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Lloyds Bank is to lay off 305 staff and redeploy 900 more after announcing plans to close another 49 branches across its Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands.

Ewen Stevenson Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed that it is to make a further contribution of £3.5 billion to its main pension scheme, in a move seen as an important milestone in its quest to resume dividend payments to investors.

Edinburgh-based cash flow forecasting firm Float has become the first reporting application to join Intuit's QuickBooks Accountant Apps Program, a new platform designed specifically for their 300,000 accounting partners.

The average price of a property in Scotland in February 2018 was £144,377 – an increase of 6.2 per cent on February in the previous year and a decrease of 2.7 per cent when compared to the previous month, according to the Registers of Scotland’s latest publication of its monthly UK House Price

Jeremy Allcock Aberdeen Standard Investments infrastructure debt team has provided over £43 million of private debt to finance six operational hydro-electric schemes in Scotland.

Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank’s offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle, have turned pink after the work spaces were in support of Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

The number of people in work in Scotland fell by 17,000 between December and February, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.

Philip Simpson Thursday 26th April 2018

Alex Tait RSM UK has announced the appointment of Alex Tait as regional managing partner for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Reform Scotland, the independent, non-party think tank, has highlighted that VAT was not devolved under previous Scotland Acts because it was illegal under EU law but with the impending exit of the UK from the EU that impediment will be removed.

Private sector economic development body Opportunity North East (ONE) and Scottish Enterprise have announced a partnership to jointly support Scottish oil and gas supply chain SMEs to access new decommissioning business and explore diversification into new market sectors.

Mike Timmins EY has today revealed the names of the 23 business leaders drawn from 21 of Scotland’s "most promising, pioneering and accomplished businesses", who will contest for the title of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 Scotland overall winner’ at a June ceremony held at Gleneagles.

Jamie Younger Accountancy firm Saffery Champness has warned that Business Property Relief (BPR) can be vulnerable, particularly for those who let land or property.

Glenerne Guest House A popular Eyemouth hotel, The Glenerne Guest House, has been purchased by a husband-and-wife duo with the help of a six-figure funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

Michelle Campbell Teams from Johnston Carmichael’s 11 offices across Scotland are lacing up their boots in preparation for their local Kiltwalks, including one brave member of staff from the firm’s Edinburgh office who is undertaking all four of the marathon hikes.