Scottish private sector companies registered a further sharp uplift in business activity during September, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI report from…

easyJet plc said it has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Stephen Hester as a director and chair designate. Hester, 60, will join the…

NatWest Group plc, formerly known as RBS, said on Friday it will aim to distribute a minimum of £1 billion a year to shareholders via a…

NatWest Group, formerly known as Royal Bank of Scotland, said in a trading update on Thursday its customer deposits increased to £453.3 billon in the first…

Investment platform AJ Bell has welcomed the return of dividends from UK companies with the news that the number of London-listed firms that made or…

NatWest Group, formerly known as Royal Bank of Scotland, said on Friday it will buy back 590.7 million of its shares for £1.1 billion from the…

Edinburgh-based international oil and gas company Cairn Energy said on Tuesday it plans to sell its stakes in UK North Sea fields Catcher and Kraken…

The Glasgow-based Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) has been named in prestigious global rankings released this week as one of the world’s top three destinations…

Glasgow-based cloud data centre operator Iomart Group plc announced the appointment of Sharon Mars Leach as its group marketing director “to lead the group’s brand…

Chrysaor has agreed a reverse takeover of Premier Oil to create the UK North Sea’s largest oil and gas producer as the sector faces up…

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc today changed its name to NatWest Group plc. The change of name has been registered at Companies House…

The £800 million Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc said on Monday its net asset value per share increased 16.4% and its share price rose 21.7%…

Royal Bank of Scotland “will not be moving people out of Scotland” as a result of the recent decision to change its name to NatWest,…

Aberdeen Standard Capital (ASC) said on Monday it appointed Barry Hardisty as Head of International based in Jersey. Aberdeen Standard Capital is the discretionary investment…

Edinburgh-based aviation logistics company John Menzies said on Tuesday its Menzies Aviation unit secured a number of contract wins and renewals across its UK operations….

Outgoing Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan has said RBS would move its headquarters to London if Scotland becomes independent because the bank…

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Barclays, JP Morgan, UBS and Citigroup are being sued by investors over allegations they rigged the global foreign exchange market,…

Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh, announced on Wednesday that Paul Grice, chief executive of the Scottish Parliament, will be appointed as the University’s new principal…

Royal Bank of Scotland has released for sale its former office and data centre site at Dundas Street in the heart of Edinburgh. Branded “New…

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan has warned in a BBC interview that a no-deal Brexit could tip the UK economy into recession….

Forth Ports Limited said on Wednesday that Arcus European Infrastructure Fund 1 LP agreed to sell its shares in the company to the Public Sector…

The UK government is poised to resume selling down its remaining 70.5% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) — perhaps as soon as this week…

Standard Life Aberdeen, the largest active fund manager in the UK and one of Scotland’s largest employers, has officially opened its new headquarters at 6 St…

Royal Bank of Scotland is still hoping to reach a multi-billion-dollar settlement this year with the US Justice Department over alleged mis-selling of toxic mortgage-backed securities….

The CEO of Edinburgh and Newcastle-based Virgin Money, Jayne-Anne Gadhia, has supported calls for a “ministerial board” that champions the economic benefits of gender diversity….

Britain’s largest payment processor and ex-Royal Bank of Scotland firm Worldpay said it agreed to “key terms” of a “possible offer” from US credit card…

A High Court judge in London on Wednesday called off the trial due to begin in the long-running investor lawsuit against Royal Bank of Scotland over its 2008…

The civil trial involving Royal Bank of Scotland and a group of investors over a £12 billion rights issue by RBS in 2008 has been adjourned by a…

The High Court in London was told on Tuesday morning that a majority of claimants suing Royal Bank of Scotland over its £12 billion rights issue in 2008…

UPDATE 2 — Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is attempting to reach a last-minute settlement with a group of investors who allege that the bank misled them…

A group of senior businessmen — including Angus Grossart and Brian Souter — are among investors seeking to join a lawsuit against Royal Bank of Scotland alleging they…

Shares of Edinburgh-based FreeAgent Holdings, which provides accounting software for small businesses, rose for a second successive day following the announcement that it won a major contract with…

Jim Duffy, co-founder of Scottish-based business incubator network Entrepreneurial Spark, announced he will leave the company in the summer of 2017. Duffy said Entrepreneurial Spark…

UK airline Flybe announced that its franchise agreement with Glasgow-based Loganair to fly under the Flybe brand has been terminated with effect from August 2017 “following…

Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Howard Davies has warned that big banks are planning to shift “the balance” of their activity away from London’s financial…

The flagship Scottish Design Galleries in the new V&A Dundee will be designed by the internationally acclaimed London-based practice ZMMA. ZMMA’s ongoing projects include the National Museum…

The Scottish Cities Alliance (SCA) will attend the UK’s leading real estate event MIPIM UK next week to tell UK and foreign investors that it has a £7.5 billion…

Standard Life, Royal Bank of Scotland, Aberdeen Asset Management, Lloyds Banking Group and Virgin Money are among the 72 firms who have signed the UK…

Oil and gas services company Petrofac said it secured $500 million of new contracts and extensions in the UK North Sea in the six months to June 30…

MasterCard said it agreed to acquire 92.4 percent of payment processing giant VocaLink for about £700 million ($920 million). In the UK, VocaLink operates the Link ATM network and processes…

Thousands of Scottish financial sector jobs could be put at risk if the UK left the EU, the UK Treasury indicated on Friday. The Treasury…

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has censured former Royal Bank of Scotland Libor submitter Paul White and banned him from performing any function in relation to…

Scotland’s leading visitor attractions saw an increase in visitor numbers of 5.48% in 2015, above the UK average of 3.2% and London’s increase of 1.6%,…

Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Peter Flavel as chief executive of private banking, responsible for Coutts & Co and Adam & Company. Flavel (pictured) joins…

Scottish rural land prices fell in the second half of 2015 as low prices for crops and commodities took their toll, according a survey by the Royal Institution…

Royal Bank of Scotland said it will make a £3.6 billion provision to cover pension payments, litigation over mortgage-backed securities and issues connected to payment protection insurance (PPI). RBS also unveiled…

Three of the top jobs in Edinburgh transport have been filled — two of them by former military men — as the capital city’s integrated bus-and-tram transport leaders seek…