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The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it will not be insisting on personal guarantees to issue government-backed emergency loans to business owners, whilst banks across the UK face criticisms for implementing such procedures. 

Opportunity North East (ONE) has announced that the Centre of Excellence for Food and Drink Industry has secured £10 million of capital funding from the UK Government and the Scottish Government. The food and drink development hub secured the funding through the Aberdeen City Region Deal.

A greater proportion of smaller Scottish firms are dissatisfied with their broadband service compared to the UK as a whole, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) research reveals.

Argyll and Bute Council has welcomed the announcement of a £50 million Rural Growth Deal as a "transformational vote of confidence" in the area. The announcement was made yesterday as Treasury officials confirmed the UK government's £25m contribution to the deal would be finalised &ldquo

British public relations company Quatro is to open its first base in Scotland.

A survey conducted by Which? has found that more than one-third of Scotland's bank branches have closed down within the last five years.

As half-year export figures show growth, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has called on the UK Government to ensure certainty in future trading conditions.

Roseanna Cunningham Fewer days have been lost to industrial disputes in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK, according to the Scottish Government.

The Scottish Government's draft budget for 2016-17 will not be published until after the UK government's spending review in late November, it emerged today. The draft budget - which is usually published in September - has been pushed back due to uncertainty over the block grant for Scotland, which w