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Stephen Ingledew of FinTech Scotland (left), with Ava Tait and Jim Tomaney of Renovite A consortium of international Fintech companies together with Fife Council, Fife College and Fintech Scotland, have joined forces to launch Scotland’s first ‘Fintech Skills Academy’.

Disgraced ex-RBS boss Fred Goodwin is set to be hit with a new £3 billion lawsuit brought by a Taiwanese shipping tycoon against him, two of his former colleagues and the still more than 60 per cent state-owned bank itself.

Jacqueline Law The cost of a home in Scotland has soared to a record high after a summer market heatwave inflated prices in almost every part of the country.

Scott Kennedy Tax and business advisory specialists, EQ Accountants LLP have been awarded the highest possible commendation for their commitment to service innovation and staff development.

Tony Prestedge Nationwide, Britain’s biggest building Society and the UK’s second largest mortgage lender, says it is "primed for the next generation of digital innovation" after announcing a further £1.3 billion injection of tech investment, taking total spent on its modernisation strategy to

Donald MacKinnon Donald MacKinnon, director of legal services at employment law, HR and health & safety specialists, Law At Work (LAW), looks at how the rights of House of Fraser’s 17,500 employees may be affected following the deal with Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct

Matt Strachan, chief investment officer at Thorntons Investments Discretionary investment manager Thorntons Investments has announced that its AIM Inheritance Tax Portfolio Service and Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) are now available on the Ascentric Platform.

Andrew McRae Scottish Government plans to introduce more frequent business rate revaluations will fail without a modernisation drive, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Ten years on from the 2008 financial crisis, its impact can still be felt across the world, but the outlook is currently positive for the east central Scotland housing market, new data has revealed.

Edinburgh-based TSB has not yet dealt with the majority of complaints arising from its IT meltdown earlier this year, FT reports. Josep Oliu Creus, chair of its parent company Sabadell, told staff in London that compensation efforts had "not gone the way I would like".

Tony Prestedge Nationwide Building Society has announced plans to invest £1.3 billion in digital innovation, as part of a broader £4.1 billion investment plan.

​Douglas Shand A new mobile app to help SMEs avoid late payment penalties has been launched by PwC in collaboration with Edinburgh-based tech firm Bemo.

Susan Rice The Scottish Fiscal Commission has said its economic forecasting work is being frustrated by a lack of access to Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) data.

Tom MacLennan FRP Advisory LLP have been appointed as administrators of Bertinaley Care Limited, which owns and operates four care homes in Hamilton, Largs, Dundee and Surrey.

Henderson Loggie Business Leader Group facilitators (l-r) David Smith, Susan Godman and Steve Cartwright A Business Leader Group which promotes ‘learning by doing’ has had a strong start ahead of its Autumn launch in Edinburgh, with over 80 owners and managers signing up to the launch event to e