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It may be taboo to talk about money with friends and family but when it comes to your bank it’s a different matter, with today’s social media savvy consumer taking advantage of more banking webchat services than ever before, according to the latest research from UK Finance.

Alan Steel The founder of a Linlithgow-based wealth management firm, which now looks after over £1.25 billion in client assets, has been presented with the prestigious WeDO Scotland Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship.

Record numbers of people in Scotland are employed, the gender gap has narrowed and more young people have jobs, according to latest data.

Catherine Burnet The rise of protectionism poses the greatest risk to future growth, according to the CEOs of some of Britain’s biggest businesses.

Andrew McRae The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has unveiled a new member to lead its policy and campaigns work in Scotland.

Nearly eight out of ten public sector contracts in Scotland are now awarded to small and medium businesses, 13,500 of which were Scottish, new data has shown.

The number of households in Scotland has continued to increase to 2.46 million in 2017, according to figures published today by National Records of Scotland (NRS).

The fundraising efforts of staff at the Dundee headquarters of Scottish accountancy firm Henderson Loggie has seen more than £1,800 raised for a charity which provides emergency food and support to local people in need.

David Duffy The boss of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group (CYBG) has said the lender’s digital business may overtake its high street brands in scale as it leads an online push.

Graeme Hartop Edinburgh-based independent bank Hampden & Co has announced both a new second office in the capital and the appointment of Andrew Jackson to the newly-created post of head of banking management in their Mayfair, London office.

The government urgently needs to provide post-Brexit arrangements that include the creation of a new short-term immigration category amid wider reform of the UK’s immigration system if Britain is to remain globally competitive, a new report by TheCityUK and EY has warned

Martin Leonard, Castlight COO and Phil Grady (CEO) Castlight Financial, the Glasgow-based financial capability company, has partnered with HSBC UK in the delivery of the bank’s first open banking loan.

The pension pot needed to avoid an uncomfortable retirement – dubbed the ‘pension mountain’ – has grown in size in real terms by three quarters since 2002 from around £150,000 to £260,000, according to new research by mutual insurer Royal London.

BLM Partner Keith Matthews Insurance risk and commercial law specialist BLM has announced the promotion of 16 new partners, at the start of its 2018/19 financial year across five of its business streams, including Claims Solutions, Large Loss & technical, Specialty & Financial Lines, Healthc

The Clyde Gateway regeneration programme has been awarded a £5.5 million cash injection from the Scottish Government.