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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has prevented over £11.64 million of fraud in the run-up to Christmas.

Jersey-based investor Rhodora, which has links with the creator of James Bond, has taken up an option to acquire a £700,000 stake in goldminer Scotgold Resources. Scotgold Resources is the firm which is developing a gold mine near Tyndrum and looking to expand into other sites in Scotland

In the wake of several closures of golf clubs, committee members have been warned to treat their clubs more like a business by insolvency experts MLM Solutions. MLM Solutions recently managed the sequestration and sale of Eastwood Golf Club in East Renfrewshire and of Mount Ellen Golf Club in Gartco

John Moore, senior investment manager at Brewin Dolphin, highlights the company's predictions for the year ahead. After a choppy 12 months for markets, investors will be hoping 2020 will be the year for resolutions – not necessarily in terms of promises kept, but conclusions to a variety of lo

As 2019 comes to an end, Scottish Financial News runs through the top ten most read stories of the year. First up, ranking at number 10, a multi-million-pound mistake made by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was blamed for the financial problems which caused the downfall of R

The third decade of devolution will see Scotland - and its business community - wrestle with an unprecedented period of change, Andrew McRae, of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Scotland has underlined in his festive message. Over the last two decades, Scotland’s smaller firms have rev

A mum from Essex is charging her Christmas guests £40 a head for their meal.

A ground-breaking youth project operating in one of the most deprived areas of Scotland has hit the road again – after receiving £11,200 from Aberdeen Standard Investments Charitable Foundation for the purchase of a new minibus. Losing access to a vital transport lifeline almost put the

Calum Cowe has been appointed as the new director of JLL's growing Scottish investment team. Mr Cowe will join the property consultants as director within its capital markets team after spending over eight years at Cushman & Wakefield. He joined as a graduate and rose through the ranks to become

Around one in three (33.8%) Scottish-registered companies had a higher than usual risk of insolvency in December, according to new research from R3 in Scotland. The equivalent figure for the UK overall is higher, at over two in five (41.1%), while the South East of England is the region with the hig

Law firm Ledingham Chalmers has increased its turnover and profit for the last financial year. Turnover for year ending March 2019 was just over £11.6 million, compared with around £10.6m the year before; and profits were up from £3.2m to £3.47m.

Archangels has recorded another active year of support, leading investment of £14.8 million in Scottish start-up and early-stage companies in the tech and life sciences sectors. The syndicate directly invested £8.2m across the year (2018: £10.9m) and was the lead investor on a tota

Hampden & Co has received £30 million of Smith & Williamson loan book following the decision made in 2019 for the financial and professional services group to relinquish its banking licence. The private bank also expects to build its relationship with Smith & Williamson and its cli

Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) successfully completed a record 70 transactions in 2019, with a combined total deal value exceeding £500 million. AAB's deal activity during 2019 covers a range of sectors including energy - upstream E&P and oilfield services - food & drink, cons

Experts from Johnston Carmichael have highlighted a focus on the environment and renewable energy within the Scottish business community as the firm mapped out what 2020 could hold for the country’s business sector. Amongst many predictions including a boost to Scotch beef due to Chinese marke