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Holyrood and Westminster have reached an agreement with the long-term aim of three-hour train journeys from London to Scottish cities. The move coincides with the publication of the HS2 Ltd report on extending a faster rail service to the north of England and Scotland.

Dutch insurer Aegon, along with its Edinburgh-based UK arm, has had its outlook revised down to “negative” by ratings agency Fitch. Fitch said pressure on the firm, which employs 2,000 staff at Edinburgh Park and another 400 throughout the UK, was bearing down on profitability as a result of pri

Nicola Sturgeon The former chair of Royal Bank of Scotland Scotland, Ken Barclay, is to lead the Scottish Government’s review of business rates.

DFM John Swinney meets with Modern Apprentices at Aberdeen Asset Management. The number of employees working at companies that have made the Scottish Business Pledge has broken through the 56,000 barrier it has been announced.

Michelle Le Prevost (Image: Robert Perry) Black & Lizars, one of Scotland's largest independently-owned optometrists, has appointed a leading UK health care business professional as its new managing director to lead the company to its next stage.

Scottish commercial real estate produced a total return of 1.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015, leading to an overall annual return, across all asset types, of 9.2 per cent, according to property consultant CBRE latest Scotland Property Quarterly report. CBRE data showed the best performing s

Latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have revealed gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £17.6 billion in February. This is 5 per cent lower than January (£18.5 billion) but 30 per cent higher than February last year (£13.6 billion) and the highest lending total for a February s

Blair Nimmo Administrator KPMG has announced the completion of a deal to sell Hawick Knitwear in a deal that will secure employment for 32 people at its Borders base.

John Swinney Scotland’s deputy first minister and finance secretary, John Swinney, has said new revenue-raising powers about to be devolved to Holyrood may warrant the creation of a dedicated Scottish tax minister along the lines of the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Almost three quarters (72 per cent) of Scots now use internet banking to manage their finances, Bank of Scotland’s latest How Scotland Lives research has found. Digital banking has reached across the generations with the highest usage (78 per cent) in consumers aged 25-34 but, a significant propor

Third sector funder, Social Investment Scotland (SIS), has announced 11 board and committee appointments. In a move that signals its intent to expand the sector SIS announced that the appointments include former Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group senior director Eric Gibson and former chief e

Roseanna Cunningham Latest figures show that the female employment rate in Scotland is the highest since comparable records began.

Bill Nixon Glasgow-based Maven Capital Partners says it is eying further expansion after posting a record year for equity investment.

Artist's impression of Dundee's new V&A museum, which is currently under construction. Fines levied from banks as a result of misconduct are to be funnelled into two major Scottish construction projects, it has been announced.

A majority of smaller firms in Scotland expect business conditions to get worse, according to the latest quarterly report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). As small business owners from across the UK meet in Glasgow for the FSB annual conference, the latest Small Business Index finds UK