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Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has launched a new mortgage to support homeowners struggling to take the next step up the property ladder. The Home Mover Mortgage allows borrowing between 90 per cent and 95 per cent LTV.

The latest figures show the highest employment level for Scotland on record, with a 21,000 rise in the employment level compared to the previous quarter, taking the number of Scots in work to 2,631,000. The employment rate has increased to 74.9 per cent, a lift of 1.2 percentage points over the quar

Mary Blyth Scottish accountancy practice French Duncan has appointed Mary Blyth to the newly created position of cloud services manager.

James Hughes Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed James Hughes to the newly created role of Head of Insurance Solutions within its Investment Solutions business.

The UK's inflation hit an 11-month high last month driven by a sharp rise in air fares - the 0.2 per cent rise was the first time in a year that the rate has exceeded 0.1 per cent. The increase cost of air travel, which jumped 46 per cent in December, its biggest rise for 13 years, offset falling fo

Demand for professional contractors in Scotland increased by 3 per cent in the 12 months to December 2015, a substantial difference to the UK average of -4 per cent, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). The data, provided by recruitment software company, Innovanta

Actor Hugh Dennis, AAB Wealth's Andy Dines and Vikki Venerus with (far left) Citywire executive chairman, Lawrence Lever. Aberdeen-based independent financial planning firm AAB Wealth Chartered Financial Planners (AAB Wealth) has been awarded the '2016 Citywire, New Model Adviser of the Year Award -

Golf’s 2015 Open Championship in St Andrews delivered £140 million of economic benefit to Scotland - the largest amount ever achieved by a golf event in the United Kingdom or Ireland, according to an independent economic impact assessment. The study, commissioned by the The Royal and Ancient Golf

Thorntons has announced an increase in both turnover and profits following another successful year. The firm’s turnover increased by £3.7 million to £20m as the business continued to expand, while profits increased from £3.9m to £4m over the same period.

Tom Stocker The lifting of sanctions on Iran is good news for Scottish exporters and oil and gas service companies, but a legal expert has warned that with a US trade embargo still in place, Western banks may remain reluctant to support Iranian related businesses.

There is evidence that Aberdeen’s beleaguered oil and gas sector is further impacting a string of supporting sectors, according to new data from leading business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor. Across Scotland as a whole the quarterly ‘Red Flag Alert’ data shows an 11 per cent

Ken Milliken A dramatic fall in the amount lost to high-value fraud was recorded by Scottish firms last year, according to KPMG.

Plans have been unveiled to transform Glasgow’s Tontine Building into a high-tech space for up to 300 entrepreneurs in a £1.67 million project. Inspired by Google’s offices, the project is a key part of the £1.13 billion Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal and is expected to inject £53 million

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has committed £1 billion of capital to support the development of thousands of new purpose-built private rental schemes across the UK. The still 73 per cent state-owned lender said that the funding, to take place over the next 12-18 months, is a sign of its recognition

Scottish workers are now being paid more on average than their colleagues in the rest of the UK, according to a new study. London-based think tank the Resolution Foundation has found that in 2014, for the first time, median Scottish pay rose above that in England, and by last year, there was a small