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Edinburgh’s Poverty Commission met for the first time this week and named nine commissioners, which included a senior figure at Standard Life Aberdeen, and one commission advisor to define the long-term responses needed to significantly reduce poverty in Edinburgh.

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Eileen Blackburn The number of retailers in Scotland going bust in 2018 is set to be the highest in five years, according to new analysis of the sector by leading accountants and business advisers French Duncan.

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Barclays has today launched #FarmtheFuture, a nationwide campaign encouraging farmers to plan for their future and tell young people about the benefits of a career in agriculture, as new data reveals that Britain’s farming population is ageing rapidly.

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Colin Bennett, Mark Kerr, Lee Donaldson at LDC LDC, the mid-market private equity investor, has bolstered its team in Scotland with the appointment of Lee Donaldson as investment director.

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If the UK government’s proposed Brexit deal is implemented, then GDP in the longer term will be around 4 per cent lower than it would have been had the UK stayed in the EU, a new report published today by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has estimated.

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Mike Stirton The proportion of applicants failing employment background checks has nearly doubled since 2015, according to research by Core-Asset Verify, the Edinburgh-based provider of vetting and contract services for Scotland’s financial sector.

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Martyn Percival Watson Wood Financial Planning has announced the appointment of Martyn Percival who joins the Inverness-based firm as its third financial planner from Johnston Carmichael's wealth management division.

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