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Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments has this morning contacted its clients this morning regarding the result of the U.S. Presidential Election.

Royal Bank of Scotland's ongoing saga that is the sale of its Williams & Glyn business has drawn the attention of the banking watchdog.

Richard Gardiner Dunfermline-based accountancy firm Thomson Cooper has announced that Partner Richard Gardiner has been appointed as administrator of Galashiels-based house building and contracting business Murray & Burrell Limited.

PIB Insurance Brokers (PIB), one of the fastest growing insurance brokers in the UK, has today announced the acquisition of Aberdeen-based Carmichael & Partners.

Scottish workers are among around 600 staff to lose their jobs at struggling cheque processing firm Intelligent Processing Solutions Ltd.

Monica Houston A leading business and financial adviser is calling for clarification over how a new Apprenticeship Levy (AL) will operate in Scotland.

The timescales proposed by HMRC for the implementation of Making Tax Digital (MTD) is unrealistic and poses a substantial risk to SMEs, according to ICAS, the professional body for chartered accountants.

Debra Tracy of Direct Partners and Stuart MacDonald of Balmoral Asset Management welcome four first year Graduate Trainees, three Modern Apprentices. Edinburgh-based Chartered Financial Planners Balmoral Asset Management are on a mission to recruit young blood into the industry, having recently recr

Graham Blair The number of million pound house sales in Scotland in the first half of 2016 was a third lower than in the first six months of 2015, the latest Million Pound Property Report from Bank of Scotland has found.

Aberdeen and Edinburgh have ranked in the top ten UK cities in which to live and work for a fourth consecutive year, according to the latest Good Growth for Cities index, produced by PwC and think-tank, Demos.

Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced an agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority to initiate a new complaints process, overseen by retired High Court Judge Sir William Blackburne, to provide an automatic refund of complex fees paid by SME customers who were victims of the still 73 per c

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), the venture capital firm behind some of the UK’s major high growth technology companies, has announced that it has raised £260 million for a new fund, SEP V.

David Morrison Significant tax changes affecting landlords will be outlined as part of National Landlord Day tomorrow and specialist property tax experts from Dundee-based EQ Accountants will be attending the Scottish Association of Landlords conference in Edinburgh to highlight new legislation affe

Alistair Darling The Standard Life Foundation has today announced the appointment of its trustees, with former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling expected to become Chair.

Austen Clark Tesco Bank’s online hacking attack has prompted the boss of a North east IT firm to issue a stark warning that cyber crime must be taken very seriously – and not just by national and international brands and corporations.