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Chris Cummings Assets under management in the UK increased by 20 per cent in 2016 to a record £6.9 trillion (£5.7trn in 2015), according to the Investment Association’s first annual Asset Management Survey since a majority of the UK voted to leave the EU.

Glasgow-based independent chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has been celebrating after winning a charity football tournament to raise money for Radio Lollipop at the Royal Hospital for Children in the city.

With the refurbishment of 191 West George Street, NFU Mutual’s landmark office development in Glasgow city centre, making significant progress, we take a sneek peek at what it will look like when the project completes in three months time.

The Bank of England this morning said that it will again hold interest rates at 0.25 per cent but noted that higher inflation and a pick-up in growth could lead to a rate hike in "the coming months".

Frank Woods Only 12 per cent of people in Scotland have confidence in the European food chain and just 3 per cent in the global chain, fewer than one in every ten people, according to new research from commercial insurer NFU Mutual.

Hew Edgar Demand remains strong for residential properties in Scotland, but there are concerns the market is being “restricted” by the effect of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, the latest survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has found.

Graeme Hartop Edinburgh-headquartered private bank Hampden & Co has announced that it has now started lending to SIPPs, a service unusual amongst Private Banks.

Aleks Tomczyk Arum, the Edinburgh-headquartered boutique consulting business which provides independent and specialist solutions to the banking, power, water, BPO and financial services sectors, has announced record turnover for the year to the end of June.

Chris Horne Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas has reported a marked increase in turnover of £14 million for the year end to May 2017, a 17 per cent uplift on 2016 (£11.9m), and over 40 per cent increase on 2012 (£9.7m).

Simon Brown Closing dates have made a welcome return to the middle segment of the Scottish property market, according to estate agents Galbraith.

Hans Rissmann and his wife Lydia at Strathaven A country house hotel in South Lanarkshire has been given a £1 million makeover as its new owners set out to build a hospitality group with a distinctive Scottish welcome, with support from Bank of Scotland.

Scotland’s SMEs and micro businesses are being urged to apply for Scottish Government funding aimed at helping them attract, develop and retain young employees aged 16-24.

John Murray Scotland Food & Drink has appointed an Inverness-based business development manager to help strengthen its support for Highlands & Islands food and drink businesses.

Jamie Hepburn Scotland's jobless total fell by 7,000 in the three months to July, to stand at 102,000.

Clare Richardson Bank of Scotland has announced the appointment of Clare Richardson as its new area director for the north-east of Scotland.