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Alison Rose Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary NatWest has become the first of the UK’s big high street lenders to open a standalone digital bank after announcing the launch of Mettle, an innovative digital proposition for small businesses.

Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed that it is cutting 6,240 jobs and creating 8,240 new ones as it overhauls its digital services.

Edinburgh continues to be the most attractive hotel investment destination outside of London as investors named Amsterdam as the most attractive European city for hotel investment.

A poll carried out by market data firm Procensus has revealed a number of institutional investors want to see a new chief executive at Standard Life Aberdeen.

The Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) has today urged lawyers to support Flag It Up, the UK Government’s anti-money laundering campaign, and ‘flag up’ suspicions about potential ‘dirty’ or laundered money.

Marcus Henderson The national investment group Mercia Technologies PLC, one of the UK’s most active technology investors, has appointed Marcus Henderson as investment director at its Edinburgh office.

Stuart Dunbar Baillie Gifford bosses have called out their competitors in the investment industry to return to what they say is the "fundamental purpose" of the fund manager, which they describe as "deploying clients’ capital into tangible, sustainable activities, allowing companies to grow and pr

From August to October 2018, there was a marked increase of 10.9 per cent in the number of properties coming to market compared to the same period last year.

David Watt A poll of delegates to the Institute of Directors Scotland’s annual conference at Gleneagles last week has revealed that more than a third of them believe there would be ‘no deal’ with the EU as a result of the current Brexit negotiations.

Global investment bank Goldman Sachs’ new UK online retail offering has hit 100,000 customers since its launch in the UK just forty days ago – a rate of one every 35 seconds.

Andrew Mackintosh-Walker Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) has strengthened its proposition in Scotland with the hire of two new managing directors.

Stephen Haddrill Stephen Haddrill has informed the board of the Financial Reporting Council that he intends to step down from his role as chief executive officer of the accountancy watchdog in late 2019.

Ally Scott Despite 2018 being on track to become a near-record year for the number of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A), intentions amongst UK companies to pursue deals in the next twelve months has hit a four year low, according to latest EY research.

AAB’s new Global Payroll team members from left to right; Simon Porter, David Purse and Katie Lange with Partner Steven Fraser Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced significant growth within its global payroll team as a result of a numb

Suzanne Lupton Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners has promoted five senior staff to partnership positions.