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181 years after it was first formed in Glasgow, the Clydesdale Bank brand is to disappear from the high street, the lender's owners have announced as they warned of potential job cuts. CYBG completed the takeover of Virgin Money in October in a deal worth £1.7bn and CYBG said today that both C

Edinburgh-headquartered small/mid cap specialist investor Amati Global Investors is to remain majority employee-owned having successfully completed a transaction with Mattioli Woods to cancel Mattioli Woods’ option to acquire the remaining 51 per cent of the

Troubled East Kilbride-based five-a-side football firm Goals Soccer Centres has appointed Mike McGill as interim chief financial officer as the business also confirmed it had appointed Deloitte to work with current advisers and lenders to assess “future corporate options”.

The Royal London has announced the appointment of former Standard Life Aberdeen head of UK Barry O’Dwyer as new group chief executive. He is expected to take up his appointment in September 2019.

The number of households in Scotland has continued to increase to 2.48 million in 2018, according to figures published by National Records of Scotland (NRS). ‘Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2018’ shows that over the last ten years the number of househol

New research from KPMG has highlighted a growing gap in business confidence between North Sea energy firms and the wider Scottish and UK economies.

Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary NatWest has appointed Marieke Flament as chief executive of small businesses digital offering Mettle. Ms Flament will be leading Mettle’s roll out as it becomes available in the App store from August.

More than 30,000 households have been helped to buy their home through Scottish Government support schemes since 2007.

The latest survey of doctors by the BMA highlights the problems arising from changes to tax on pension savings, according to leading accountants and business advisors French Duncan. A BMA Scotland survey has shown that many doctors now believe that it would be better for them to retire than to be pe

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) students are set for a brand new exam practice platform for computer based exams (CBE). The CBE Practice Solution is set to launch to learning partners this month, allowing time for familiarisation prior to the first Strategic Professional CBE se

Johnston Carmichael has marked its commitment to Dundee with its own Oor Wullie sculpture. Jenn Stewart and Ryan Milne and Jennifer Clarke

A first-time auction bidder thought he’d just landed an absolute steal after his $13,000 bid for a South Florida property won an online auction.

Wealth management company Tilney has continued to expand its presence in Scotland with a move to a new office in the capital city to accommodate its growing team and with the hire of Ronnie Binnie from Standard Life Aberdeen as managing partner for Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Less than half a mile from

Independent wealth management company Thorntons Investments has strengthened its Edinburgh team with the appointment of Gail Craig as portfolio manager. Ms Craig has over 25 years investment management experience and takes up the position from Brown Shipley where she managed discretionary and adviso

Still more than 60 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that the completion of the merger between Alawwal bank and Saudi British Bank will make it easier to exit its investment in Alawwal. RBS acquired its interest in Alawwal after leading the disastrous £49 billion takeov