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The average age which Scots living in rented accommodation think they’ll be able to buy their first house is 31, according to research published by Spark Energy.

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to visit California and New York next month to promote the skills and expertise of Scotland to the North American business community and salve fears of investors in the wake of the UK's decision to leave the EU.

Scottish start-ups and university spinouts who participated in Converge Challenge have leveraged over seven times in subsequent funding the amount that the programme’s university partners and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) originally invested in the company creation competition, a new indepen

The UK financial services industry will see slower but continued growth up to 2020 despite challenges on the horizon from Brexit and other geopolitical pressures, according to the latest EY ITEM Club outlook for the sector.

Christopher Trigg Edinburgh green energy start-up OnGen has topped £500k total funding following its latest round, with backers including the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, and early investor Ian Marchant.

Derek Mackay David Wilson, executive director of the International Public Policy Institute at the University of Strathclyde, has been appointed as a member of the Scottish Fiscal Commission Board.

Sir George Mathewson Former RBS chairperson Sir George Mathewson, a key business supporter of Scottish independence, has said the issue should not be "mixed up with Brexit".

Lesley-Anne-Junner A new director of finance and corporate services has been appointed at Linstone Housing Association.

Latest high street banking data shows UK households borrowed £13.4 billion in February, which was 4.6 per cent higher than in the same month last year.

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it is to close another 30 of its Scottish branches.

David Melhuish Official figures released by Revenue Scotland and analysed by the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) have revealed that the Scottish Government’s Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT) returns for February 2017 generated the lowest LBTT revenue of any other month in 2016/17.

Douglas Whyte Scotland’s top directors have been honoured at this year’s Institute of Directors Scotland Director of the Year Awards, celebrating individuals’ business achievements in 2016, at the Crowne Plaza Glasgow.

Dundee-based Alliance Trust Savings has posted profits of £1.2 million for last year, making a return to the black following the £5.2 million loss endured in 2015.

Paul Wheelhouse