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Sajid Javid The UK Business Secretary Sajid Javid will today announce plans to partly-privatise the Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank.

Government take Lloyds stake down to 17%

Geoff Jacobs Firms need to take early action to project themselves because the full impact of cost reduction measures and the deferral or cancellation of capital projects in the North Sea is yet to be fully felt, KPMG has warned.

Families across Scotland are still struggling to afford a decent farewell for their loved ones, according to a new report published today by Citizens Advice Scotland. The new report, The Cost of Saying Goodbye, details the rising cost of burials and cremations in all of Scotland’s 32 local authori

Bailie Liz Cameron Regeneration has helped local residents of one of Glasgow’s poorest areas to realise their potential to the extent that they significantly outperform the city average on two key economic measures, according to a new report.

The former chief operating officer of Perth-based energy giant SSE has been given a £2.15 million chunk of his pension pot. According to the firm’s annual report, the request for the payment when he reached 60 was part of chief operating officer between 2002 and 2011 Colin Hood’s arrangements t

David Lonsdale Scottish retailers have slammed Holyrood after figures emerged showing that property taxes north of the border have spiralled upwards by almost £60million in the past five years.

New rules governing bankers pay have been unveiled by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which the UK Governement has said constitute the toughest such laws of anywhere in the world. The new regime follows a year-long consultation by the City regulators a

From left to right; Anne Fairpo, immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, presented 'The 'Tax Team of the Year Award 2015' to Gill Pryde and Sheena Anderson, Tax Partners at AAB. Aberdeen-based Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has retained the title of ‘Tax Team of the Y

Sir Phillip Hampton Royal Bank of Scotland bosses yesterday came under fire from the still 80 per cent state-owned bank’s angry shareholders who called for answers over a litany of issues still plaguing the lender.

SSE worth £1.47bn to Scottish economy, says PwC report Perth-based energy giant SSE contributes around £1.47 billion to the Scottish economy anually, according to new research carried out by global accountancy firm PwC.

Aileen McLeod Scottish landowners will have to accept "the public responsibilities that come with that ownership" following the introduction of new land reform legislation.

Royal Bank of Scotland, which today holds its annual general meeting in Edinburgh, has stated that it is still on course to meet the end of year deadline for the sell-off of its Williams & Glyn business, as per the - already revised - conditions of its government bailout. The assurances were mad

John Muir The highest paid director at building firm Muir Group got a pay package worth more than £1 million in its most recent financial year.

Ed Legget Edinburgh-based Standard Life Investments’ UK equity manager Ed Legget is to move on, the wealth manager has confirmed.