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Still 80 per cent taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has taken the unusual step of offering a reward of up to £15,000 for information relating to an armed robbery that took place at one of its West Dunbartonshire branches last week. The incident took place on Wednesday June 17 when a man in a ba

A former Santander bank manager described as a "Walter Mitty" character has admitted stealing almost £90,000 from the Dundee branch where he worked. Gordon Irvine, 33, from West Lothian, was found guilty by a jury at Dundee Sheriff Court of embezzling £89,340 from Santander over eight months in 20

Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life has announced that it is to close its business in Singapore taking a £45 million hit in the process. In a stock exchange announcement, SL said its insurance business in Singapore would no longer accept new applications or contributions to existing plans

Leigh Bartlett Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the appointment of Leigh Bartlett as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Williams & Glyn, the name given to the tranche of branches to be spun out of the 80 per cent state-owned bank as a condition of its 2008 government bailout.

Scottish Government confirms funding for £38m health projects Two multi-million pound health centres have been given the green light thanks to funding from theScottish Government.

James Watt and Martin Dickie BrewDog bosses have treated themselves to a pay rise with accounts newly filed at Companies House showing director’s pay up by nearly 57 per cent.

Aberdeen city councillors seized a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to kick-start a 20-year regeneration programme for the city centre.

Scottish output growth is being fuelled by a combination of capital investment - particularly infrastructure spending - and consumer spending, according to the latest Economic Commentary from the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute. It outlined forecast for GDP growth at 2.5 p

Archangel Investors and Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) have announced backing to the tune of £3.7 million for burgeoning Scottish businesses trio Calcivis, NetThings and Reactec. The latest round of cash injections means Archangel and the SIB have now invested at total of £6.8 million in the three

Kenny McLean of Baker Tilly, Glasgow Accountancy firm Baker Tilly has strengthened its consulting practice with the appointment of a new Director.

Ian Naismith Scottish Widow's annual report on the retirement market has shown pension saving at the highest level it has ever seen.

The latest Business Monitor from Bank of Scotland has shown the Scottish economy recovering from the slowdown experienced at the start of the year. Expectations for the next six months have improved to the fourth best level in seven and a half years.

Sajid Javid The UK Business Secretary Sajid Javid will today announce plans to partly-privatise the Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank.

Government take Lloyds stake down to 17%

Geoff Jacobs Firms need to take early action to project themselves because the full impact of cost reduction measures and the deferral or cancellation of capital projects in the North Sea is yet to be fully felt, KPMG has warned.