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Benny Higgins Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank has announced the launch of its current account in Northern Ireland.

Gordon MacLure, restructuring partner at Johnston Carmichael, has been appointed liquidator of Highland civil engineering firm Daviot Group Limited after the firm collapsed with the loss of all 31 jobs.

SBP managing director John Hannah (left) welcomes Graham Alexander North-east firm SBP Accountants & Tax Advisers has made a key senior management appointment in Aberdeen in response to what it says continues to be "significant growth".

Bruce Farquhar and Alistair Dean A new company, Alba Claims, launches this week aimed at helping Scottish businesses pursue commercial claims.

3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh Edinburgh’s office market looks set for another very strong year after a further 160,449 sq. ft. of city-centre stock was let during Q3 2017, according to commercial property consultants Knight Frank.

Mark Till Aegon UK has announced that it is dropping the Cofunds brand as it moves users onto an upgraded version of its platform.

Standing Stone on Ulva (Image: Rob Farrow) A community group with ambitious plans to repopulate a Scottish island has become the latest organisation to benefit from right to buy powers.

John Hawksworth The UK could boost GDP by £43 billion if it reduces the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) to match Germany, the best performing EU country and equivalent to a GDP increase of around £7,500 per 18-24 year old, according to estimates in PwC’s la

Businesses in the Highlands and Islands are being more cautious about investment in the desire to remain debt free, while many have reported increasing costs.

A Dundee-based company which develops software for ATM machines saw its revenue increase by 28 per cent last year, The Courier reports. i-design Multimedia, which develops third-party advertising systems for ATM machines, increased its turnover to £6.7 million for the year ending 31 December 2016,

Derek MacKay Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has promised the Scottish Government will be "progressive on taxation" as "more tax powers come on stream".

Lorna Jack Lorna Jack has been appointed as interim chair of Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL), following Mike Cantlay's departure to the Scottish Funding Council.

Professor Elizabeth Gammie Professor Elizabeth Gammie, head of Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) Aberdeen Business School, has been reappointed to the prestigious International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB) for a second three-year term.

Kerry Sharp The investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), has announced it invested a record £63.5 million into 146 Scottish companies in the most recent financial year.

Graham Vidler With 82 per cent of people aged 18 to 64 years old in Scotland saying they were not sure or did not know where to look to tell if they were on track with their retirement savings, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has launched a major new consultation designed to hel