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Latest figures published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed that the sector thwarted £25 million worth of fraudulent claims a week in 2016.

Andrew Holloway Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has strengthened the specialist support it offers to entrepreneurs with a new senior appointment based in the Central Belt.

Nucleus Financial Limited has agreed terms with Chris Stewart Group (CSG) for its Greenside office development in Edinburgh’s Blenheim Place.

Royal Bank of Scotland has backed a £1 million retail development in Gretna with a £555,000 cash injection into the project being carried out by property firm Crucible Alba Group.

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Antonio Horta-Osario Antonio Horta-Osorio, chief executive of Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has announced a top level shake-up ahead of its imminent three-year strategy update.

Barry Stewart Glasgow-based insolvency specialist 180 Advisory Solutions is set to make another foray into the acquisitions game following last year's purchase of AMI Financial Solutions.

Valerie Barr An all-female, Lanark-based firm of independent of financial advisors has completed a management buyout (MBO) after receiving £1 million in financial backing from Allied Irish Bank.

Ally Rule Aberdeen-based Global Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps has appointed a new CFO in a move that the firms said reflects the significant global growth of the company across EMEA, the USA and ASEAN Territories.

A fisheries entrepreneur from Fife has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to faking invoices in a £500,000 fraud.

Lorna Jack A new inquiry looking at the performance of employee-owned businesses following a sustained period of growth in their number over the past five years has launched a call for evidence.

Entrepreneurial Scotland holding awards at SWG3 in Glasgow. Sandy Kennedy (Entrepreneurial Scotland), David Mitchell (Deloitte) Andrew Fleming Brown (SWG3) & Jamie Grant (Barclays) Nominations open on Thursday, 6th July for Entrepreneurial Scotland’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Now

Expansion in the manufacturing sector has helped the Scottish economy to grow by 0.8 per cent - the highest rate of quarterly growth in Scotland since the end of 2014, new figures have revealed.

Howard Archer The productivity of UK workers has dropped back to its lowest level since before the financial crisis, according to official figures.

The UK has witnessed a rapid rise in the number of start-ups in recent years. But the number of new female entrepreneurs in the UK has risen far faster than men in the past decade.