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Benny Higgins Benny Higgins, the chief executive of Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank, spent more than £18,000 on London taxis in just eight months last year on trips to upmarket restaurants, private members’ clubs and the supermarket’s various head offices, The Guardian, has reported.

Andrew Holloway Grant Thornton has called on the Scottish Government to place the 'digital economy' at the heart of its growth priorities throughout the next term of the Scottish Parliament.

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Clive Adamson CYBG Banking Group, the group that includes Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks, has announced the appointments of Clive Adamson and Paul Coby as independent non-executive directors.

Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp A poll carried out by activist group Business for Scotland has found that late payment is a bigger issue in Scotland than in the rest of the UK, with 38 per cent saying they regularly have problems with customers delaying payment and 41 per cent being made to wait 90 days or lo

The number of alternative lenders that Royal Bank of Scotland recommends to the small and medium-sized business clients that it has turned down for a loan is to be expanded, the Edinburgh-based lender has said. Five alternative lenders will join the Capital Connections panel that puts unsuccessful a

A Scottish Government programme set up to deliver complex agricultural reforms and financial support to rural workers has been slammed by the national auditor. Audit Scotland said the project “continues to have serious cost and operational issues, and is unlikely to deliver value for money” havi

Fiona Hyslop Domestic tourists spent £400 million more in visits to Scotland in 2015 compared to the previous year, according to figures released today.

Caledonia Investments, the investment house founded by shipping tycoon Sir Charles Cayzer in 1878, has raised its full year net asset value 1.1 per cent to £1.64bn for a total return of 2.6 per cent. The positive results for the firm, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange with the backing of

Richard Koch Glasgow and Edinburgh two of UK cities leading the way in the rise of contactless payments, according to new data.

DWF has appointed Caroline Colliston as a director in the firm’s tax team joining from corporate and commercial law firm Blackwood Partners LLP. Based in Edinburgh, she will support the firm’s private and public sector clients domestically and internationally with a focus on tax and share incent

French Duncan has been shortlisted in the prestigious Large Accountancy Firm of the Year category at the Scottish Accountancy and Finance Awards 2016. The firm, which has with 18 partners, a fee income of over £10 million, nearly 200 employees and a network of offices spanning Scotland’s Central

The Royal Bank of Scotland has named the next five branches to be axed from its Scottish branch network as part of the ongoing cost saving drive across the still 73 percent state-owned lender. The Edinburgh-based bank, which was bailed out at a cost of £45 billion by the UK taxpayer at the height o