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Scotland’s national agency for the food and drink industry has made a rallying call for consumers to buy Scottish beer this Christmas as an ambitious new strategy to grow the Scottish brewing sector was unveiled today.

A customer of Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary, NatWest, whose bank refused to refund him for the theft of £20,000 from his account while he was in hospital following a violent mugging has finally had his money back after an investigation by the BBC into the handling of his case. Th

The spike in inflation following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has contributed to cash savers being left hundreds of pounds out of pocket, according to latest research from Scottish Friendly in conjunction with the Centre for Economics and Business Research. A combination of r

Four Latvian men operating in Scotland have been sentenced to a total of 19 years and eight months for serious and organised crime offences. Hardijs Langsteins, 37, Maris Kursis, 30, Arvids Civkors, 30, and Aivars Dzagarjans, 38, who had operated from their bases in Edinburgh, Falkirk and Manchester

Scottish business owners are missing out on tax savings and encouraging employee ownership, according to accountants and financial advisers French Duncan LLP. The firm was commenting in the week when another hotel (Priory Hotel in Beauly) utilised an employee ownership trust (EOT) to transfer owners

The UK economy suffered a nasty surprise today as the latest purchasing managers’ report from IHS Markit/CIPS revealed growth in the dominant services sector slowed to a 28-month low in November.

By Steve Tigar, CEO of Money Dashboard  

The commercial wing of the St Andrews Links Trust has lost its appeal to register the town’s name as an EU trade mark for services relating to golf. St Andrews Links Ltd – which runs seven famous courses (including The Old Course) and is one of the town’s biggest employers –

Britain is going into Brexit with half a million more children trapped in poverty, following a relentless rise in the number of working families struggling to make ends meet over the last five years. 

F&C Investment Trust has announced that it is partnering with City of Glasgow College - Scotland’s largest college, designed for up to 40,000 students - to launch a new award.

Julie Tait, associate director, advisory with Stuart Preston, Grant Thornton's director of advisory & head of restructuring, Scotland Grant Thornton has appointed Julie Tait as associate director within its restructuring team as part of a long-term growth strategy for its Edinburgh office.

The employees of Beauly's 46 year old Priory Hotel have announced that the business is now owned by them, following a deal completed last week.

Finance industry analysts in Germany have predicted that Frankfurt currently stands to benefit from the creation of 10,000 new jobs in the city as a result of Brexit.

Glasgow-based chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is advising Scottish taxpayers to ‘mind the gap’ as it forecasts that the tax gap between Scotland and England could widen even further in the wake of Finance Secretary Derek Mackay’s Scottish Budget on 12 December. T

Handelsbanken, which has over 200 branches across Britain, has this week launched its new UK subsidiary, Handelsbanken plc, in the latest stage of its growth in the UK.