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The UK Treasury has today announced that it plans to sell shares worth at least £2 billion in bailed-out Lloyds Bank to private investors. The Treasury said that the government would sell the 12 per cent stake that remains of the 43 per cent of the bank that it took on at the height of the financia

John Allan Following the recent announcement by the UK Government of a new National Living Wage for the over 25s, many small and medium-sized businesses are planning to slow job creation, raise prices or postpone or cancel planned investments to compensate for the higher statutory rate, a survey of

Confidence among Scottish construction employers about the year ahead has declined during the third quarter of 2015, according to a new report. The latest Scottish Construction Monitor, a quarterly survey of the membership of trade body the Scottish Building Federation (SBF), found that confidence f

Building on the recent success of their crowd-sourced apple appeal, Scottish cider company Thistly Cross is now working with a US producer to bring organic JK’s Scrumpy Cider in cans to the UK. The cider is to hit shelves this month and is a continuation of a longstanding collaboration between the

Arlene Cairns Dundee-based Alliance Trust Savings has announced that Arlene Cairns has joined the company as its new finance director.

The Perthshire property market has ‘turned a corner’ according to one of the area’s leading property networks. As Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre collate their three quarter year statistics for 2015, it has emerged that September has been the best sales month of the year, and that the Su

Paul McCluskey Paul McCluskey is head of professional practices at Bank of Scotland

The latest annual legal practices benchmarking review conducted by Scots accountants Henderson Loggie, in conjunction with the other seven members of the MHA association of independent accountancy firms around the UK, points to encouraging signs of growth as firms feel the benefit of the improving e

Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank has proposed the introduction of a traffic light labelling scheme, similar to that used in food labelling, to help make it easier for customers to see at-a-glance the value of the account they currently have, as well as the other accounts available in the market. The bank

Shares in Scottish companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) fell by 8.39 per cent in the third quarter of 2015 according to analysis by accountants BDO. The fall was the largest among comparable markets with the FTSE All share falling 6.72 per cent; the FTSE 250 down 5.01 per cent

Keith Anderson Financial recovery, restructuring and insolvency boutique mlm Solutions has appointed Keith Anderson as a director.

Deloitte’s survey of oil and gas operators and oilfield services companies has found that a lack of effective supply chain collaboration means companies are missing out on maximising the potential value from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). 74 per cent of respondents said collaboration was an inte

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David Menzies Directors who act inappropriately now face a tougher disqualification regime, as David Menzies, a director of insolvency at ICAS, explains.

Asset managers are planning to raise spending to combat future cyber attacks, according to analysis from the latest CBI/PwC financial services survey. The asset management sector focus reveals that despite business volumes falling at their sharpest rate since March 2009, firms have clear investment