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One of the UK’s newest commercial property debt providers has completed its first Scottish deals seven months after launching in the real estate finance market.

Scotland is one of the leading parts of the UK in terms of small business skills, despite a rising challenge amongst some small businesses around cyber security, according to findings from the third annual Bank of Scotland Business Digital Index.

Martin Gill UK business confidence is rising fast on the back of an upbeat outlook for the UK economy, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Carole Connor Alexander Sloan, the Scottish accountants and business adviser which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, has appointed Carole Connor as a new tax partner.

Edinburgh fund manager Martin Currie has seen its UK arm post a pre-tax loss of £8 million in the year to March 2016.

New figures released today from PwC’s Skyval Index show the deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension funds stood at £560 billion at the end of 2016, £90 billion higher than at the start of 2016.

Edinburgh-based investment firm Baillie Gifford has cut the annual management fee on its £502m American fund.

Neil Lovatt Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s biggest financial mutual, has appointed Neil Lovatt to its Board as commercial director.

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Graham Duce Aberdeen Asset Management continues to boost its distribution team with the appointment of its former multi-manager head Graham Duce as global client senior director.

Swipii staff meet Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution Derek Mackay at the company’s Glasgow headquarter Swipii, the Glasgow-based loyalty and marketing resource for small businesses, has secured a half a million pound Regional Selective Assistance grant from Scottish Enterprise, all

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Phil Grady Glasgow-based financial capability company Castlight Financial has formed a new strategic partnership with credit reporting agency Equifax to launch the first real-time affordability platform to support brokers and their clients with mortgage applications.

The UK’s high street failed to rally at the end of a dismal year of trading, figures released today by accountants BDO reveal.

Dundee-based law firm Blackadders has reported increased profits and turnover. The firm produced revenue of £11.7 million in the year to March 2016, an increase of 14.3 per cent. Profits for the year before member remuneration and profit share increased by 14.8 per cent to £3m, a small increase on