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Sian Odgers Aberdeen-based global payroll and employee mobility specialist Activpayroll was announced as the winner of the “International Payroll Award” and Highly Commended for the category “Service Provider Team Award” last week at The Rewards 2018 in London.

Benny Higgins Sistema Scotland, the charity which runs the Big Noise programme for children living in disadvantaged areas, today announced the appointment of former Tesco Bank chief executive Benny Higgins as its new Chairman.

Royal Bank of Scotland has again come under fire, this time for allegedly wasting thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money by paying contractors £400 a day to fill envelopes.

The average five-year fixed rate mortgage has increased for the first time in four months, seeing this average reach its highest point in almost two years, effectively cancelling out any gains made in that time as a result, according to latest data from Moneyfacts via its UK Mortgage Trends Treasur

Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh writes on problem debt ahead of tomorrow's meeting of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee

Grant Thornton has revealed the names of this year’s ‘Faces of a Vibrant Economy’ – identifying progressive UK leaders from across business, culture and civic society.

Maxine Antoniou – Aberdeen Standard Investments, Jack Ransom (98 year old former employee and WW2 veteran) and Commanding Officer 5 Military Intelligence Battalion Standard Life Aberdeen has been named among 50 winners of the Ministry of Defence's Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Awards which reco

Ryan Taylor, Jim Taylor, Audrey Taylor and Kevin Taylor Ellon-based JKR Contractors is diversifying into farming and property thanks to a seven-figure funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

Edinburgh continues to be the most prosperous UK city outside London according to new report produced by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Jonathan Cary There has been a 28 per cent rise in the number of individuals being banned from working in the financial services industry by the FCA last year, increasing to 23 in 2017/18 (September 20), up from just 18 the previous year, says City-headquartered law firm RPC.

The town centre vacancy rate for Scotland was 11.1 per cent in October 2018, an increase from 10.8 per cent in July 2018 and above the average vacancy rate for the UK, which is 9.6 per cent, according to latest data from the Scottish Retail Consortium.

Malcolm Buchanan Output in Scotland's private sector economy expanded solidly at the start of the fourth quarter, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI.

Latest figures released today show the UK economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the three months to September, driven by warm weather spending and the football World Cup.

Business owners Scott Gibson (left) and Tommy Nevin have opened BT local business franchise, Omnitel Communications, in Glasgow A new Glasgow telecommunications company, formed as part of the BT local business franchise network, opened its doors to customers in April after securing a £300,000 loan

There has been an acceleration in the number of retail shops closing across Scotland’s high streets as a result of the growth in online shopping, a shift to in-home leisure, heightened restructuring activity and continued digitisation of services.