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Mike Dailly With the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) expected to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade this week, experts are issuing dire warnings that such a move could spell financial chaos for thousands of Scots.

Edinburgh-based accountancy firm Chiene + Tait’s corporate finance team has assisted members of the management team at Clydebank-based Marmac Services, a mechanical & electrical engineering and contracting service provider, to acquired the business. The management buyout deal, which will enabl

Alison Thewliss SNP Treasury spokesperson at Westminster Alison Thewliss MP has written to the Chancellor about the continuing lack of women at senior levels in the finance sector.

​Douglas Shand The companies involved in PwC and CodeBase’s SCALE initiative have been released as the ten-week series of events goes live.

Mark Harvey EY’s business in Scotland has seen growth of 11 per cent in the financial year ending 30 June, 2017, the firm has said.

A new English-speaking commercial court is to be established in Brussels, the Belgian government has announced. The Brussels International Business Court (BIBC) would hear pleadings and deliver judgments in English, with judges coming from the county’s appeal court.

Willie Rennie Registration of powers of attorney are facing delays of up to three months, Scotland on Sunday has reported.

Betsy Williamson Core-Asset Consulting, the financial sector recruitment specialist, has added to its asset management expertise with the appointment of Liam Hughes to the newly-created position of senior business manager.

German airline Lufthansa has announced substantial expansion of flights between Glasgow and Germany.

Claire Drummond £10,000 worth of training and support is to be delivered to adoptive families in Scotland with Aberdeen Asset Management's Aberdeen Charitable Foundation backing a project to help build resilience and support families in becoming more able to cope with challenges and issues they may

Lomond View care home, Falkland Fife-based care home operator Kingdom Homes is investing significantly in its care home portfolio with the development of a new nursing home in Leven and the acquisition of a new property in Anstruther, thanks to a £20m funding package from HSBC.

Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited, in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research, has published statistics for the third quarter of 2017 on the Aberdeen housing market.

Ross McEwan After a £392m profit for the July-to-September period saw profits for the year hit £1.3bn, Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is "on track", despite still bracing for a monster fine from US authorities.

Lenders and investors are continuing to help fund registered social landlords (RSLs) as they work towards the Scottish Government’s target of an extra 35,000 social rented houses by 2021, according to the Scottish Housing Regulator.

Almost half of Scots aged 40 to 64 won’t be able to afford retirement when they reach state pension age, a new survey has revealed.