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Ray Entiwstle Hampden & Co has announced today that its founding Chairman, Ray Entwistle, intends to step down from their board later in the year.

A business accelerator for university and college students, staff and graduates has concluded at the Aberdeen ‘Centre for Entrepreneurship’ and has produced 14 business innovators that are ready to take their businesses to the next level.

Melanie Goward Glasgow-based investment house Maven has led the £2.5 million investment in Bright Network, a media technology platform which enables blue-chip employers to reach, identify and recruit high-quality graduates and young professionals.

Queensferry Crossing from the south (Image courtesy of Transport Scotland) The delivery of the Queensferry Crossing project has been given a clean bill of health from Audit Scotland for being managed effectively and delivering value for money, though a clearer plan is needed to measure its wider ben

David Alexander With the Bank of England looking likely to increase base rates this autumn there are concerns that any increase might cause a fall in the property market, but while the UK property market is slowing, a crash is unlikely, according to Edinburgh-based property management firm DJ Alexan

Scottish shoppers bought 0.3 per cent more between April and June than they did in the previous three months, according to Scottish government figures.

Antonio Horta-Osario Lloyds Banking Group has posted half year pre-tax profits of £3.1bn, 23 per cent higher than the same time last year.

A financial advisor who spent more than £14 million of his client’s money over 14 years to fund his lifestyle and gambling habit has been jailed.

Bowmore Distillery, Islay Scotch whisky tourism saw record numbers of visitors in 2017, with 1.9 million visits to Scotch whisky distilleries from tourists from all over the world as well as from across the UK.

Stuart MacLean Edinburgh specialist private equity firm Circularity Capital LLP has been revealed as lead investor in a £33 million funding round for Berlin-based technology business Grover in move supported by Edinburgh and Munich based lawyers from CMS.

The Financial Conduct Authority has reached agreement with lenders to provide relief for many so-called “mortgage prisoners” who are trapped on a higher rate of borrowing.

Alan Davis, Chairman, Henderson Loggie Henderson Loggie Chartered Accountants has announced that the firm’s Glasgow business has been acquired by its Glasgow Partners; Douglas Woodhouse, Susan Wood, Stephen McKelvie and Kenneth McEwen, who will cease to be members of the partnership immediately.

The Bank of England is still more likely than not to raise interest rates from 0.50 per cent to 0.75 per cent on Thursday after the August Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting – most probably with a split vote (possibly 7-2 in favour of a hike), experts at EY have predicted.

Keith Boyes, Martyn Paterson, Fraser Porter and Andrew Reynolds of AAB Wealth Anderson Anderson & Brown Wealth Ltd (AAB Wealth), one of Scotland’s leading independent financial planning firms, has announced a £100 million increase in assets under advice (AUA) over the last twelve months, taki

Brits are struggling to put earnings aside for rainy days, with 9 per cent of those surveyed having less than £500 in savings and a shocking 15 per cent have no savings at all, according to a new survey conducted by Legal & General.