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Dame Lin Homer The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has announced that Dame Lin Homer CB is to be appointed to its Council as a Public Interest Member.

Sir Howard Davies Chairman Sir Howard Davies has become the target of a shareholder revolt that is emerging ahead of Royal Bank of Scotland’s upcoming annual meeting.

Kenny Crawford The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in February 2017 was £138,821 – an increase of 3.1 per cent on February in the previous year but a decrease of 0.6 per cent when compared to the previous month

Nearly half (48.2 per cent) of UK professional services small businesses have been put off applying for finance simply because they found the terminology and acronyms difficult to understand.

One store a day closed last year in Scotland, with the banks, fashion outlets, charity stores and mobile phone shops being the hardest hit, according to PwC research compiled by the Local Data Company (LDC).

Jonathan Meddes Four of Scotland’s most disruptive start-up companies will showcase their vision of how to change the world of business to investors, venture capitalists, incubators, and academics at Deloitte’s Edinburgh Greenhouse on April 25.

Lanarkshire based Keane Premier Healthcare has agreed a £2.7 million loan with Barclays, enabling the company to expand its portfolio with the acquisition of a third care home, safeguarding 40 jobs and the care of 22 residents in the process.

Colin MacKenzie A concentration of occupier activity around mid-sized office space and a lack of city centre supply has created a “pinch point” in Glasgow’s commercial property market, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

New research has revealed a widespread lack of visibility and awareness of Scottish boards amongst their employees, with 44 per cent of respondents unable to name a single member of the board at the company they work for, compared with 39 per cent across the rest of the UK.

Mike Sibson More than nine out of ten (91 per cent) business leaders in Scotland believe that the UK needs a comprehensive industrial strategy, according to BGF’s Growth Climate Index.

James Watt (Image: Twitter) Scottish craft brewing giant Brewdog has paved the way to becoming a listed business within the next three years after securing a private equity cash injection that has valued the Aberdeenshire firm at £1 billion.

Staff at Glasgow-based tenancy deposit scheme SafeDeposits Scotland have tracked down their biggest ever ‘missing’ tenant, who took more than a year to claim back a deposit of £5,250.

Georgia Mansfield Aberdeen-based independent financial advisers Central Investment has announced its sponsorship of Georgia Mansfield, Scotland’s fastest junior female cyclist.

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust is refinancing £125 million in debt, including a £20 million tranche that will see its interest rate fall from 14 per cent to 3.65 per cent.

Jes Staley Barclays chief executive Jes Staley is to be stripped of his annual bonus at the same time that two regulators opened an investigation into his conduct in a whistleblowing case.