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https://youtu.be/cp21VeuLuhQ Edinburgh-based business syndicate Archangels, Par Equity and Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) have injected £2 million of growth funds into Speech Graphics, a technology business which provides real-time audio based facial animation, featuring in productions from video g

Adrian Durham Edinburgh-based fintech firm FNZ has announced a major investment in the company which values the firm at £1.65 billion just 15 years after it was founded.

78-90 Buchanan Street, Glasgow Investment in Scottish property in the third quarter of 2018 reached £318.4 million, with office property accounting for the largest share, according to the latest research from CBRE Scotland.

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a detailed study of the audit sector to examine concerns that it is not working well for the economy or investors, particularly in regards to the influence of the dominant so-called "Big Four" firms.

Martin Gilbert Edinburgh-based global wealth manager Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has been named as manager of the new Global Sustainability Trust, which will invest primarily in private market investments that are expected to have a positive environmental and social impact.

The number of Employment Tribunal claims in Scotland has increased fivefold in the past six months following the scrapping of fees for bringing cases.

Mark Wilson Insurance giant Aviva, which employs 2,500 staff across hubs in Perth and Bishopbriggs, has announced that chief executive Mark Wilson is to walk away from the firm with a pay and benefits package worth up to £6.5 million.

Hannah Miley Business incubator Elevator says it is welcoming some of Scotland’s best motivational and inspirational speakers this week for its ninth ‘Making it Happen’ conference.

Graeme Jones Europe’s largest consolidator of heritage life funds, Phoenix Group, has joined Scottish Financial Enterprise following the acquisition of Standard Life Assurance Limited (SLAL) from Standard Life Aberdeen plc last month.

Dave Smith Businesses could be missing out on a government tax relief scheme set up to encourage innovation, an Aberdeen tax manager has warned.

Sir Howard Davies The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a rebrand in an attempt to evade the continued reputational damage that has assailed the lender as a result of a decade’s worth of fallout stemming from multiple misconduct scandals.

Leeds Building Society, the UK’s fifth largest, has expanded its operation in Scotland with the addition of a new branch in Edinburgh, the Society’s third premises in Scotland.

Sir Douglas Flint Sir Douglas Flint, the Glaswegian former chairman of HSBC is reported to be the target of Standard Life Aberdeen as a replacement for current chairman Sir Gerry Grimstone.

John DiPaola an Associate in AC's lender services practice group (left) welcomes James MacKinnon to the firm as partner and head of private client for Edinburgh Law firm Aberdein Considine has strengthened both its private client and banking litigation teams with the appointment of a new partner and

The regeneration of a key arterial site in Glasgow city centre has taken a significant step forward with the submission of a detailed planning application for a 283,000 sq ft Grade A office development by Osborne and Co.