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Bank of Scotland has unveiled its first polymer banknote, a limited edition fiver which will be going under the hammer to raise money for BBC Children in Need.

Pictured (l-r): Torquil MacLeod, Ian MacDonald, Angus MacLeod, George MacWilliam, Ian Donaldson Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) will merge with Inverness-based law firm MacArthur & Co. early next year, the firms announced today.

The Scarborough Muir Group (SMG) has submitted a proposal of application notice to Fife Council to unlock the delivery of its proposed £500 million regeneration of Rosyth waterfront.

Tesco’s poor first half results will not impact on its banking division, according to the supermarket giant. Yesterday the company revealed that the first six months of the year saw its saw core profits slump 55 per cent to £354m.

Mike Ashley Controversial businessman and Glasgow Rangers Football Club Plc shareholder, Mike Ashley has been ordered to pay compensation to 50 former employees of his company’s warehouse in Dundonald, Ayrshire, after his employment practices were branded “disgraceful” and “unlawful” by a

The companies working with Scottish Enterprise through its account management service generated total turnover growth of £1.3billion in the course of the last financial year, according to latest figures. The data revealed that strong growth was recorded particularly in the sectors of Technologies &

The economic think tank Fiscal Affairs Scotland (FAS) has announced that it is suspending its activities until the end of the year due to a lack of funds. The research body has produced a string of reports since its launch last year, including commentaries on the Scottish budget and reports on the f

Katie Murray Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Katie Murray to the new role of director of finance, reporting to chief financial officer Ewen Stevenson.

Aberdeen’s hotel sector experienced its fourth consecutive month of double digit drops in occupancy and revenue in July as the turmoil in the oil and gas sector continued to impact on the city’s hospitality sector according to the latest report by accountants BDO. The firm’s monthly hotel surv

L-R: Muhammad Yunus, Omar Shaikh (IFC), James Angus (Thomson Reuters), Chris Tait (IFC) and Tirad Mahmoud (ADIB) The Scottish-based Islamic Finance Council UK (IFC) saw off competition from over 200 organisations from across the globe to win the $100,000 Industry Development Award at the Ethical Fin

Scotland’s professional services could hold the key to growing the country’s social enterprise sector in the coming years, according to investment experts at Social Investment Scotland (SIS). The leading lender of finance to Scotland’s third sector, whose core aim is to expand social enterpris

The Auditor General for Scotland, Caroline Gardner, has reported that a new IT system at NHS24 has cost 50 per cent more and taken two years longer to install than originally intended. Audit Scotland also warned that NHS Tayside failed to break even for the third year in a row, relying on a £14m lo

Four bakers have been hit with fines by French authorities for working…too much. A court in Dax, south-western France, handed €500 (£368) fines to the four from the town and nearby Saint-Paul-les-Dax saying they had flouted a 1999 prefectural order obliging any bakery to remain closed for at le

Dundee-based global investment firm Alliance Trust has resumed share buybacks as it bids to improve investor returns and fulfil the pledges it made as it posted half year results last week. That six month report included wide-ranging changes to the structure of the firm and saw chief executive Kathe