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Standard Life Aberdeen denies Gilbert to leave as Lloyds deal agreed

Martin Gilbert
Leaving: Martin Gilbert Martin Gilbert will not be stepping down from the board of Standard Life Aberdeen, according to the company which has denied speculation about his future swirling aroundRead More

Two series per year plan

More Love Island on way as ITV faces tough advertising market

Love Island
Hit show: Love Island (pic: ITV) ITV has announced that it will be doubling the number of episodes of hit show Love Island, by moving the reality TV programme toRead More

Defeat in kit battle

Rangers facing hefty bill as Ashley wins latest court ruling

Rangers new kit
Replica kit sales are in dispute Rangers are facing a multi-million pound bill from Sports Direct following the latest courtroom setback for the Ibrox club in a long-running dispute overRead More

FCA issues penalty

Standard Life Assurance fined £31m over annuity failures

Standard Life house
Standard Life Assurance now part of Phoenix Standard Life Assurance has been fined £30.8 million for failing to provide customers with appropriate information about enhanced annuities, including the option toRead More

Legal advice contract

Harper Macleod on winning run with UK Athletics contract

Harper Macleod Chief Executive Martin Darroch, Paralympic gold medallist Jo Butterfield and Interim UK Athletics CEO Nigel Holl
Martin Darroch, left, with Paralympic gold medallist Jo Butterfield and interim UK Athletics CEO Nigel Holl UK Athletics has appointed Scottish law firm Harper Macleod as its legal adviser forRead More

As new leader anointed...

Boris to fill Cabinet with pro-Brexit ministers to ‘get the job done’

Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson with Stanley Johnson
Boris Johnson with Jeremy Hunt and Boris’s father Stanley behind them, awaiting the result Top Cabinet posts for women and ethnic groups Former whisky chief to get key role FarageRead More

Birthrate remains low

Scotland’s business creation rate still lagging behind UK

Andrew McRae
Andrew McRae: more help needed The growth in the number of businesses in Scotland has failed to keep pace with the UK over the 20 years since the Scottish ParliamentRead More

Services expanding

Beeks adds two more top level clients to growing portfolio

Gordon McArthur
Beeks Financial Cloud Group, a cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets, has signed two additional clients: a global investment management organisation and a global bank. Renfrewshire-based Beeks will provideRead More

Concern as investors waver

Slowdown in venture capital funding as uncertainty spreads

James McIlroy EnteroBiotix
James McIlroy of Enterobiotix, one of the big recipients Deal volume involving venture capital in Scotland rose in the last quarter while the value fell as investors show signs ofRead More

Programme funds deal

Hey Girls gains Co-op listing with £50k from Big Issue Invest

Celia Hodson
It’s all at the Co-op: Celia Hodson with range of products Sanitaryware company Hey Girls has secured £50,000 through a social enterprise fund to enable its products to be stockedRead More