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Banks and building societies in the UK are relaxing lending standards and cutting fees in order to retain momentum in the housing market and protect their weakening profits, the FT has reported. The trend, which comes despite the rules brought in to address the easy lending that play such a major ro

Graham Sharp Graham Sharp, Chair of the Accounts Commission says the implications of the current equal pay storm engulfing Glasgow City Council should be viewed within a wider context

Anne Boden Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has approached challenger bank Starling for help in developing a digital bank of its own.

The Financial Reporting Council has fined and reprimanded Grant Thornton UK along with three of its senior statutory auditors.

West Dunbartonshire Council has approved plans to publicly name businesses who fail to pay their taxes.

Brian Rudkin Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has bolstered its employer services offering with the appointment of a new director who will lead the growing team.

Bruce Swankie Bruce Swankie, Financial Adviser at Brewin Dolphin Aberdeen warns against hoarding cash

Jackie Waring at theInvesting Women 'Ambition & Growth' Conference 2018 at the Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh Investing Women, Scotland’s only all-female business angel group, is to hold a series of free AccelerateHER Bootcamps aimed at helping female founders drive forward their company growth pla

Brian Souter Souter Investments has sold search company First Scottish to US firm Eli Global for an undisclosed sum, it announced yesterday.

Former players and staff of now defunct Rangers Football Club 2012 Plc, who were paid through an offshore trust, have been issued a warning that HM Revenue and Customs will now move to recover the tax it is owed as a result of the practice following the recent Supreme Court decision over the affair

Wonga, the UK's largest payday lender, is exploring the possibility of a pre-pack administration process similar to that recently adopted by House of Fraser, it has emerged.

Stephen Webster Well-intentioned financial regulation puts jobs and investment outcomes at risk, says Stephen Webster, chief executive of Thorntons Investments

New designs for the first purpose-built music venue to be developed in Edinburgh for a century have been unveiled.

David Melhuish The latest analysis of commercial property sales across Scotland by the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) reflects a shift in fortunes for the nation’s major cities over the three months from April to June 2018, the organisation has said.

Jamie Hepburn The proportion of young people in Scotland in education, training or employment has increased to a record 91.8 per cent, a 0.7 percentage point increase over the last year.