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Over 1,000 full-time jobs are at risk at North Lanarkshire Council as the local authority bids to save £68.3 million over the next two financial years. Councillors will be asked next week to accept measures to save £22.7 million, a move which will result in 23 post reductions.

Queensferry Crossing The Scottish Government has come in for criticism for awarding the contract to supply the steel for the Queensferry Crossing to a Chinese firm.

Glasgow City Council has given initial permission in principle for an extension to the city’s Silverburn shopping centre.

More than a quarter of Scots believe poverty is a result of laziness, according to a new poll published by a Scottish charity. The poll, commissioned by Cyrenians, found that 28 per cent believed poverty was a result of laziness on the part of those living in poverty, while 24 per cent believed a la

Joanna Lumley Aberdeen Asset Management has released a new short online cartoon animation series incorporating the voice of British A-list celebrity Joanna Lumley to explain the Seven Deadly Sins of Multi-Asset Investing.

Edward Bruce Edinburgh-based insurance broker Bruce Stevenson has unveiled a £1 million rise in income to £5.5m in the year ended August 31.

Jackie Hunt Insurer Prudential UK & Europe, which employs more than 2,000 workers at its site near Stirling, has announced that chief executive Jackie Hunt is leaving the organisation after two years in the position.

The NHS in Scotland must undergo fundamental change is if it is to cope with demand, according to the financial watchdog Audit Scotland. A new report into the performance of NHS Scotland from Audit Scotland has warned that the pressures of increasing demand, growing staff vacancies and rising costs

John Swinney Transforming how money is used for social good – and to create a fairer society across Scotland – will be in the spotlight in Edinburgh next month, at the country’s first conference focused on social finance.

Aberdeen accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown has become a WorkflowMax certified advisor, one of the first in Scotland. WorkflowMax, owned by accounting software firm Xero, is a subscription and cloud-based job management software program that enables service businesses to manage jobs more easi

Dundee City Council has revealed it will have to find £28 million of savings over the next two years as a result of the UK government’s spending review. The updated figure is revealed in a new report to go before councillors at the end of the month.

Falkirk-based bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis has signed a deal potentially worth a staggering £2 billion to build vehicles for a Chinese firm which is the world's biggest producer of electric buses. The agreement between Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and Chinese firm BYD came during the UK stat

Perth-based transport giant Stagecoach it to take a £23 million hit following its decision to repay a bond issue that was due to expire next year. The move comes after the business recently managed to secure cheaper finance and only a month after the bonds were issued.

Jason King Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced that Jason King will be joining its Williams & Glyn spin-off bank next year in the role of marketing director.

Royal Courts of Justice Lloyds Shareholder Action Group, the group of former Lloyds TSB shareholders who claim that HBOS was “grossly over-valued”at the time of its shotgun marriage with Lloyds in 2009, will have their case heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in London today.