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The UK economy suffered a nasty surprise today as the latest purchasing managers’ report from IHS Markit/CIPS revealed growth in the dominant services sector slowed to a 28-month low in November.

By Steve Tigar, CEO of Money Dashboard  

The commercial wing of the St Andrews Links Trust has lost its appeal to register the town’s name as an EU trade mark for services relating to golf. St Andrews Links Ltd – which runs seven famous courses (including The Old Course) and is one of the town’s biggest employers –

Britain is going into Brexit with half a million more children trapped in poverty, following a relentless rise in the number of working families struggling to make ends meet over the last five years. 

F&C Investment Trust has announced that it is partnering with City of Glasgow College - Scotland’s largest college, designed for up to 40,000 students - to launch a new award.

Julie Tait, associate director, advisory with Stuart Preston, Grant Thornton's director of advisory & head of restructuring, Scotland Grant Thornton has appointed Julie Tait as associate director within its restructuring team as part of a long-term growth strategy for its Edinburgh office.

The employees of Beauly's 46 year old Priory Hotel have announced that the business is now owned by them, following a deal completed last week.

Finance industry analysts in Germany have predicted that Frankfurt currently stands to benefit from the creation of 10,000 new jobs in the city as a result of Brexit.

Glasgow-based chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is advising Scottish taxpayers to ‘mind the gap’ as it forecasts that the tax gap between Scotland and England could widen even further in the wake of Finance Secretary Derek Mackay’s Scottish Budget on 12 December. T

Handelsbanken, which has over 200 branches across Britain, has this week launched its new UK subsidiary, Handelsbanken plc, in the latest stage of its growth in the UK.

Young people whose parents have property wealth are now almost three times as likely to be homeowners by the age of 30, compared to those whose parents have no property wealth, according to a new report published today by the Resolution Foundation.

Textiles firm Low & Bonar has announced the appointment of a new financial chief. The company has named ex-Smith & Nephew executive Ian Ashton to the role.

In a UK banking first, Barclays has announced a service where deaf or hard of hearing customers will be able to have their telephone conversations with the bank interpreted by a lipspeaker: a hearing person who can provide communication support by being easily lip read.

As pressure grows to address the challenges to auditing standards of smaller and less-complex entities, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, says its Thinking Small First report reveals alternative ways to tackle the issue, without compromising on audit rigour. It comes as t

Royal Bank of Scotland, which is still more than 60 per cent owned by the UK taxpayer, has said it is investigating complaints from a whistle-blower that an employee was appointed to a top role because he is a friend of a senior staff member. A man appointed team leader on the troubled Amethyst proj