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Ethical finance specialist Ecology Building Society has announced a second successive year of record profits reaching over £1 million. The society, which says that Scotland is its strongest area of lending also saw a double-digit increase in mortgage lending.

Scotland's seabed is being opened up for new wind farm projects for the first time in a decade with the launch of a new round of leasing by Crown Estate Scotland.

Plans by the billionaire ruler of Dubai to build a lodge at his Highland retreat have been refused by Highland councillors.

Matthew Currie, dispute resolution associate at Scottish law firm Jones Whyte, breaks down and reviews the moratoriums under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2020, the latest new piece of legislation to come about as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. The government has introduced a new

The Scottish Government has set a provisional date for tourism businesses to resume operations. The resumption of tourism businesses on July 15 is dependent on public health advice and progression to Phase 3 of the Scottish Government lockdown route-map.

The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest Markets (NWM) have announced a trio of appointments to its executive management team and board, with Robert Begbie being appointed as the lender's chief executive officer, David King appointed as chief financial officer and Donal Quaid appointed as treasurer. M

Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden of KPMG have been appointed as joint administrators of Kast Retail Limited, which is the loss-making standalone division of the fashion retailer Quiz. The two were appointed joint administrators by the company's directors on June 10.

UK companies do not have the resilience or resources to handle a no-deal Brexit after the onslaught of the coronavirus crisis, according to Carolyn Fairbairn, the outgoing boss of industry body the CBI. Ms Fairbairn said a CBI member had likened a no-deal to "setting the shed on fire" while the hous

Following the reopening of the housing market in England May 13, the May 2020 RICS Residential Market Survey unsurprisingly saw a slight improvement in the outlook for sales over the coming twelve months across the UK as a whole.

Savills Scottish rural agency team has revealed that Kildrummy Estate in Aberdeenshire has successfully been sold.  The sale of the holding company, at offers of over £11 million, generated a significant level of interest and attracted viewers from the UK and abroad. 

An expert panel commissioned First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has recommended that Scots of working age are paid £11,000 a year as part of a new £186 million experiment in adopting a universal basic income. The report compiled by local authorities has insisted that a pilot of the radi

The UK economy is beginning to show slow signs of recovery after lockdown measures have been eased in the UK, according to the Bank of England (BoE) governor Andrew Bailey.

Sixth form girls at Auchinleck Academy have beaten off stiff competition to scoop first place in the inaugural Growing Future Assets Competition. Pitching Illumina Inc, a cutting edge medical device company, the girls demonstrated innovative, strategic and analytical thinking, when presenting their

West Calder-based Mulholland Plant Services has kept moving during the current crisis after securing financial support from Bank of Scotland.

Estate agents Knight Frank has announced seven new promotions across its commercial operations in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Three senior promotions have been made in the valuations team, with Neil Kirk made partner in Edinburgh, while Matthew Aitchison and David Findlay – based in the Scottish ca