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Global payments firm Mastercard is to launch a "sonic brand identity" so that whenever and wherever consumers engage with Mastercard – via physical, digital or voice platforms – the "distinct and memorable Mastercard melody" will now be heard.

Scottish independent accountancy and business advisory firm, Johnston Carmichael, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of a new director to head up its international corporate tax offering. Peter Courtney joins the firm from HMRC, where he most recently led the interna

Glasgow City Council's City Administration Committee has backed a deal that will see the authourity use property assets to secure loans that allow it to meet the cost of settling its £548m equal pay settlement. Last month, the council and the equal pay claimant group represented by Action4Equa

Royal Bank of Scotland, which is still majority owned by the UK taxpayer, yesterday won approval from shareholders to buy back shares from the UK Government. At a meeting in at its Edinburgh headquarters, investors said that RBS could buy up to 4.99pc of its stock from the Treasury in any one year.

The Bank of England has announced that interest rates are to be held at 0.75 per cent ahead of what it says will the slowest year of growth since the recession that followed the financial crisis of a decade ago. The Bank has also revised its growth projection of 1.7 per cent for 2019, published in N

The latest Scottish Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Economic Indicator survey for Q4 of 2018 shows Brexit uncertainty and rising cost pressures take toll on the Scottish economy as investment slows down. Raw material prices are cited as a leading cost pressure for Construction, Manufacturing, Retail/W

From November 2018 to January 2019, the average selling price in east central Scotland rose to £239,709, a 3.6 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, ESPC reports.

Tributes have been paid to Scottish Chartered Accountant, businessman and former newspaper executive Liam Kane, who has died following a short illness. Born in 1950 in Kinning Park, Glasgow, Mr Kane trained as management accountant with the Weir Group in Cathcart graduating as a member of the Charte

City house prices in the UK have outpaced earnings growth by 11 per cent, causing home affordability to reach on average, its lowest level since 2007, when the ratio of house prices to earnings stood at 7.5. The average house price within UK cities has risen from £180,548 in 2013 to its highes

The entrepreneur behind the luxury sportswear brand, Monreal London, comes to Scotland in April to talk about her rise in the competitive world of sport and leisure fashion. Stefani Grosse, CEO and founder of the high-end active wear range, is the latest speaker confirmed for this year’s Entre

The Duke of Buccleuch is to step down as chairman of the group representing his family's business interests. The Duke announced he is to step down at the beginning of March shortly after his 65th birthday.

A long-established Dundee-based construction company, Land & Building Services Limited, has been placed in administration with Derek Forsyth and Blair Milne, partners with Campbell Dallas, appointed joint administrators. Founded in 1990, Land & Building Services provided a broad range of ser

Shares in Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank owner CYBG Plc surged 14 per cent today after the lender lifted its forecast for margin growth and reported a rise in lending in a tight UK mortgage market. The 1.4 per cent increase in total loans to to £71.9bn in October-December, the first quarter of

The number of restaurants in Scotland going bust last year increased by 86.3 per cent, according to new analysis of the sector by accountants and business advisers French Duncan LLP. The firm has analysed official Insolvency Service statistics and found that annual restaurant failures increased from

Defying the uncertainties of Brexit, Alison Gilson, partner and head of the corporate team at Shoosmiths in Edinburgh has described transactions by her department throughout the period late November 2018 – January 2019 as “exceptionally busy".  The most recent of eight corporate com