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https://youtu.be/HLiy_nQLJP0 Barclays has launched a new video to help its business customers stay protected from an increasing type of fraud impacting SMEs - email impersonation.

Ally and Murray Ewing celebrate their award. Perth-based finance broker, The Lending Channel, which is run by local brothers Alistair and Murray Ewing, has been honoured at a glitzy industry event in London.

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group, which includes Bank of Scotland, has been named the most inclusive employer in Britain by lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) charity Stonewall in its Top 100 Employers list for 2017.

Alan McIntosh Scottish consumers are not getting a fair deal. Their homes are being placed at risk because they are being denied solutions that are enshrined in legislation. Alan McIntosh, project manager of Govan Law Centre’s Personal Insolvency Unit, explains why.

Alan McIntosh Scottish insolvency practitioners are being urged to make available to Scottish consumers a rarely used legal remedy which allows their home to be protected whilst providing repayment of their debts.

Gordon Chalmers Wylie & Bisset LLP, one of Scotland’s longest established firms of Chartered Accountants, has secured full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for Consumer Credit Activities following a rigorous assessment process.

Scottish Enterprise has revealed a new Subsea Engineering Action Plan with the aim of capturing an even bigger slice of the current £50 billion global subsea market.

Almost half of Scotland’s pubs, clubs and small hotels have reported disappointing sales over the festive period.

The number of house sales across Scotland faltered in December, although predictions for expected new sales over the next three months remained steady, according to the December edition of the RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

Odro chairman Bill Scouller and director Ryan McCabe. (Photo: Ross Gilmore) A Glasgow-based online meeting business is set for significant expansion after securing new funding from Scottish Enterprise.

Barry Fraser Grant Thornton has announced another key appointment in Aberdeen as it continues its investment in the north east of Scotland.

Edinburgh-based craft beer firm Innis & Gunn has appointed Esther Binnie as its new finance director.

Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Fellowship programme has today opened applications for its new 2017/18 programme, an intensive leadership development opportunity for Scotland’s most ambitious and entrepreneurially-minded individuals.

Rod Ashley Airdrie Savings Bank (ASB), the UK’s last remaining independent savings bank, is to close its doors with seventy jobs likely to be lost.

The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group (CYBG) has announced plans to close 40 branches in Scotland and a total of 79 throughout the UK with the loss of 400 jobs.