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David Johnstone The overwhelming majority of Scotland’s 3000-plus rural estates are business ventures making a collective multi-million pound contribution to the economy Scottish Land & Estates’ AGM has heard.

head of entrepreneurship at Royal Bank of Scotland, Gordon Merrylees Royal Bank of Scotland has officially opened its new Accelerator Hub in Glasgow city centre.

A fundraising effort by the Glasgow office of Accountancy and business advisory Johnston Carmichael has raised £6,500 for charity.

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Royal Bank of Scotland in England & Wales and its subsidiary NatWest retail banking business in Scotland, which had been due to be cleaved off and launched as a separate ‘challenger bank’, under the brand name, Williams & Glyn, are to be reintegrated back into the core bank resulting in

Stewart Taylor The Edinburgh office market is predicted to undergo a period of transformation for the remainder of the year following a record year of take-up in 2017.

Dave Furlong Glasgow-based investment house Maven Capital Partners, alongside a consortium of investors led by ex-England football international, Danny Mills, have invested £775,000 in digital the football platform provider, The Coaching Manual.

Alan O’Sullivan of the Fairway Hotel and (right) Stuart Bell of RBS A popular West Lothian hotel and restaurant is expanding its team and undergoing extensive refurbishment thanks to a £495,000 funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

The Bank of England has reported that mortgage approvals for house purchases fell back to a 2018-low in March and were at the second lowest level (after December 2017) since August 2016.

A pensioner who acted as treasurer of her local church for over 17 years has been jailed for embezzling more than £70,000 from the kirk.

Investment into Scottish offices marks a 96 per cent increase on the historic first quarter average volume with £342 million transacted in Q1 2018, according to the latest research from international real estate advisor Savills.

Doug Gurr Scotland’s SMEs expect revenue growth over the coming year to accelerate despite expecting business conditions to deteriorate.

A new survey of over 2,000 UK consumers has revealed that younger people report giving more money to charities than the over 55s, challenging widely-held views that the older generation support good causes the most.

Sandy Manson CA Sandy Manson CA has been appointed President of ICAS, the global professional body for Chartered Accountants, succeeding Sir Brian Souter CA.

The number of “qualified” accountant’s reports submitted to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) over law firm breaches in handling client money fell 28 per cent last year - to 1,387 in 2017 from 1,915 in 2016, according to Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, Hazlewoods.