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Margrethe Vestager The European Commission has concluded that Ireland broke EU state aid rules by granting undue tax benefits of up to €13 billion to US tech giant Apple and has ordered it to recover the unpaid taxes in Ireland from the tech giant for the years 2003-14 of up to €13 billion, plus

Jim Findlay Lombard, the asset finance arm of Royal Bank of Scotland, has announced the appointment of Jim Findlay to its board.

Gordon Martin Bilfinger GVA has confirmed a key appointment ahead of the General Revaluation set to take place in Scotland in April 2017.

The next stage of a ten year regeneration strategy for Glasgow city centre was launched yesterday by Councillor Frank McAveety, leader of Glasgow City Council.

Scotland’s home building industry has expressed its concern over the impact that the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), introduced a year ago, is having on the wider housing market.

Liam Fox The number of inward investment projects in Scotland has fallen, according to the latest figures from the UK Department for International Trade.

Deloitte has strengthened its presence in Scotland, following another year of significant progress throughout the country, the firm has reported.

The total number of millionaires in Britain has fallen as a result of the turbulence on global markets, according to new data.

Brighton Pier (Image: Ben Boris) More British holidaymakers are choosing to stay at home for their annual break, providing a vital boost for British business, with the average spend per stay up 6 per cent, according to Barclays.

Zoe Ogilvie and Alison Ramsay The BIG Partnership, Scotland’s largest PR and digital marketing agency, has continued its expansion with the opening of an office in Dundee - its fifth in Scotland and seventh in the UK.

A Scottish building company director who was killed when his plane went down over the Irish Sea has left £6.5 million in his will. Ian Stirling, a former director with building company Allanwater Developments, was flying solo from his home on the Isle of Man to Blackpool when the aircraft disappear

Tom McEntegart TLT acted for UKAR on the transfer of title on approximately 90,000 mortgages securities UK-wide. The transfer of title was part of a wider transaction, which was the biggest of its kind for UKAR and included the sale of £13 billion of assets to Cerberus, with £3.3 billion of these

Andrew Henderon Andrew Henderson, currently head of public affairs and external relations at Royal Bank of Scotland's Williams & Glyn brand, has been appointed by international law firm Pinsent Masons to head up its UK-wide Public Policy Unit in the wake of Britain's decision to leave the Europe

When youngsters fly the nest and head off to university, parents expect to be relieved from the pressures of playing taxi driver, doing a big grocery shop and constantly cleaning up after them.

PwC has reached a settlement in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit involving the 2009 collapse of Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp, one of the biggest bank collapses in US history.