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Graeme Thomson Scots are leaving their loved ones open to distress and hassle by overlooking their online lives in their will – according to both legal and cyber security experts.

Ross McEwan The Scottish Affairs Committee has summoned Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan to appear before it to be quizzed on the 72 per cent state-owned lender’s proposals to shut 62 RBS banks across Scotland.

Community housing projects and charities are being urged to put their case forward as Nationwide makes £250,000 available to help make a difference across communities in Scotland.

Real estate investment management firm DTZ Investors has acquired three prime retail units on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street from Legal & General in a £15.3 million sale brokered by Knight Frank and Montagu Evans.

A new customer survey of UK financial institutions has ranked Royal Bank of Scotland one of the UK's banks amid results dominated by young, emerging fintech firms

First-time sellers looking to take their second step on the property ladder need to find an extra £114,659, according to Bank of Scotland’s Second Stepper report.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the former Chair of Co-operative Bank, Paul Flowers, known as "the Crystal Methodist" from the financial services industry.

Ric Traynor Begbies Traynor Group has acquired mid-market corporate finance practice, Springboard Corporate Finance Limited.

Jon Shelley PwC's corporate finance team in Scotland has advised on the sale of subsea technology, equipment and engineering consultancy business Ecosse Subsea Systems (“ESS”) to American subsea engineering firm Oceaneering International Inc. for £50 million, acting as lead financial advisor to

Richard Murray Scottish law firm TC Young has announced that Richard Murray has joined the firm as a partner in the Edinburgh office to build the firm’s private client team in the east.

Sir Tom Hunter Sir Tom Hunter's Hunter Foundation has put its financial backing behind Impact Summit, the latest project from Leith-based startup FutureX, the team behind Scotland’s Startup Summit, at which First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced £4 million in support for entrepreneurs last year

Susan Rowand Scottish restaurateur Jim Maclean, director of JE Restaurants, which operates three McDonalds franchises in the West of Scotland, has undertaken a project to future-proof his Darnley restaurant thanks to a £500,000 funding package from HSBC.

Dr Louis Nguyen New research carried out by the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh Business School, has found that banks whose corporate culture leans towards aggressive competition are associated with overall riskier lending practices, causing vulnerability to the financial sy

More funding should be provided to help Scottish firms take on apprentices older than 25 - like parents returning to work or people looking to switch career - according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

David Flint David Flint, partner at MacRoberts, and Rebecca Henderson a trainee at the Scottish law firm, look at the recent case of trademarking colours