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Scottish high-end estate agents Rettie & Co. have announced they are to add to their current office network with a new branch at 101 St Georges Terrace in Jesmond, Newcastle. The move follows a successful similar southern move with the opening of a premises in Berwick upon Tweed as well as anoth

Martin Gilbert Six executive board members at Aberdeen Asset Management have scooped an average of more than £2.25m each as bosses at the wealth manager saw their pay packages fall after a troubled year.

Clydesdale Bank is still failing to meet the required two month limit on dealing with customer’s Payment Protection Insurance complaints with some complainants being forced to wait more than three times that long. The persistent failure of the bank to address its issues in dealing with the legacy

Police have launched a probe into alleged financial irregularities at the University of Edinburgh. The university has said staff are helping police with their investigations into the institution’s “support department” while the university also ordered its own, internal inquiry.

The Forth Road Bridge has been given the green light to open to vehicles except HGVs and abnormal loads from Wednesday morning following the completion of temporary repairs. Operating company Amey today confirmed that it has installed a steel splint to repair the cracked member and concluded detaile

Maria Botha-Lopez Selling prices for homes in east central Scotland have increased by an average of 4.7 per cent between September and November 2015, compared with the same time last year, according to the latest figures released by estate agents ESPC.

George Lowder Three of the most senior positions in the Scottish transport sector have been filled, following the recruitment of a Transport for Edinburgh chief executive, a managing director of Lothian Buses and a general manager for Edinburgh Trams.

An alarming 744,000 drivers think that they will be over the legal alcohol limit when they get behind the wheel this festive season, according to research carried out by The Co-op Insurance. Of the 2,000 drivers questioned, 10 per cent said that they would be having at least one alcoholic drink per

George Solley The new levy set to be imposed on the purchase of additional homes will spark a demand for properties across the Dundee area in the first quarter of 2016, a local leading property expert has predicted.

Aberdeen Asset Management has been awarded a €1.3 billion mandate by the commercial pension Danish fund Danica Pension. As of 1 February 2016, Aberdeen will manage Danica Pension’s portfolio of 107 residential and commercial properties in the Scandinavian country.

Simon Rubinsohn House prices in Scotland will see an average increase of 4 per cent over the course of next year and 6 per cent across the UK, according to the RICS housing forecast for 2016.

The price of oil has slumped to levels not seen for more than a decade with a barrel of Brent crude hitting $36.05 yesterday - its weakest since July 2004. Just 18 months ago, in June 2014, the price of oil was traded at $115 per barrel.

Caroline Gardiner A watchdog has said £21 million is unaccounted for in Police Scotland's accounts and that it is in a “critical” position without a long-term financial strategy.

A controversial form of hard gambling which can see players lose hundreds of pounds in minutes should be banned from bookmakers. This is the stark conclusion of a report published today by the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee following an inquiry into fixed odds be

New official figures have revealed that the gap between the amount of wealth owned by the UK’s richest and poorest households has grown by a third since 2006. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), just under £5 trillion of assets was held by the top 10 per cent of households in 2