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An innovative new team of fraud-fighters has already frozen £1 million from con artists trying to trick people known as ‘money mules’ into receiving and transferring cash.

Calum Finlayson The first school leaver from Inverness appointed by accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael is set to become a fully qualified chartered accountant.

Barratt Homes’ Mill Brae development Homebuyers across Scotland can now save both money and the environment at the same time with the launch of the UK’s first green home mortgage.

Ireland is set to pick up more legal business from financial services companies after Brexit following a boost from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).

AAB's Callum Gray, Laura Campbell, Charlotte Stewart, Ian Campbell, Heather Brown, Andrew Blair and Graeme Allan Accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced the promotion of Callum Gray to director, as well as the promotion of five members of their management team to senio

Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary NatWest has outlined plans to scale and grow its digital lending platform Esme Loans following a successful pilot phase.

Bruce Evans, group managing director at Lomond Capital Edinburgh-based property group Lomond Capital has acquired SDL Group’s Birmingham residential lettings portfolio, which comprises 500 city centre properties, formerly the CP Bigwood residential lettings portfolio.

Duncan Brock UK service providers such as those operating in financial services, IT, transport, hotels and restaurants, signalled a modest rebound in business activity growth following the snow disruptions seen during March, according to the latest data from the Chartered Institute of Procurement an

Nearly one in 10 over-55s fear they have been targeted by suspected scammers since the launch of Pension Freedoms, new research for Prudential shows.

SWA chief executive Karen Betts The Scotch Whisky industry’s recent growth must be maintained beyond Brexit, delegates at the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) conference have heard.

China’s Ambassador to the UK has invited Scottish business to “roll up its sleeves and get down to business” in order to profit from China’s ongoing transformation from “high speed growth to high quality growth”.

Almost half of all (48 per cent) Scottish workers have less than £1,000 in savings and more than half (55 per cent) do not have anyone in their household who they could depend on to support them financially.

David Melhuish Annual revenues from the devolved Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) exceeded the Scottish Government’s 2017/18 forecast, according to new figures released by Revenue Scotland and analysed by the Scottish Property Federation (SPF).

Insurance firm NFU Mutual has announced it has commenced a major programme of works to transform a high profile office development in Edinburgh’s city centre.

Retail sales in Scotland grew by a meagre 0.5 per cent compared to the previous quarter, according to new statistics released by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.