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Ross McEwan Fixed share allowances worth £3.2 million for the six months to December 31 have been awarded to bosses at still 73 percent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland.

A set of proposals, which aim to deliver £21 million of savings in Edinburgh City Council’s coming financial year, have been released for public engagement this week by councillors at a meeting of the authority’s Finance and Resources Committee.

L-R: (back row) Ian McConnell of The Herald, Richard Slater of Deloitte in Scotland, Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2016, Chris Gauld of Spark Energy, Stuart Brown of Barclays, (front row) Entrepreneur of the Year 2016, Jimmy Milne CBE of Balmoral Group, Colette Grant of Grant Property and Sandy

Simon Rubinsohn House prices are set to rise in Scotland, with sales expectations remaining positive despite ongoing concerns about a lack of stock, the October 2017 RICS UK Residential Market Survey has found.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB-ZY5rq5nk&feature=youtu.be This year’s Female FTSE Report, by academics at Cranfield School of Management and Exeter University Business School, sponsored by Aviva and the Government Equalities Office, reveals that while the number of women being appointed to

Adrian Grace Edinburgh-based Aegon UK has continued to see platform assets swell on the back of last year’s acquisition of Cofunds and hit £110 billion in the third quarter.

Perth-based energy giant SSE has today confirmed it has agreed the first steps of a proposed merger with Npower to form a new UK gas and electricity business.

The number of businesses in Scotland is at the highest level since records began.

Barry Mochan Grant Thornton has launched its second annual Faces of a Vibrant Economy initiative, which identifies 100 organisations and their leaders that demonstrate excellence through growth, innovation and purpose.

Susannah Simpson While the highest ranked cities still tend to be mostly in the South of England, Edinburgh has maintained its top 10 berth in the latest PwC Good Growth for Cities report.

St Enoch Centre, Glasgow (Image: Postdlf) In the latest disclosure to emerge from the so-called Paradise Papers, international private equity giant Blackstone, one of the world’s biggest private equity groups, has been exposed as avoiding millions of pounds in UK tax on the property deal that saw

John Rae Investment in Glasgow offices has exceeded levels last seen a decade ago and could be in line for its best-ever year, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

Sandy Manson, chief executive of Johnston Carmichael on the ice with Sophie Jackson, Scottish Junior Curling Champion. Scotland’s leading independent accountancy and business advisory firm, Johnston Carmichael has been confirmed as the main event partner for the World Junior Curling Championships

Bruce Cartwright The accountancy body The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has urged the UK Government to secure a Brexit deal which is “significantly better” than the CETA agreement struck between Canada and the EU.

Three bedroom properties in the south-west suburbs of Edinburgh have shown some of the highest increases in average selling prices, which could be attributed to pressures caused by a shortage of properties for family homes in Edinburgh.