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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the former Chair of Co-operative Bank, Paul Flowers, known as "the Crystal Methodist" from the financial services industry.

Ric Traynor Begbies Traynor Group has acquired mid-market corporate finance practice, Springboard Corporate Finance Limited.

Jon Shelley PwC's corporate finance team in Scotland has advised on the sale of subsea technology, equipment and engineering consultancy business Ecosse Subsea Systems (“ESS”) to American subsea engineering firm Oceaneering International Inc. for £50 million, acting as lead financial advisor to

Richard Murray Scottish law firm TC Young has announced that Richard Murray has joined the firm as a partner in the Edinburgh office to build the firm’s private client team in the east.

Sir Tom Hunter Sir Tom Hunter's Hunter Foundation has put its financial backing behind Impact Summit, the latest project from Leith-based startup FutureX, the team behind Scotland’s Startup Summit, at which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced £4 million in support for entrepreneurs last year

Susan Rowand Scottish restaurateur Jim Maclean, director of JE Restaurants, which operates three McDonalds franchises in the West of Scotland, has undertaken a project to future-proof his Darnley restaurant thanks to a £500,000 funding package from HSBC.

Dr Louis Nguyen New research carried out by the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh Business School, has found that banks whose corporate culture leans towards aggressive competition are associated with overall riskier lending practices, causing vulnerability to the financial sy

More funding should be provided to help Scottish firms take on apprentices older than 25 - like parents returning to work or people looking to switch career - according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

David Flint David Flint, partner at MacRoberts, and Rebecca Henderson a trainee at the Scottish law firm, look at the recent case of trademarking colours

Richard Hepburn Millar & Bryce has opened a new office in central Glasgow to support its expansion plans and continued development in the West of Scotland.

Simon Capaldi New figures from independent property consultancy, Knight Frank, reveal Scotland’s industrial property market saw total investment increase from £128 million in 2016 to £346 million in 2017, representing an increase of 170 per cent.

Consumer spending growth more than halved to 1.4 per cent in 2017 from 2.9 per cent in 2016 - the smallest increase since 2011, according to the EY ITEM Club’s special report published today.

Edinburgh has topped Colliers International’s latest UK Hotels Market Index, moving up four places in 2017 from the previous year, with its high position mainly attributed to strong occupancy levels and average daily rate (ADR) growth in 2017, resulting in a four-year upward RevPAR trend, combine

Andrew Howie With a record number of young people taking up Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland, new research released from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP, ahead of Scottish Apprenticeship Week (5-9 March), finds that attitudes towards apprenticeship programmes are becom

Scotland is a nation of mobile app-y oversharers with little regard for personal security and the consequences of sharing passwords and login details, according to a "startling" new landmark survey carried out by Royal Bank of Scotland.