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Denmark's largest bank, Danske Bank, will introduce negative interest rates for a selection of private customers from June 1st this year. The terms of the negative interest rate will depend upon whether the customer uses Danske Bank for their primary personal bank account – which in the Danish

Sandy Findlay, partnership director at Edinburgh-headquartered innovation advisors ABGI UK, has been appointed to the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) Scotland Proposal Review Panel (PRP). NATEP Scotland PRP supports Scottish aerospace businesses, to encourage collaborati

New York-headquartered bank JP Morgan Chase is set to emerge into the UK personal banking market. The bank is preparing to launch a range of savings and loan products within the new few months in a move which will disrupt the already fiercely competitive UK consumer banking market.

One in five small businesses could close or radically change their business model due to difficulties in recruiting EU workers, according to new research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland. FSB’s new study, published today, also sets out a four-point plan to make the imm

Commercial property firm HFD has sold the Reynolds Building at Scottish Enterprise Technology Park in East Kilbride to Glyn Watkin Jones 1999 Hybrid Settlement Trust in a £3.75 million deal. The sale comes around 18 months post-completion of the base build of the 20,000 sq. ft., high-specifica

Workers in ski resorts across France have called for a new day of protests as part of their continuous dispute with the French Government over reforms to the unemployment benefits system.

Jim McMahon, tax manager at Balfour+Manson, discusses the upcoming changes in residential property sales which will impact Capital Gains Tax liability. Whilst significant changes to Capital Gains Tax are rare, April 2020 will see several changes brought in which will affect those disposing of reside

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced a series of measures to help support personal and business customers who have been affected by the serious flooding across Scotland. Personal customers could see their mortgage and loan repayments deferred for up to three months and businesses could enjoy l

Holyrood’s Finance and Constitution Committee has called upon the Scottish Government to adopt a more strategic approach to budgetary management.

Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of Joy McLaughlin as a consultant to the firm. Ms McLaughlin was formerly a partner in Scott & Co (Scotland) LLP, the largest firm of sheriff officers and messengers-at-arms and a key player in the local authority collec

Nearly 60 jobs have been axed at Rathbone Brothers in Glasgow following its 2018 acquisition of Speirs & Jeffrey, according to reports.

Mid-market private equity investment in Scotland remained resilient throughout 2019 despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty, according to new research from KPMG. A total of 32 Scottish deals were completed over the course of 2019, down from 34 in 2018. While only representing six per cent

HMRC workers in Dundee have accused the Scottish Government of betraying them by failing to offer them "early access" to job vacancies with Social Security Scotland (SSS).

The ability for councils to drive economic development in their communities is at risk as a result of cuts to council budgets, COSLA has warned today.

Law firm Harper Macleod has been tasked with helping to drive forward business growth in Glasgow over the next three years. The firm is one of the consultants chosen by Glasgow City Council to provide advice to SMEs through the authority's Business Growth Consultancy Framework, which aims to deliver