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Gemma Lampert Gemma Lampert and Will Anderson of CMS look at whether a lump sum can be extracted from a pension and treated as income to pay creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.

The British government last night refused to confirm or deny that it has this week agreed a multi-million pound deal to buy Edinburgh-based UK Green Investment Bank.

Lanarkshire-based insurance broker, E G Murray Insurance Services, has joined Bluefin Network as a partner broker. E G Murray Insurance Services becomes the network’s first Scottish broker and will be supported by the appointment of a new Development Manager, Craig Finnie.

Glasgow has topped property website Zoopla's list of UK cities where it’s cheaper to buy a house than to rent.

Jenny Laing Aberdeen City Council’s foray into the international bond market has raised £370 million for major civic building projects in the Granite City.

Seven in ten workers (69 per cent) in Scotland would like the freedom to run their own business one day, according to new research from St. James’s Place Academy, the training and development arm of the FTSE100 financial services company.

Fraser Sime Bank of Scotland has appointed Fraser Sime as regional director, SME banking Scotland, succeeding Graham Blair who has taken up the post of mortgage director at the Edinburgh-based lender.

Over a third of savers are using cash ISAs to build a retirement fund, rising to almost half of those living in the north region, despite interest rates hitting an all-time low.

Jill Armstrong By Jill Armstrong, head of commercial management, Speirs Gumley

Murray Etherington A leading Scottish law expert is urging people to check their wills as the law of succession sees its most significant overhaul in 50 years today.

Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners has today announced an investment of up to £2 million in Chic Lifestyle. The technology company operates the B2B Chic Retreats marketplace that enables independent and boutique hotels and luxury villas to optimise their distribution of rooms

Virgin Money, the challenger bank which employs 200 in Edinburgh, has reported an increase in gross mortgage lending of 19 per cent on the first nine months of 2015 to £6.5 billion resulting in a 3.6 per cent market share of gross mortgage lending to the end of Q3 2016.

A legal claim has been launched by around 125 institutional funds against supermarket giant Tesco’s over its accounting irregularities. Bentham Europe has said the funds have filed a claim for damages against the retailer for well in excess of £100 million over alleged breaches of the Financial S

Amyas Morse The taxman is going after £2 billion in taxes unpaid by the super-rich, according to the public spending watchdog.

Dougal Gunn Sharp Edinburgh-based craft beer firm Innis & Gunn is this week launching a crowdfunding initiative with the aim of raising £1 million for two per cent of its share capital.