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Motorists in Glasgow have paid more fines this year in traffic offences caught on CCTV than in any other council area in the UK BBC Newsreports. Glasgow City Council has raised £4 million this year – 11 per cent of the UK total.

David Murray Former Rangers owner Sir David Murray has been in talks over the future of two closure-threatened steel plants in Scotland.

Helen Goodman A Labour MP has accused the British Government of “rewarding their cronies and cheating the taxpayer” through its decision to sell-off the first tranche of state-owned shares in Royal Bank of Scotland.

Bill Sword A Dundonian property tycoon who left school at 14 years old has died leaving a £6.6 million fortune.

David Murray Murray Capital Group has reported a £13.6 million pre-tax profit and a 54 per cent rise in the company's value to £35m.

Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland is closing in on a deal to buy more than £13 billion of Government-backed mortgages, according to reports. The bank, which is still 73 per cent owned by the UK taxpayer, is contending with US hedge fund Cerberus and TSB-owner Sabadell to seal the deal, accordi

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

Brian Sutherland Holyrood-owned Prestwick Airport has announced the appointment of a new finance director.

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today announced a new £78 million innovation fund at a private meeting of 80 key business leaders.

Dr Ross Brown A team of Scottish academics have revealed that increasing numbers of new firms are turning their backs on traditional methods of financing like banks and business angels in favour of internet crowdfunding.

Scottish staff of the Lidl supermarket chain are to receive the ‘living wage’. The move means Lidl will become the first UK supermarket to implement the minimum wage as recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.

Staff from Johnston Carmichael's Forfar office, have raised nearly £900 for the Angus Foodbank, following a year-long fundraising campaign. From June 2014 to May 2015, the Forfar office participated in a series of fundraising initiatives which raised £861 for the Angus Foodbank, and included donat

Deputy First Minister John Swinney A number of capital projects under the Hub programme run by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) cannot reach financial close until EU statisticians complete a review into the classification of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).

Aberdeen Asset Management has announced the completion of the acquisition of FLAG Capital Management. The purchase of the diversified private markets manager with offices in Stamford and Boston in the US and Hong Kong comes hot on the heels of the purchase of SVG Capital’s stake in the joint ventu

John Swinney Scotland’s Finance Minister and Deputy First Minister John Swinney has appealed to 73 per cent taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland to reconsider its decision to close its branch in the town of Alyth in his Perthshire North constituency.