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Ally Scott EY’s transaction advisory services (TAS) team in Scotland has acted as exclusive M&A advisor to the shareholders of QTS Group Limited, a specialist independent rail contractor which is to be sold in an £80 million deal after it was established by managing director Alan McLeish in 1

Alastair Grier CarMoney, the fast-growing Glasgow-based motor finance business, is set to expand its financing activity into car leasing as a result of entering into a partnership agreement with car finance brokering operation Fleet Alliance.

Brian Machray Allied Irish Bank (GB) has appointed Edinburgh-based Brian Machray as its new head of manufacturing, following the announcement of its dedicated manufacturing fund earlier this year.

Monica Duddy Grant Thornton has launched its Growth 365 service for "ambitious, growth-hungry" CEOs in Scotland.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced that it has reached a civil settlement in principle with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to resolve its investigation into RBS’s issuance and underwriting of toxic US residential mortgage-backed securities prior to the financial crisis betw

House prices continue to increase across Scotland, as prices at a national level start to dip, according to the April 2018 RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

A shortage of property in Edinburgh is continuing to drive up demand for housing, according to a new ESPC house price report.

David Morrison EQ Chartered Accountants, which has offices in Dundee, Forfar, Cupar and Glenrothes, has been shortlisted in the Scottish Accountancy and Finance Awards 2018 in the ‘Tax Team of the Year’ catagory.

Entries and nominations are being sought for a new award that recognises the talent and dedication being shown by Scotland’s young people within the food and drink sector.

Martin Leonard Castlight COO Castlight Financial, the Glasgow-based financial capability company, is partnering with Paradigm Mortgage Services and Foundation Home Loans to launch a major pilot of its Affordability Passport, an affordability tool powered by open banking technology, which allows brok

Carroll Buxton More than half (53 per cent) of Highlands and Islands businesses plan to take on new staff in the coming year, and most plan to recruit them from within the region, new research has revealed.

Professor Gordon McConnell Robert Gordon University (RGU) is to launch the first funded startup accelerator programme in North East Scotland to support entrepreneurial students, staff and recent alumni in creating new businesses with up to £10,000 of funding each.

Legal and insurance services provider Carpenters has moved its Scottish headquarters into new premises on Blythswood Street, central Glasgow to pave the way for future growth plans.

Keith Brown The new Scottish National Investment Bank will be operational next year and provide £2 billion in capital over ten years, MSPs have been told.

Simon Craufurd with his two daughters, Indra and Manisha Craufurdland Estate in Kilmarnock, has received funding from Barclays to help launch the Laird’s Table, a new restaurant set in the grounds of the 800-year old, family-owned Estate.