Royal Bank of Scotland is introducing a new ‘companion card’ – a supplement card to an existing current account that enables vulnerable customers and those in extended isolation to give trusted volunteers a way to pay for their essential goods.
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The Proud Scotland Awards has announced that The Royal Bank of Scotland will be the headline sponsor for the 2020 event which will take place in Edinburgh this autumn. The glittering ceremony will take place on October 3rd at the Sheraton Grand Hotel and the organisers are thrill
Rodger Group Limited, the parent company of M&J Builders Merchants (M&J) has acquired South Lanarkshire Building Supplies (SLB), with support funding from Royal Bank of Scotland.
Business activity across Scotland's private sector declined at the quickest rate since the survey began in January 1998 during March due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI.
Partners at the UK's biggest accountancy firms will have their payouts slashed by hundreds of thousands of pounds this year as the sector prepares to face a huge crash in revenues amid stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. Yesterday, partners at BDO agreed to cut partner pay by up to 25% in a bid
Permanent staff appointments declined at the steepest rate since April 2009 in March, while temp billings fell at the quickest pace on record, as the coronavirus pandemic hit the Scottish jobs market, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland report on jobs.
The Prince’s Trust and RBS owner NatWest have announced the launch of a £5 million fund to help young entrepreneurs across the UK to keep their businesses afloat during the coronavirus crisis. The Prince’s Trust and Royal Bank of Scotland Enterprise Relief Fund is available to entr
Banks across the UK have seen their share prices drop as they were forced to freeze dividend payments and share buybacks after the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) called for the dividends to be suspended.
In response to the current coronavirus pandemic plaguing the UK, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group's board of directors has decided to undertake no quarterly or interim dividend payments until the end of 2020. An announcement issued by the bank said that directors will take no quarterly or interim di
Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced a donation-matching programme of up to £5 million for the National Emergencies Trust (NET) coronavirus appeal, aimed at leveraging a further £5m of support from the public. The move will mean that from next Friday, donations to the NET made by R
Following growing criticism, high street banks have backtracked on loan requirements which insisted that business owners provide personal guarantees for government-backed loans.
Sir John Vickers, former chairman of the Independent Commission on Banking, has called upon the Bank of England to block more than £7.5 billion of dividends to be paid out by banks. The call, adds to the mounting pressure on the bank's governor, Andrew Bailey, to force banks to scrap payout pl
The Royal Bank of Scotland has converted its Edinburgh headquarters in Gogarburn into a distribution centre to supply food and hygiene products to the Trussell Trust food banks and Social Bite. The Scotsman and Royal Bank of Scotland are issuing a call for businesses to donate any non-perishable foo
The Royal Bank of Scotland issued a letter to MPs yesterday outlining its support for customers during the current COVID-19 lockdown. The measures include fee-free loans and overdrafts. Alongside its £500 million working capital support fund, RBS said that it has launched emergency fee-free lo
Russell & Russell becomes first Scottish accountancy firm to graduate from RBS Accelerator programme
Glasgow-based Russell & Russell has become the first accountancy and business advisory firm in Scotland to graduate from the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Accelerator programme for entrepreneurs. Managing director Stuart Clark and director Rosslyn McMaster joined their local Accelerator hub las