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Kelburn Castle and Estate, one of the oldest family owned estates in Scotland, has secured £1 million of funding from Barclays to support the expansion of its luxury camping site.

Martin Beck The UK labour market is set to face a rockier period over the next few years with unemployment rising as the consequences of a slowdown in economic growth bite and pay growth remaining subdued, according to the EY ITEM Club special report.

Paula Skinner Harper Macleod has advised a Glasgow-based fintech business on a six-figure investment, the first to be completed with the help of a new Glasgow City Council scheme designed to help SMEs scale up.

Margo McLenan Business recovery specialist Claire Middlebrook has added to her Middlebrooks Advice team by appointing insolvency practitioner Margo McLenan.

Footfall in Scotland grew by 3.2 per cent in April, the third fastest growth rate of all the nations/regions and the fastest growth in Scotland itself since July 2014, according to latest data from the Scottish Retail Consortium.

Fraser Sime Scotland’s private sector made a positive start to the second quarter, according to April’s Bank of Scotland Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which showed growth pick up slightly from the relative stagnation experienced in the previous month’s survey.

A billionaire has been ordered to pay £453 million to his ex-wife in the UK's biggest divorce award. Mr Justice Haddon-Cave, sitting in the Family Division of the High Court in London yesterday, awarded her 41.5 per cent of the couple's £1 billion “marital assets”, The Times reports. He said

A Glasgow credit union has warned that the grown trend of high street bank branch closures is leaving thousands of people vulnerable to predatory loan sharks and payday lenders.

Blair Nimmo The now defunct historic Perth department store McEwens owed a total of £3.44 million to Royal Bank of Scotland when it went under last year, according to its administrators KPMG.

Adrian Grace Edinburgh-based Aegon UK has reported a strong start to 2017 with first quarter figures boosted after the acquisition of investment business Cofunds went live in January.

The property market in east central Scotland has experienced an 11.4 per cent decrease in the number of homes available for sale between February to April 2017, according to the latest analysis from regional estate agents ESPC.

Ross McEwan A widely anticipated shareholder revolt over executive pay failed to materialise at Royal Bank of Scotland’s annual general meeting yesterday after the still 73 per cent state-backed lender received backing of more than 92 per cent for its remuneration plans.

Staff and partners from the Glasgow office of Johnston Carmichael, gold sponsor of this year’s Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalks, have raised more than £3,700 for charity after taking part in the Glasgow event.

Academically gifted law students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Scotland will benefit from a recent cash injection from the Royal Bank of Scotland to the Lawscot Foundation - a charity set up by the Law Society to remove financial barriers between aspiring law students and their goal of becoming

191 West George Street NFU Mutual has commenced a major programme of works to transform a landmark office development in Glasgow city centre.