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Standing Stone on Ulva (Image: Rob Farrow) The sale of an island in the inner Hebrides that was put on the market this month with a price tag of £4.25 million has been halted after last ditch plans for a community buyout emerged.

Richard Davies TSB has announced the appointment of Richard Davies as commercial banking director – a newly created role within the challenger bank’s executive team to spearhead the Bank’s ramp up in business banking.

Over two-thirds of businesses across the Highlands and Islands believe membership of the European single market and free movement of people are important to the Scottish economy, new research has revealed.

The Scottish Government has awarded a new contract to Allia with a commitment to invest a further £25 million in the finance provider’s bond programme for Scottish housing associations.

Colleen Welsh Thirteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2017.

The Financial Conduct Authority has approved the marriage of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management three weeks prior to completion of the mega merger.

Maggie Craig The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced the appointment of Maggie Craig as its new boss in Scotland.

Brian Milne Brian Milne and Linda Barr of Scottish accountancy firm French Duncan have been appointed as joint administrators of Dounreay Tri Floating Wind Demonstration Project, the firm behind the 10MW Dounreay Tri floating offshore wind demonstration project in northern Scotland.

Jonathan Davidson The Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to increase the regulatory pressure on individuals, and not just institutions, by essentially replacing its current Approved Persons Regime through the extending of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) to cover

There were 2,839 personal insolvencies (bankruptcies and protected trust deeds (PTDs)) in Scotland during the first quarter (April to June) of 2017-18, according to new official statistics released today by the Accountant in Bankruptcy, up from the 2,420 personal insolvencies recorded in the same o

David Robertson and Andy Simpson. The UK auction market for Scotch malt whisky has enjoyed a record run, with the total value sold at auction surpassing £2 million in each of the last 3 months of April, May and June, according to new data released by whisky analyst, broker and investment experts Ra

Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited, in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research, has published statistics for the first quarter of 2017 on the Aberdeen Housing Market. The report is based on a constant quality methodology.

UK government plans to raise the state pension age to 68 from 2037, seven years earlier than planned, will affect more than half a million Scots, it has been revealed. New figures from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) show that 550,902 39 to 47-year-old Scottish men and women, born

Rosie Stewart Thirteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2017. For 13 days Scottish Financial News will be profiling each of the Scottish representatives. Today we profile: Rosie Stewart CA, 31, Finance Manager, Global Alliance for

Jamie Beal Henderson Loggie has expanded its corporate finance team with the appointment of Jamie Beal as senior manager.