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There is potential for Royal Bank of Scotland to pay a dividend following its announcement that the bank may not have to sell off its Williams & Glyn branches to meet EU state aid rules.

Demand for temporary professionals in Scotland has risen by 6 per cent year on year to January 2017, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Dean Mirfin Property wealth boosted the retirement standard of living of Scottish pensioners by more than £86 million last year, according to new data.

University of Edinburgh Business School is for the first time hosting a two-day event, aimed at developing business solutions to some of today’s most pressing social issues and challenges.

A new court dedicated to dealing with commercial disputes is to be established in Tayside.

Ash Denham Scottish wages are outperforming the rest of the UK when both median annual pay and wage growth over the last decade are taken into account, according to latest Office for National Statistics figures.

Edinbrugh-based TVSquared has raised investments totalling £5.2 million, as the demand for TV measurement and optimization grows within the £160 billion TV ad industry.

David Watt Scotland’s top crop of directors have been shortlisted for the Institute of Director's Director of the Year Awards, celebrating individuals’ business achievements in 2016.

Shareholder group ShareSoc has urged Alliance Trust investors to back all of the proposals put forward by the Dundee investment house’s board at its upcoming AGM, including the complete buyout of activist investor Elliot Advisors, or risk creating “major problems”.

Royal Bank of Scotland’s obligation to siphon off a tranche of branches and sell them under the resurrected Williams & Glyn brand to meet the EU conditions of its £45 billion taxpayer bailout may be shelved for an alternative plan.

New research from Bank of Scotland has concluded that first-time buyers in Scotland are on average £860 a year better off than those who rent.

Brian Milne French Duncan have been appointed administrators following the collapse of a Fife building firm.

John Anderson Scottish entrepreneurship and growth specialist John Anderson has been appointed to chair the investment arm of Scotland’s first social enterprise letting agency, Homes for Good, as the business enters the next phase of an ambitious growth plan.

Andrew Holloway The future sustained growth of Scotland’s flourishing tech sector is at serious risk if it is not fully supported in the build-up to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, according to a global business and financial adviser.

Robert C Dewar A leading US Attorney has advised Scottish businesses that they should not be concerned about trading in America, despite some of the headlines which have emerged in recent weeks regarding the new US President Donald Trump.