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A Scottish blue-chip company - which cannot be named for legal reasons - has been conned out of £18million in a telephone scam, according to police. Police Scotland are now warning the country's finance workers to be vigilant after a senior executive at the firm in question was duped into transferr

The number of judgments against Scottish businesses rose during 2015, ending the decreases of the four preceding years. The figures released today by Registry Trust show that the total value of judgments was at its highest since before 2010.

The market for rare whisky in 2015 significantly outperformed many other well established asset classes, including wine and gold, according to figures published today by whisky analyst, broker and investment experts Rare Whisky 101. In a record year for the rare whisky market, the leading index for

Rob Allen Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced the appointment of a managing director of commercial banking for Williams & Glyn, the challenger bank being spun-out of the still 73 per cent state-owned Edinburgh lender, as a condition of its £45 billion government bailout at the height of

RSM's Stuart McCallum (right) and James Withers (Chief Exec of Scotland Food and Drink) announce RSM's membership. Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has become the latest member of industry body Scotland Food & Drink.

Property consultancy CBRE has today published its ‘Law in the Regions’ report, revealing the emergence of a two-tiered hierarchy of UK legal cities outside of London. The new report delivers a comprehensive overview of the legal sector in regions throughout the UK, providing both real estate str

Hannah Christiansen The Aberdeen property market continues to show encouraging signs of activity, according to latest figures released by independent property consultancy, CKD Galbraith.

Edinburgh-based Dunedin has bought an £80m stake in fellow private equity house Alpha, consultants to top financial services firms including Axa and Barclays Wealth. The company was sold by mid-market rival Baird, which had bought a majority stake in Alpha for £28m in 2013.

Westminster’s decision to scrap the post-study work visa in 2012 has cost the Scottish economy £250m over three years, according to higher education body Universities Scotland. The organisation said that an extra 5,400 international students would have lived in Scotland if the visa system, which

John Swinney The Scottish Government will publish all the key papers on the Fiscal Framework before the end of the parliamentary term, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has announced.

Andrew Burns The City of Edinburgh Council is on target to meet its planned savings of £49 million for the current financial year after making “considerable progress” in addressing its financial challenges.

Scottish Government business minister Fergus Ewing The Oil & Gas Industry Leadership Group (O&G ILG) has published a refreshed oil and gas strategy for 2016-20.

Fraser Gillies Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has played a leading role in the development of two Scottish onshore wind farms which recently secured £76 million in financing.

George Kerevan An SNP MP has said the Bank of England should be renamed to reflect its status as a UK-wide institution, the Sunday Post reports.

Stephen Hester Stephen Hester, former CEO of the RBS Group, is set to receive a further £500,000 payout from the bank he left two years ago, This is Money reports.