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Pauline Hinchion Scottish Communities Finance Ltd – a new Community Benefit Society based in Edinburgh that aims to mobilise ordinary people across Scotland to reinvest in their communities – will launch today.

George Hay Henderson Loggie partner George Hay has retired after 22 years with the firm.

Rohina Bhandari A private equity manager at Wall Street firm WL Ross & Co. has been killed in a rare shark attack.

Derek MacKay Scotland faces "the most challenging budget in the history of the Scottish Parliament", Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has said.

Paul Wheelhouse The Scottish Government has called on the UK government to establish and enforce a guaranteed minimum level of service provision for essential banking services.

Sir Peter Burt Sir Peter Burt, former chief executive of Bank of Scotland, has passed away at the age of 73.

Kirsty Blackman The SNP has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to take "action to tackle international tax avoidance".

A leaked Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report says RBS management "turned a blind eye" to failings in its scandal-hit Global Restructuring Group (GRG), the Mail on Sunday reports. The unpublished report is said to reveal that RBS management pressured staff members to squeeze companies for larger

Professor Graeme Roy A new policy foundation has announced a partnership with one of Scotland's foremost economic institutes, the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde.

Kristofor Hall Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has promoted two key residential surveyors operating at either end of the M8 corridor.

Stuart Thomson and Susie Walker Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its corporate tax team with a new senior appointment in the Central Belt.

Ally Scott EY’s corporate finance team in Scotland, led by partner Ally Scott, acted as lead advisors on the £30 million sale of two businesses by Perthshire-based entrepreneur Simon Howie.

Royal Bank of Scotland is set to shed nearly 160 employees as it closes a total of 62 branches across Scotland, it announced today. The announcement from the bank - which is still 72 per cent state-owned - comes just nine months after RBS's announcement of 30 branch closures.

James Will Thousands of Scottish Investment Trust investors, who hold around £183m of assets, are to be transferred, free of charge, to AJ Bell’s Youinvest platform.

Neil Francis The Scottish Government has announced the appointment of a team of trade envoys to champion international trading.