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Edinburgh's new Boroughmuir High School, which is due to open in January, is located in Scotland's most expensive catchment area. Parents in Scotland need to pay an average of £41,441 more to live in the catchment area of a top performing state secondary school, according to new research from Bank

As the Bank of England warns of the growing threat that household debt now poses to the UK economy, we take a look at the levels of indebtedness across the whole of Scotland.

Scottish small business confidence fell steeply in the third quarter of 2017, according to a new Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) report. The FSB’s Scottish Small Business Confidence Index fell to -15.2 points, from -3.8 points in the previous quarter. The equivalent UK figure fell even mor

The Financial Reporting Council today announced that it has cleared KPMG over the firm's conduct during its audit of HBOS in the months immediately prior to the bank’s collapse at the height of the financial crisis.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced that it has received formal approval from the European Commission for its £800 million “Alternative Remedies Package” designed to replace its obligation to sell-off its Williams & Glyn business.

Georgina Harley The average employee working within the UK investment management industry is a straight, white, British male, without a disability, and with a high chance of being privately educated, new research has confirmed

Maggie McGhee Ambitious young professionals working in shared services have a huge appetite for fast career progression, according to a global study from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

The Scottish and UK oil industries are entering their final decade of production, new research from Edinburgh University has suggested.

Jamie Smith Ice Factor Group, a Scottish adventure tourism business, is aiming to drive growth and expand the business, following a deal worth £523,000 with HSBC which has financed a management buy-out at the firm.

Laura Considine Property prices in Perth and Kinross are now nearly four times the national average, having risen by almost 10 per cent during the second quarter of the year, new figures from estate agents Aberdein Considine have revealed.

Left to right – Michelle Campbell, Gemma Spiers, Gavin Paterson, Ross Proudfoot, Andrew Shepherd, Sue Ayres, Alistair Black and John MacLean. Staff and partners from the Edinburgh office of Johnston Carmichael have raised over £4,100 for charity after taking part in this year’s Royal Bank of Sc

Nicky Morgan Pressure is continuing to mount on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to release in full the contents of its findings on the conduct of Royal Bank of Scotland’s controversial Global Restructuring Group after a legal action was launched for disclosure of the findings under the Data

Cat MacLean, MBM Commercial partner Cat MacLean, who is one of Scotland's leading legal authorities on banking misconduct, has launched a new organisation designed to pool profession expertise in order to more successfully fight claims against financial institutions.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today announced that Scotland’s new social security agency will be headquartered in Dundee, bringing hundreds of jobs to the city.

Dougal Sharp Edinburgh-based craft brewer Innis & Gunn has announced its intention to accept a £15 million investment by a major US private equity investor in exchange for a 28 per cent stake in the business.