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Last month’s interest rate rise has still not been passed on in full to savers with seven of the UK’s ten biggest banks, it has emerged.

New research has revealed that Scots are more likely to take part in gambling than people in any other country within the United Kingdom.

Edrington, the international premium spirits company best known for its Scotch whiskies, which include the Macallan, Highland Park, Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark, has announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Wyoming Whiskey.

Sir Richard Branson and Jackie Waring Five emerging female Scottish -based entrepreneurs who were finalists at this year’s AccelerateHER Awards will travel to California’s Mojave Desert next week to present their businesses to representatives at one of the world’s most innovative companies.

Two Edinburgh-based companies, Float and Sustainably, have been included amongst the 20 firms selected for the Tech Nation Fintech Programme.

Richard Gibson, Glasgow lead partner (left) welcomes Bryce Niven, chartered financial planner Armstrong Watson LLP, Accountants, Business and Financial Advisers has continued its growth in Scotland with the appointment of Bryce Niven as the Glasgow office’s first dedicated chartered financial plan

Andy Chamberlain The decision to abandon a promised tax cut for millions of the UK’s smallest businesses represents a fundamental breach of faith by a UK government that seems to have turned its back on the self-employed, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) sa

Scottish commercial law firm Burness Paull has been named Legal Advisor of the Year at the 2018 Scottish Deals & Dealmakers Awards.

Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed plans to close yet more branches, this time another 54 outlets in England and Wales from January with the loss of 258 jobs.

Only around a third of finance professionals in large businesses say their organisation has started scenario planning for the impact of Brexit on key areas, such as hiring/human resources and supply chain/logistics.

More than one-in-five (22 per cent) of adults in Scotland has had an outstanding credit card balance for at least six months, according to a survey by R3 in Scotland, the insolvency trade body.

Tayforth House, Dundee A number of major investment properties across Perthshire and Tayside have changed hands over the summer months, local firm Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has reported.

Paul Dounis As part of its turnaround plan, family-owned bakery Aulds will retain eight high street stores, after its retail business was placed into liquidation last month.

Andrew Sloan Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has appointed a new regional relationship manager (RRM) to develop its professional services proposition across its four Scottish offices.

Scottish productivity has all but stalled in the last fifteen years, a trend that is threatening prospects for future living standards, a new study by The David Hume Institute has warned.