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John Montague, managing director of group operations at The Big Issue; cabinet secretary for communities and local government Aileen Campbell and Kieran Daly, Big Issue Invest manager for Scotland. Cabinet secretary for communities and local government Aileen Campbell joined a celebratory event held

People begging in Glasgow city centre will be helped to open bank accounts and apply for benefits by a new roving digital inclusion officer.

The value of Argentina’s currency has plummeted by 13 per cent despite the South American country’s central bank's effort to stabilise the currency by raising a interest rates to 60 per cent.

Wonga Group Limited and WDFC UK Limited (Wonga), has placed itself into administration with Grant Thornton appointed to take over the controversial business which has been brought down by caps on the interest it can charge and the spiralling cost of a flood of compensation claims brought against it

The SME Alliance has launched an investigation into the conduct of Royal bank of Scotland's shamed Global Restructuring Group (GRG) as it aims to see executives held to account for the past misconduct.

Financial crime in Scotland has risen by nearly one-third quarter-on-quarter, according to latest data complied by Police Scotland.

ibis Styles Glasgow Centre West has opened in Glasgow’s International Financial Services District (“IFSD”) following an £11.25 million investment led by the Glasgow-based private equity and property manager, Maven Capital Partners.

Thousands of people across the UK could be paying excessive home insurance premiums, according to consumer watchdog Which? following its investigation that reveals loyal customers are penalised with price hikes for staying with a provider.

David Purse (left) and Steven Fraser, Partner at Anderson Anderson & Brown Accountancy firm Anderson Anderson Brown has announced the appointment of David Purse as a director in their payroll & employment taxes team, based in their London office.

Scotland’s airline Loganair is celebrating one of its most loyal customers as Royal Bank of Scotland’s mobile banker Anne Rendall marks 30 years of flying across the Orkney Inter-Isle air services.

Kenny Graham Phil Anderson Financial Services has continued its growth plans with the appointment of Kenny Graham as a mortgage and protection adviser.

Sue Dawe EY has today announced the appointment of Sue Dawe, the firm’s Head of Financial Services in Scotland, to its UK LLP Board.

Lanarkshire-based DataVita Ltd, a datacentre and cloud services provider, has secured £4.6 million in funding from long-term banking partner Santander Corporate & Commercial which will see the creation of up to 50 new technology jobs in Scotland.

Businesses along the planned tram route to Newhaven will have their say on a raft of innovative and exciting support for business proposals in a new consultation beginning next week.

Banks and building societies in the UK are relaxing lending standards and cutting fees in order to retain momentum in the housing market and protect their weakening profits, the FT has reported. The trend, which comes despite the rules brought in to address the easy lending that play such a major ro