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Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has emerged as the latest suitor for the 300 Royal Bank of Scotland branches that the still 73 per cent state-owned lender must sell-off to comply with the EU-imposed conditions of its £45 billion taxpayer bailout in 2008.

Iain McDougall By Iain McDougall, Senior Solicitor at MBM Commercial

Scottish manufacturers have reported a decline in orders during the third quarter of the year.

The Scottish government has called for the formation of a new Scotland-wide statutory board to co-ordinate the activities of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned two former Partners of a private investment company over a £50 million fraud which saw client money siphoned off to fund their lavish lifestyles.

Gordon McArthur Renfrewshire-based provider of cloud infrastructure to the finance industry, Beeks Financial Cloud, is set to create 20 jobs as part of a £2 million investment in its facilities.

Tax and legal firm CMS’s Glasgow operation has completed its move to 1 West Regent Street, a newly completed Grade A property located in the city centre.

James Andersen By James Andersen, a senior audit manager at Grant Thornton in Scotland

The average price of a residential property in Scotland has shown an increase of 0.6 per cent during the second quarter of financial year 2016/17 compared with the same period in the previous year, with the highest rise of 9.7 per cent being reported in East Renfrewshire.

Union Street, Aberdeen. Aberdeen City Council could be set to take a “more proactive” approach to struggling businesses that are contributing to the sixfold rise in unpaid business rates in the Granite City.

Neil Dempsey (Director), Gordon Steele (Partner), Graeme Allan (Managing Partner), James Pirrie (Partner) and Jonathan Clark (Manager) all of AAB’s Litigation Support team. Aberdeen-based Chartered Accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced the launch of a new Litigation Sup

Fiona McBain After 11 years Fiona McBain has announced that she is to step down as chief executive of Scottish Friendly.

The first half of 2016 saw 203 business outlets closed on Scotland’s high streets – a rate of 1.1 stores per day, PwC research compiled by the Local Data Company (LDC) has revealed.

The investment firm owned by Sir David Murray’s family has expressed confidence in the commercial prospects of its longstanding plans for a big housing development on a former open cast mine site in North Lanarkshire.

Gavin PatonBurness Paull partner, Gavin Paton, on why the imminent introduction of Project Bank Accounts could provide more certainty and stability.