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Liz Cameron The UK's key inflation rate hit its highest for more than five years last month, driven up by increases in transport and food prices.

Tim Cooper Three-in-10 Scottish adults (29 per cent) think their financial situation will improve over the next six months, slightly higher than the figure for all British adults of 22 per cent.

George Kerevan The SNP’s Growth Commission is going to propose the creation of a Scottish pound, according to a former member of the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee.

Andrew Fraser Resolving the legacy of non-performing loans (NPL) is critical to the recovery of bank credit, investment and economic growth in Europe, according to Edinburgh-based investment firm Standard Life Investments.

Alan Hatfield The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has welcomed the results of its September 2017 exam sitting.

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has rejected a last-ditch bid to settle a legal claim over the disastrous merger that created Britain’s biggest high street lender, days before the high profile trial kicks off. On the eve of the case that will see appearances from some of the UK’s most promi

Cat MacLean, MBM Commercial partner Cat MacLean, who is one of Scotland’s leading legal authorities on banking misconduct, has told Sir William Blackburne, the retired High Court judge installed as the independent arbiter of the scheme set up by Royal Bank of Scotland to compensate victims of the

(from left) Michelle Motion, finance director with Sandy Adam, executive chairman and Innes Smith, chief executive officer Elgin-based private and affordable homes developer Springfield Properties has successfully raised £25 million in early trading on the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) this m

Unsecured debt, amassed primarily on credit cards, student loans, car financing and overdrafts, has reached an all-time high of close to £300 billion, or £11,000 per UK household, growing at a faster rate than at any time in the past 15 years, PwC’s latest Precious Plastics report has found.

Simon Cowie Aberdeen accountancy and business advisory practice Infinity Partnership has won at the British Accountancy Awards for the third year in a row.

Nicola Williams Edinburgh-based accountancy firm Chiene + Tait (C+T) has announced Nicola Williams as the latest recruit to its Entrepreneurial Tax team.

Howard Archer With the UK economy looking set to remain stuck in low gear for the rest of this year and well into 2018, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) should keep interest rates on hold until late 2018 to avoid weakening the fragile economic outlook, says the latest forecast

Three of the five Scottish Parliament constituencies with the fastest growing business communities are in Edinburgh, new research has revealed.

Ernst & Young, together with partner Julian Gray, have been fined and reprimanded by the accountancy watchdog after admitting misconduct in relation to the audit of the financial statements of Tech Data Limited.

Quartermile, Edinburgh. The Bank of Montreal has announced plans to move its Edinburgh fund management operation into a new flagship office.