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Michelle Sutherland

Phil Anderson with Karen Moore, Diabetes UK regional fundraiser, (right) and Lesley Mitchell, Business Development Manager at Aberdeen Douglas. The managing director of a north-east financial services company is celebrating after making waves for a local charity.

Clare Dobie Dundee-based Alliance Trust has announced the appointment of marketing consultant and former financial journalist Clare Dobie to its board.

The cohort of former Royal Bank of Scotland business customers who have amalgamated to launch a class action against the still 73 per cent state-owned, bailed-out bank over its handling of businesses in distress have created a new website to appeal for witnesses.

Lockton, the Glasgow-headquartered corporate insurance broker established to service the Scottish corporate risk market in 2014, has doubled its turnover in the year to April 2016. The firm now controls premiums in excess of £10m.

City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced the level at which it will consult to cap early exit charges for those consumers wishing to make use of new pension freedoms. The FCA has proposed that for existing contract-based personal pensions, including workplace personal

Sajid Javid Plans to make switching providers quicker and easier across a range of sectors, including energy companies, phone providers and banks, are being considered by the UK government.

The UK Government has announced wide ranging proposals which, if brought into effect, will result in the biggest change to UK insolvency and restructuring procedures since the introduction of administrations in 2002. The proposals are aimed at contributing to an effective insolvency regime, promotin

Less than half (43 per cent) of Scotland’s SMEs have done business internationally, lagging behind the national UK average of 60 per cent and London at 76 per cent, according to new research. The data from TransferWise for Business, gathered from a survey of SMEs across the UK about their experien

A new report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows that half of all small firms think the UK’s roads and public transport system have deteriorated in recent years. Only one in 10 small business owners thought roads and public transport had got better - demonstrating a real need to prio

Demand for professional contractors in Scotland rose 21 per cent year-on-year to April 2016, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). The data, provided by recruitment software company, Innovantage, revealed that significant growth was experienced across

Research by Alliance Trust Savings has found the single biggest long-term financial worry among retail investors is that their savings will not be enough to see them through retirement. The Dundee-based platform's survey of over 1,000 retail investors asked: 'What is your single biggest worry about

Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank has reported underlying pre-tax earnings for the six months to March 31, including from its Yorkshire Bank operation, of £107million - down 4.2 per cent on the same period last year. Bottom line profits of £58million for the latest period also came in more than 60 per

The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the quality of service at HMRC "collapsed" over an 18-month period between 2014 and 2015 amid staff cuts and the rolling out its new digital strategy. The NAO said taxpayers who were forced to hang on the phone while calling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC

Politicians have grilled PwC bosses over why the company described beleaguered British high street retailer BHS as a ‘going concern’ just days before it was sold to a consortium with no retail experience for £1. MP’s sitting on the joint business, innovation and skills and work and pensions c