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A new Scottish Widows life and critical illness product range has been rolled out to Bank of Scotland customers. The "Plan and Protect" products, which were made available to some Halifax customers last October, are now available across the UK to all Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Bank and Halifax custome

A study into Scotland’s most and least affordable cities has found that Aberdeen has seen the biggest boost in home affordability over the last five years. The latest Bank of Scotland research found that average house prices in the city have risen by only 2% to £203,944 in the last five

Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael will highlight the opportunities for investment in Scottish food and drink at a major London event tomorrow. Adam Hardie, partner and head of food and drink at Johnston Carmichael, is a speaker at the Invest in British Business event hosted

A senior American politician has proposed introducing a new tax on online porn to help fund Donald Trump's planned wall along the southern US border.

Grant Thornton has bolstered its Scottish leadership team with the appointment of two new partners. The promotions of Stuart Preston and Neil McInnes come as the business sets it sights on further growth this year in the Scottish marketplace.

London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) international business support and capital raising initiative, ELITE, has welcomed seven Scottish companies in the first exclusively Scottish cohort, as part of the launch of ELITE Scotland.

Global commercial real estate services firm Avison Young has announced the acquisition of UK-based real estate advisory business GVA. GVA's offices, including those in Glasgow and Edinburgh, will now come under the Avison Young brand.

TSB suffered a loss of £105.4 million before tax in 2018, down from a profit of £162.7 million the year before, as it faced the impact of disruption to its IT systems last year. The bank's financial performance was "heavily impacted by the IT migration and subsequent service disruption",

Standard Life Aberdeen has bought back shares worth £238 million from Goldman Sachs as part of its £1.75 billion buy-back programme. A total of 939,492 ordinary shares were bought from Goldman Sachs at an average price of £2.52p, insider.co.uk reports.

Insurance law specialists DAC Beachcroft Scotland, which has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has reported strong growth over 2018 as a result of five new panel appointments and securing additional work from existing clients. With more pipeline work and tender outcomes awaited, and with additional

Overall business confidence picked up slightly at the start of the year, increasing 2 points to 19 per cent, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. Despite this improvement, the figure remains among the lowest seen in the last 12 months and is well below the

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has reached an agreement with the Scottish Green Party to support the Scottish Budget at all parliamentary stages. In letters exchanged today, Mr Mackay outlined a package of reforms to local government as Green co-convener Patrick Harvie said the deal was the res

The Institute for Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS) has announced a new partnership with healthcare provider Bupa on private health insurance for members.This new partnership aims to provide discounted health insurance for ICAS members, giving members fast access to the help they need, when

A year on from the introduction of MiFID II, it appears that the burden of complying with the regulation is putting pressure on small broking firms, writes Emma MacArthur, Assistant Manager at accountants Scott Moncrieff  

A Chinese company which previously paid bond investors in ham instead of cash is now running out of pigs.