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Up to 200,000 eligible Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest SME customers will be given the opportunity to take advantage of unique switching offers when the Business Banking Switch scheme launches on Monday (25 February). The scheme will provide exclusive incentives to eligible Royal Bank of Sco

Glasgow-based accountant and business adviser Martin Aitken & Co (MACo) is preparing for further expansion as they record their biggest increase in turnover since the partnership converted to a limited company in 2013. The business posted a 17 per cent increase in turnover to £6m for the y

Edinburgh-based Sainsbury’s Bank has joined the Association of British Insurers (ABI) as an associate member. Sainsbury’s Bank was the first major supermarket to offer banking facilities and its range of financial products includes car, home, pet, travel and life insurance.

A South Lanarkshire man has been jailed for more than two years for an elaborate a VAT tax fraud concocted to repay a confiscation order previously imposed on him for forging banknotes. Glasgow Sheriff Court head this week how John Farrell, 61, from Thorntonhall, used fake passports and driving lice

Law firm Addleshaw Goddard is marking its continued investment in Scotland with the launch of a new Edinburgh hub for its Transaction Services Team (TST). A direct response to increased client demands and workloads in the firm's Scotland offices, the TST hub will act as an on the ground resource for

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the final report of its Wholesale Insurance Brokers market study which was launched in November 2017 to assess how competition was working in the sector. Overall, the City watchdog said it has not found evidence of significant level

CBI Scotland will today launch a series of new business-led interventions aimed at addressing the Scottish economy’s persistent problem of low productivity. The first set of recommendations, focusing on education and skills, makes the case for more to be done to bridge the gap between the clas

The vast majority of Scottish SME’s are not ready for the ‘Making Tax Digital’ (MTD) revolution, according to research across a broad section of Scottish businesses undertaken by, accountancy firm Campbell Dallas. MTD affects VAT registered businesses including sole traders, partne

WeDO Scotland have launched their annual search to find the top talent in the Scottish business community, to be announced on the 24th of May at their annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner in Edinburgh.

Professionals in London (73 per cent), Northern Ireland (64 per cent), the North & Scotland (63 per cent), and the Midlands & Wales (59 per cent) would all strongly consider relocating job roles if it provided a better lifestyle.

David Duffy, chief executive of Clydesdale Bank owner CYBG, has received more than £730,000 worth of shares in the lender through a deferred equity plan. Last week Mr Duffy was awarded 391,561 shares in CYBG under a 2015 plan linked to its demerger from National Australia Bank (NAB) in 2016.

Steps to increase trade with Scotland’s third largest export market are to be pursued this week by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a two-day visit to France. The First Minister will lead a delegation of technology companies who will showcase their products and services to French par

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has reminded employers that from 6 April 2019 the amount that will need to be paid into a workplace pension will increase to an overall minimum of 8 per cent, with employers contributing at least 3 per cent of this total amount.

Analysis of 15 investment funds who had star fund managers leave at some stage between 2013 and 2017 has revealed that the level of out-performance dropped dramatically after their departure.

UK manufacturers say the lack of certainty ahead of the 29 March Brexit resolution deadline is severely impacting their ability to plan for the future. That’s according to the Annual Manufacturing Report 2019, published by Hennik Research and PwC.  The report warns that the