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Alessandro Benetton Aberdeen Standard Investments and Italian businessman Alessandro Benetton’s private equity firm 21 Partners have announced the establishment of a new UK-based 50:50 joint venture.

Scottish homeowners pay a fifth of their disposable income towards their mortgage each month, according to new Bank of Scotland research.

Katherine Garrett-Cox A poor performance from Dundee-based Alliance Trust’s platform business, Alliance Trust Savings (ATS), has resulted in former boss Katherine Garrett-Cox’s 2017 remuneration package being slashed.

Edinburgh-based asset management firm Martin Currie increased assets under management last year by more than 50 per cent to £14.5 billion from £9.3 billion.

Bonnyholm Care Home - Scott Shearer, Kevin McCormack, John Shearer A new 60-bed residential facility for the elderly, Bonnyholm Care Home, is being developed in Glasgow’s Crookston area thanks to a £4 million finance package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

Neil McInnes Grant Thornton in Scotland is reporting an optimistic outlook for the country’s mid-market business community following a raft of multi-million pound deals throughout last year.

Banking giant HSBC yesterday unveiled a yawning gender pay gap among its UK staff with its female workers earning nearly 60 per cent less than male employees.

A business park built by the City of Edinburgh Council creating much-needed industrial units in West Edinburgh has now been fully let.

Managing partner Niall Farquharson and JC Staff take part in training session with Scottish Junior Curling stars Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has praised the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships competitors for their ambition, drive and determination – and urged Scottish businesses to f

Adoption of smart home devices is set to ramp up significantly within the next five years, according to an EY survey of 2,500 households in the UK. Currently, 26 per cent of households own at least one type of smart home product, but the figure is expected to reach 59 per cent by 2022.

Steven Newlands Data for The annual total return for 2017 on Scottish commercial property was 6.8 per cent, comparing favourably with the UK as a whole where the total return was 10.2 per cent as measured by CBRE's IPD Quarterly Index.

Cadworks, Glasgow On-site work on the first speculative office building in Glasgow since 2015 is to commence this month.

The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak is to close down.

Campbell Fleming Announcing a budget of around £35 million to pay for investment research as required by Mifid II, Standard Life Aberdeen head of distribution Campbell Fleming has confirmed that the global scale derived from the mega-merger that created the firm has allowed it to pay for research i

Scotland's first direct flights to China will link Edinburgh with Beijing The first direct scheduled flights between Scotland and China have been established, boosting links between the two countries.