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Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced that it is to offer specialist one-to-one support to all new entrants entering the Scottish farming sector.

Rod Paris Days after securing overwhelming shareholder backing for their £11 billion merger, Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management have announced the makeup of the combined firm’s investment management committee.

Hugh Aitken CBI Scotland has today said that sufficiently increasing productivity in Scotland could the economy north of the border by £25 billion over the coming decade.

In a boost to the Strathclyde economy, a fully serviced business centre in the heart of Scotland’s Central Belt has nearly doubled in size just over ten months after it first opened.

Vishal Chopra Scotland’s exporters and international companies are facing increasing uncertainty in one of the country’s key markets, according to global accountancy firm Grant Thornton.

EY, the global accountancy firm which employs 1,000 across four Scottish offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, has been recognised as one of the UK’s top 20 employers in the inaugural Social Mobility Employer Index.

Lloyds Banking Group is set to slash 250 Scottish jobs with the closure of its contact centre in Dundee.

A bill to replace Air Passenger Duty in Scotland and introduce new air departure tax cuts has been passed by the Scottish Parliament.

Nicola Sturgeon meets HSBC Scotland boss Alison McGregor in Edinburgh. Global banking giant HSBC has announced plans to create 500 new roles in Scotland.

The Serious Fraud Office has today charged Barclays, along with four of its former executives, with conspiracy to commit fraud relating to capital raising arrangements with Qatar in June and October 2008 at the height of the financial crisis.

Keith Hopkins MBE Dundee-based EQ Accountants have announced that former Partner Keith Hopkins has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for his services to charity and the local community.

Scotland's digital technology sector is forecast to grow twice as fast as the Scottish economy overall in the years to 2024, according to research published by Skills Development Scotland and the Digital Technologies Skills Group.

John Hawksworth While Scotland remains among Europe's countries failing to fully utilise its workforce of over 55s, global accountants PwC have revealed that the UK could boost its GDP by around 4.2 per cent – or by around £80 billion - if the employment rate of older workers could match that of

Graeme Hartop Edinburgh-headquartered private bank Hampden & Co has announced that it has reached £200 million in client deposits.

Sir Gerry Grimstone Shareholders in Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM) and Standard Life have overwhelmingly backed a merger of the two firms that will now create Europe’s second-biggest fund manager.