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Global investment giant Goldman Sachs is poised to make a move on the UK retail finance market with the launch of a new savings bank.

Blair Nimmo Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs of KPMG LLP have been appointed as joint provisional liquidators of Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre Limited (GSPC) after the firm went to the wall this week with the loss of nine jobs.

Chris Gardiner Chris Gardiner , a Solicitor in Thorntons' Private Client Department takes a look an very 21st century inheritance issue

John Glen Buccleuch, one of Scotland's biggest private landowners, has announced that it is to merge operations at its Bowhill and Eskdale & Liddesdale estates.

Kirsty Anderson Self-employed workers are heading towards a pension saving crisis as they cannot afford to save for their retirement, new research from Prudential has revealed.

Advisory firm Harvey Curtis, a financial adviser that took on thousands of Scotland-based clients of Mortgage Advice Centre (MAC) after it folded in 2006, has been acquired by consolidator AFH Financial Group.

Gross UK mortgage lending in July was £24.6 billion, some 7.6 per cent higher than a year earlier, according to latest data published today by banking industry body, UK Finance.

The impact of a “no-deal” Brexit scenario on the financial services sector has been outlined in a list containing the first batch of official assessments published today by the UK government.

Personal Finance App Money Dashboard has joined forces with the rapidly growing mobile-only bank Monzo.

Liz Cameron Latest migration statistics data from the Office for National Statistics has shown the number of EU citizens coming to work in the UK is continuing to fall.

Social Security Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville Another 40 jobs at Scotland’s new social security agency will be advertised next week.

Global outsourcing and professional services company Capita has announced that Patrick Butcher is to join the company as chief financial officer.

Demand for science & technology professionals in Scotland rose by 15 per cent year-on-year to July 2018 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

David Alexander, managing director of D J Alexander Average house prices in Scotland have increased by just 5.7 per cent since they peaked in September 2007 compared to a UK rise of 20.2 per cent according to a study by a leading property management firm.

Derek Banks Fife Housing Group has announced the appointment of Derek Banks as its new director of finance and governance.