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A four-acre mixed-use development site in Edinburgh has been acquired by M&G Real Estatefor £49.1 million.

A quartet of high-flying accountancy staff are preparing to face their fears by jumping out of a plane for charity.

The total value of the residential sales market in Scotland from 2007-08 to 2017-18 was £161.3 billion, according to the sixth annual Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report.

Ross McEwan The UK government has announced plans to sell 7.7 per cent of its stake in Royal Bank of Scotland.

Kent Mackenzie Deloitte has strengthened its senior team in Scotland with the appointment of two new partners - fintech and analytics specialist Kent Mackenzie and the leader of its oil and gas transaction services team, Shaun Reynolds.

Jim Galbraith Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s largest financial mutual, has today announced that it is in the final stages of securing the acquisition of a bundled group pension business from Mobius Life, an independently-owned provider of institutional services to corporate pension schemes in the U

James Anderson Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has announced that it has raised a further £170 million in long-term, fixed rate, senior, unsecured private placement notes, denominated in sterling.

Clara Jackson Grant Thornton has appointed a new wealth advisory manager as part of a focus on growing its specialist services in Scotland.

Canmoor, the new owner of Westway Park in Renfrew, has announced its first new occupier, since acquiring the park from the administrator for £40 million in March.

Scottish entrepreneur and major Celtic FC shareholder Chris Trainer has pocketed more than £30 million from the sale of his Forrest Media outdoor advertising firm.

Dagmar Droogsma The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has announced the appointment of Dagmar Droogsma as director of industry.

The adult social care sector contributes £3.4 billion to the Scottish economy, a new report into the economic impact of the sector has found.

CYBG, the owner of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, has attempted to make its £1.6 billion offer to buy challenger bank Virgin Money more attractive.

Derek Forsyth Derek Forsyth and Blair Milne, partners with accountancy firm Campbell Dallas, are exploring options for Paisley-based Lambert Contracts Ltd, after the firm was placed in administration.

Matt Henderson Matt Henderson and Donald McNaught, restructuring partners at Johnston Carmichael, have been appointed as joint receivers for a trio of companies that form construction firm Crummock.