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Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank is being lined-up for takeover by a consortium led by Australian bank Macquarie, and involving the Pension Protection Fund, Lloyds Bank and Sustainable Development Capital as the UK Government considers the consortium’s final offers following its decision to

Proposals to redesign Scotland’s system of business rates can strengthen local democratic accountability, or increase the system’s efficiency, but it will be hard to achieve both at once, according to tax professionals.

Despite an easing of some negative effects, risk appetite among the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of the UK’s largest businesses remains subdued following the EU referendum, according to Deloitte’s latest CFO Survey.

David Lonsdale By David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium

Nick Laird Scotland’s private sector output increased for the first time in three months during September, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)

Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford’s Japan Trust has posted a strong set of results for the last financial year on the back of an appreciating yen and depreciating pound.

The value of the pound fell by 6 per cent at one stage overnight to $1.1378, having dropped by 10 per cent before one of the more outlying major trades was cancelled, leaving traders scratching their heads.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that its own version of the new polymer £5 will enter circulation on 27 October and will be the first main circulation note introduced by the Edinburgh-based bank to feature a women.

Staff at Standard Life have handed over a cheque for £558, 000 to Scope and Capability Scotland.

Alison Sellar Aberdeen-based payroll management specialist, activpayroll, has announced the securing of the global payroll contract for Scottish Enterprise, Scotland's main economic development agency and non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government.

Financial services firms recorded a 2.6 per cent reduction in new complaints between January and June 2016 compared to the previous six months, according to new complaints data published today by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Following The 41st Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota last week, where the US regained the trophy, Edinburgh-based global asset manager Standard Life Investments has confirmed the extention of its sponsorship agreement with the tournament to include the 2018 contest, which will

Houses in South Queensferry have shown one of the largest increases in average house prices over the last three months, according to the latest analysis by estate agents ESPC.

Scottish-based colleagues at the law firm which managed the complex insolvency of a North Sea exploration and production (E&P) company have been recognised for their ground-breaking work by the British Legal Awards.

Jill Walker, Andrew Dines and Katy Burr. The Partners at Aberdeen-based AAB have announced the promotion of three members of their management team to senior manager positions.