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A Dundee company that collapsed last year under the weight of a £400,000 debt may have been mis-sold an interest rate hedging product by Royal Bank of Scotland.

New renters in Scotland paid out on average almost £800 for a tenancy deposit over the last year, according to The Letting Protection Service Scotland (LPSS).

Ray Gribben Ray Gribben is a partner in Burness Paull's health & safety team

John Rutherford Aberdeen based John Rutherford has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a consultant to head up and develop the firm’s Aberdeen operations.

Andrew Percy MP A warranty scheme run by ScottishPower has been called a “fraud on the public” after it failed to pay out £75 million to customers.

The University of Edinburgh is taking steps to ensure that the goods it buys do not contain so-called conflict minerals. The move – a first for a UK university – will seek to put pressure on suppliers to eradicate minerals associated with financing wars in Africa from their supply chains.

A European Investment Bank (EIB) delegation is in Scotland this week to explore investment opportunities around the country. The EIB said it had supported investments in Scotland ever since it agreed a loan for Peterhead power station in 1974 and in the last decade alone, it has provided more than �

Andrew Blain Shepherd and Wedderburn's 2015 Corporate Review testifies to a record year for corporate deals and M&A activity. The firm closed over 97 deals last year with an aggregate deal value of £5.4 billion.

Kevin Stewart Around 50 per cent of capital expenditure made by local authorities in Scotland, totalling £1.2 billion, has been invested in education and housing infrastructure, new figures have shown.

Alliance Trust has announced that Chris Samuel and Karl Sternberg have been appointed non-executive directors at the Dundee-based wealth manager. The pair will join the firm's board with immediate effect, with both appointments made following consultation with the firm’s largest shareholders, some

A 400-metre-long pedestrian bridge described as the "world's first crowdfunded public infrastructure project" has opened in Rotterdam.

Angela Seymour Jackson Angela Seymour Jackson is managing director, workplace solutions at Edinburgh-based Aegon UK

Alison Fyfe Edinburgh-based real estate finance group Urbicus has appointed a former senior Royal Bank of Scotland director to help drive forward the expansion of its lending arm Castle Capital.

Dougal Gunn Sharp Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn has embarked on an innovative fundraising scheme that will see it attempt to raise £3 million through the sale of so-called “beer-bonds” that can be redeemed against beer at its online shop.

Deutsche Bank is set to be hit with a fine worth more than $1.5bn(£1.02bn) in what would be the biggest penalty imposed for manipulating Libor. The German bank is in negotiations with agencies in the UK and US to settle the allegations in which a Deutsche Bank subsidiary could also plead guilty as