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Sandy Burgess There was a sharp fall in new car registrations in Scotland last month even though the market north of the border is still outperforming the rest of the UK.

The family at the top of the famous annual Sunday Times ‘Rich List’ of Scotland’s wealthiest people has retained its place after seeing its wealth increase.

A charity which gives children and young people living with serious health challenges a holiday to help them discover a whole new world of possibilities is laying on an extra place for a deserving North-east youngster following support from Aberdeen Asset Management’s Charities Foundation.

Stuart Heslop Royal Bank of Scotland is set to roll out a new automated lending process for commercial real estate developers and investors who are looking to borrow up to £2 million which will give them a credit-approved decision in as little as 45 minutes.

James Kergon Manufacturers with operations in Scotland are planning to spend more developing new products and services to drive growth, according to a report by global accountancy firm KPMG.

Donald McNaught Johnston Carmichael has developed an innovative online tool to help self-employed NHS workers operating as a limited company to protect their income.

Malcolm Hurlston CBE The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish companies rose by 21 percent during the first quarter of the year, according to figures released today by Registry Trust.

Ken Whipp, Programme Manager, Scale-up Scotland, Entrepreneurial Scotland (left) and Sandy Kennedy, CEO of Entrepreneurial Scotland. The new Scale-up Scotland Leadership Programme aimed at Scotland’s high-growth businesses and delivered by Entrepreneurial Scotland in partnership with The Hunter Fo

An accountant who embezzled nearly £43,000 from a family-run Glasgow firm has avoided jail.

John Hair Edinburgh-based discretionary fund manager, Standard Life Wealth, is continuing to progress its ambitious grow plans with the promotion of John Hair to Chief Investment Officer, and Julie-Ann Ashcroft to Head of Investments, alongside Darren Ripton.

Ross McEwan The heat is being turned up on bosses at Royal Bank of Scotland ahead of the lender’s AGM next week after two more investor advisory firms joined calls for shareholders to reject the board’s remuneration policy.

David McCreadie Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank, which employs more than 2000 people at its headquarters in the Scottish capital, is to introduce a zero per cent interest Clubcard Credit Card offer for purchases up to 30 months.

Susan McDonald HBJ Gateley’s Susan McDonald on the lessons learned from bond funding as a means to finance social housing associations.

Retail sales in Scotland have grown much more slowly over the past year than in Great Britain as a whole, according to new figures.

Entrepreneurial spirit is on the rise in Scotland with over 130 new independent shops opening up over the last year, compared to 75 in 2015, according to new research by the Local Data Company and British Independent Retailers Association.