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Permanent staff appointments increased at a marked rate at the end of 2018 while temporary billings also rose sharply, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Jobs Market Report.

Property sales in Fife boomed in 2018 due to its proximity to Scotland’s two principal property hotspots, Edinburgh and St Andrews, and the rejuvenation of Dundee, according to estate agents Galbraith. Galbraith reports that property sales from its Cupar office in 2018 were up 12 per cent on 2

In the face of an increasingly uncertain outlook over the UK’s relationship with the EU, financial services firms have continued to relocate staff and vast amounts of assets away from London to Europe, in a bid to protect their clients and investors from the impact of any Brexit outcome, globa

Perth-based energy giant SSE has announced that it has replaced KPMG with Ernst & Young as its new external auditor. The announcement follows a competitive tender selection process under oversight of SSE's audit committee as well as SSE chairman Richard Gillingwater and finance director Gregor A

Royal Bank of Scotland's digital bank Bó has invested £2 million in the digital current account Loot, following an initial investment of £3 million in July 2018. The fresh cash injection takes Bó’s total shareholding to around 25 per cent.Loot launched in 2014 to help

Growth or value? That has been the question on many investors’ minds as markets took a turbulent turn through the autumn months. They represent the two main schools of thought when it comes to investing and investors often try to lump stocks into one or other of the two categories. Of course,

Detectives in Glasgow have launched a manhunt for two men who attacked a security guard and made off with a five-figure sum outside a bank in the east end of Glasgow. The G4S employee was threatened with a weapon at about 18:20 on Sunday at Clydesdale Bank on Shettleston Road.

Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s largest financial mutual, has appointed Kevin Brown as its new PR and communications manager. Mr Brown, who has almost 20 years’ experience in financial services communications, will be responsible for managing and delivering Scottish Friendly’s media

The final three months of 2018 saw further positive news for home buyers in east central Scotland, with a 23.9 per cent increase in the number of homes coming to market compared to the same period last year in east central Scotland.

By Callum D’Ath, Senior Divisional Director, Brewin Dolphin Edinburgh  

UK house prices spiked 2.2 per cent month-on-month in December, the largest monthly increase since March 2016, the Halifax has reported.

Trustees of the former state-owned, Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank have raised concerns over the level of investment in UK projects compared to rest of Europe since its controversial privatisation in 2017. As part of seeing it close the acquisition of the GIB, Australian bank Macquarie agreed

A traffic light warning system for business bills is to be proposed by Small Business Commissioner Paul Uppal after new research into the scale of late payments showed that invoices are taking an average of 37 days to be paid to smaller firms north of the border. The study by Lloyds Bank Commercial

Despite having the largest listing of the year in the final quarter, UK IPO activity in 2018 fell as companies weighed up Brexit uncertainty, according to EY’s latest IPO Eye report. 2018 saw a total of 79 IPOs listing in London - 44 on the Main Market and 35 on AIM - raising £9.5bn.

UK household debt rose sharply over 2018, with unsecured debt (debt other than mortgages) reaching new highs.