £10 million into Scottish start-up businesses since its launch in 2014, according to new figures.

Antonio Horta-Osario Edinburgh-based Lloyds Bank, the parent of Bank of Scotland, has been forced to defend its married Portuguese chief executive over claims that he ran up thousands of pounds in expenses on a luxury hotel bill while on a trip with an alleged lover.

The accounting deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for the UK’s 350 largest listed companies increased by £10 billion in just five days, from £139 billion at the end of July to £149 billion on 4 August, following the MPC vote to cut the Bank Rate from 0.5 per cent to 0.25 per cent.

Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments saw wholesale net outflows of £400 million representing 2 per cent of AUM standing at £47.3 billion, according to its half year results published today.

ICAS has announced a new sponsorship arrangement with Royal Bank of Scotland that will see RBS become a partner for the ICAS Practice Community.

The Scottish Loan Fund and Maven Capital Partners have exited its investment in Cumbernauld-based manufacturer and supplier of furniture, presentation products, toys and activity equipment for the education sector, Spaceright.

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