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Nine in every 10 current accounts available in the UK charge set fees, either for account management or for using an overdraft, according to new findings. Of the 80 options available, 72 charge set fees for account management or overdraft usage, according to Moneyfacts.co.uk.

Kathryn Cowin A tax specialist turned pet services business owner and sheep-farmer has found the balance between her love of numbers and love of animals by completing courses at a specialist UK-wide e-learning college to hone her bookkeeping and accounting skills.

Balliol Newcastle Buccleuch Property has made a trio of industrial acquisitions totalling more than £4 million, in locations across the UK.

Margaret MacKay Scottish Building Society today announced the appointment of Margaret MacKay to its board of directors.

Malcolm Hurlston There was a small increase in the numbers of decrees for debt against Scottish consumers during the first half of 2017, according to figures released today by Registry Trust.

Wilson Hunter Wilson Hunter, head of residential at Gillespie Macandrew solicitors looks ahead to what is in store for Scotland's housing market in the age of Brexit.

Ross McEwan The chief executive of 73 per cent taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has warned that victims of bank fraud should not expect it to provide automatic refunds.

Douglas Binnie One of Cambuslang’s largest commercial properties, Cambuslang Gate, has changed hands in a deal brokered by Knight Frank.

Scottish grouse estates have a "significant" economic impact worth a collective £23 million for their respective local communities, according to a new survey of 45 estates across the country.

Martin Gill The continuing recovery of the manufacturing sector is set to return business output to growth, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Mark Mulholland Mark Mulholland, a partner at Chartered Accountants and business advisers Alexander Sloan's Glasgow office, contemplates the repercussions of auto enrolment in uncertain times.

Malcolm Crawford A North Lanarkshire provider of central heating and electrical services across Scotland and the UK, has secured £2 million of funding from Barclays to drive growth plans and streamline business overheads.

Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank is to make it easier for customers to report their card lost or stolen by adding a new ‘block / unblock’ feature to the Bank’s Mobile Banking App.

Keith Skeoch Standard Life has today disclosed a rise in half-year profits ahead of its mega merger with fellow Scottish financial giant Aberdeen Asset Management next week.

Scotland’s housebuilding sector is performing well, despite increasing political and economic pressures, according to a global accountancy firm Grant Thornton.