Lloyds Banking Group reported a half-year pretax profit of £3.32 billion, a decline from the previous year due to increased costs and shrinking net interest income.
Scottish Enterprise has announced a new support programme for businesses ready to undertake capital investment but looking to develop leaders, change business processes as well as improve digital systems to maximise impact.
Aberdeen-headquartered Proserv has undergone a sponsor-backed management buyout (MBO), and is introducing an employee ownership scheme, marking a significant milestone in the company’s 60-year history.
Banks and building societies will need to weigh up if local communities lack access to cash services, like branches and ATMs, and plug significant gaps, under new rules announced today by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
A total of six new traders – and four more to come shortly – have opened on the Granite Mile in the last year thanks to the £195,000 Union Street Empty Shops Grant Scheme, helping to bring the number of vacant units down from 47 to 38.
Together Housing Group (THG), a social housing provider in the North of England, has secured a £50 million loan from the Royal Bank of Scotland to upgrade its 38,000 properties
Edinburgh has reclaimed its position as the top UK city outside London for foreign direct investment (FDI), surpassing Greater Manchester, according to a new study.
The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, Matt Pinnell, has held a series of high-profile meetings with the Scottish business community as part of a trip aimed at improving transatlantic business relations, promoting investment opportunities for Scottish businesses throughout the state of Oklahoma.