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The prospect of a regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies has seen the value of Bitcoin tumble to $9,958 (£7,222) before making a slight recovery, according to the price index run by the news site Coindesk.

The number of people moving home in Scotland is at its highest level since the financial crash of 2008.

Ian Blackford Politicians, business leaders and unions have this week united in their fury against Royal Bank of Scotland’s programme of brutal branch culling as the pressure builds on the majority state-owned bank over the affair.

Royal Bank of Scotland bosses “undermined” Carillion’s efforts to avoid collapse, a witness statement filed at the High Court in London has revealed.

Stuart Brown (centre), head of SME Scotland, Barclays, and Stephen Coleman, CEO at CodeBase (right) welcome Keith Brown MSP (left), Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, to Scotland's first 'Eagle Lab' Barclays has opened the doors to Scotland’s first Eagle Lab, in Edinburgh, in partn

Co-managers of Saracen's Global Income & Growth Fund: Graham Campbell (left) and David Keir Edinburgh-based Saracen Fund Managers has this week announced that its TB Saracen Global Income & Growth Fund has surpassed the £120m mark.

Calum Brewster Private banking group Julius Baer International has appointed Calum Brewster as managing director, head of UK regional offices, as it continues to grow its offering across the UK and Ireland.

Senga Prior Senga Prior, a tax manager in Johnston Carmichael’s Perth team has been elected to the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) Council.

Ken Pattullo Business distress is hitting businesses in Scotland increasingly hard, according to research published today by Begbies Traynor.

Douglas McCrea Glasgow firm McCrea Financial Services has this week announced plans for a significant increase in its staff numbers and a move into larger office facilities after client numbers surged past 1,000.

Keith Brown Scotland’s economy remained resilient going into the second half of 2017 despite a challenging economic environment and continued Brexit uncertainty, according to official data released today.

Michelle Young (Image courtesy of BBC/Century Films/Camilla Greenwell) The wife of a former Dundee businessman who died after plunging four storeys onto railings outside his plush West London townhouse is to appear on a new BBC documentary programme this week claiming that his death was not an accid

Andy Wood The number of businesses failing because of their debts to HM Revenues & Customs has jumped by double-digits, according to a new report from Enterprise Tax Consultants.

Howard Archer Inflation dropped back to 3.0 per cent in December, from 3.1 per cent in November - the highest level since March 2012.

Iain McGowan Scottish Widows has suggested that it is set to launch a hybrid drawdown product later this year.