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Scotland’s private sector ended 2024 on a sour note after a sharp contraction in output.

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Don’t get caught out by scams in 2024.

The 10 fastest growing scams targeting Brits in 2024

NatWest, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland Group, joined Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds and Barclays in unveiling better-than-expected profits this week.

Royal Bank of Scotland owner results raise windfall tax fears in Reeves’ Budget

Scotland’s private sector enjoyed its ninth consecutive month of growth during September with the fastest rate of job creation since May 2023, a key survey today suggests

Why private sector growth means jobs, jobs, jobs for Scots

Kingdom Group will use the funding deal to support its ongoing commitment to building properties across Fife, Perth & Kinross, Clackmannanshire and Falkirk.

Hundreds of new 'affordable' Scottish homes to be built with £50m funding

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Consumers and businesses rely on online and mobile banking apps to check in with their finances

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Royal Bank of Scotland's Glasgow accelerator is home to many early-stage ventures. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Number of 'lifeblood' job-creating 'start-ups' in Scotland jumps by 21,700

Service firms have been noting improving underlying demand trends (file image). Picture: Scott Louden.

How Scots appetite for coffee and cocktails has boosted Scottish private sector

Masterpiece 300-year-old sundial acquired for Scotland

Hotels, restaurants, and catering, was found to be one of the sectors with a greater economic footprint in Scotland than in the UK as a whole. Picture: Scott Louden.

Which sectors have been driving growth according to new snapshot of economy

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Royal Bank of Scotland supports grassroots of business at Royal Highland Show

Sainsbury’s Bank began more than two decades ago as a joint venture between the retailer and Bank of Scotland before Sainsbury’s took full ownership in 2014.

Why NatWest is buying Sainsbury’s Bank and what customers should do next

Preparations for the Royal Highland Show opening to visitors. Picture: John Devlin.

'Signs of economic clouds parting as Royal Highland Show 2024 gets ready'

The business says it operates 41 multi-purpose ships in the North Sea. Picture: contributed.

Vessel firm with key role in offshore wind lands multi-million-pound boost

Rachel Reeves and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar hold a Q&A with staff at RBS in Edinburgh. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Labour 'won't pick fights with the SNP' in government

Councillor Neill Watts outside the Bank of Scotland branch that will close in four weeks, and take the ATM with it

Are pop-up 'bank hubs' the answer to branch closures?

NatWest received several multi-billion-pound bailouts during the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, leaving the UK government with a majority stake in what was then known as Royal Bank of Scotland.

Why NatWest has spent £1.2bn buying back Treasury shares and what happens next

From left: top team members Matt Bonar, John Pattison, Murray Graham, Donna McPhee, George Knowles, Kenny Barclay, and Euan Graham at Sterling Home in Dunfermline. Picture: Mike Wilkinson.

Landmark Scots furniture firm eyes 'exciting times ahead' after profit wipeout

Services firms reported a further rise in inflows of new work, the report has found (file image). Picture: Scott Louden.

'Solid' start to Q2 for Scottish private sector companies, but confidence muted

NatWest is the parent group of Royal Bank of Scotland.

RBS owner NatWest suffers Q1 profit slide but market reaction positive

Michael Duncan and Rebecca Kennelly at the Royal Bank Gogarburn Tree Nursery

Royal Bank of Scotland colleagues launch tree nursery with The Conservation Volu...

There was a 'sustained' deterioration in permanent staff placements across Scotland during March (file image). Picture: contributed.

Scots jobs market remains fragile amid increased market uncertainty

The traditional headquarters of the Bank of Scotland on The Mound, Edinburgh, and now home to the Scottish HQ for Lloyds Banking Group.

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds books 'eye-watering' profits but sets aside £450m

There were some 900,000 new companies incorporated across the UK in 2023, making it a record year.

Scotland enjoys 'start-up boom' as company incorporations jump

RBS said the headline reading increasing to 51.7, from 49.4 in December, was 'solely reliant on the gains made in the service sector' (file image). Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Scots firms enjoy positive outlook for 2024 after further rise in activity

Former finance secretary Kate Forbes. Image: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Budget: Kate Forbes says Scotland cannot rely ‘purely on increasing tax rates’

Finance Secretary Shona Robison's 'tax and cut' Scottish Budget left universal benefits like free tuition and prescriptions untouched (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scottish Government should consider means-testing of universal benefits

Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Workers ‘choosing to live in England rather than pay more tax in Scotland’

NatWest Group has published the key findings and recommendations from the latest phase of the Travers Smith independent review.

Debanking row: RBS owner NatWest says no evidence of political discrimination

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Alistair Darling: Tributes pour in for a ‘statesman of unimpeachable integrity’

Edinburgh's Dunard Centre concert hall is proposed to be built behind a Royal Bank of Scotland building on St Andrew Square.

Soaring costs and new delay revealed for new Edinburgh concert hall

Alex Lusty stresses that she and Equity Gap are keen to foster female entrepreneurs. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Interview: Alex Lusty on Equity Gap's work turbocharging ambitious firms

Mairi MacDonald, local enterprise manager at Royal Bank of Scotland. Picture - supplied.

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NatWest Group is the new name for RBS owner Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

RBS owner NatWest hit by profit margin warning amid changing customer habits

The Consenna chairman says seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey at the cinema as a child was a key moment, sparking his love of IT. Picture: contributed.

Interview: Douglas Jeffrey, founder and chairman of Renfrewshire's Consenna

Listen to our latest Sustainable Scotland podcast: Judith Cruickshank, managing director of the commercial bank at Royal Bank of Scotland, discusses ways in which businesses can be more sustainable

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The headline Scotland business activity index slipped to 50 last month, from 51.1 in July, marking the end of a six-month growth period. Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images.

Scotland's private sector shows signs of decay in August, says RBS report

i-Protech plans to use the funding to develop new energy efficient products and services. (Pic: Ross Johnston)

The green energy business charging the way to a brighter future

Dame Alison Rose stepped down as chief executive of RBS parent NatWest Group in July.

Alison Rose: Former NatWest boss likely to pocket £2.4 million pay package

From left: Dave Chapman and Nick Elder, and in front Deborah Louden and Sue Chapman of Maf Finance Group. Picture: contributed.

Brokerage firm Maf puts down Scottish roots with new Edinburgh office and hires
Financial intermediary Maf Finance Group – now part of London-listed restructuring specialist Begbies Traynor – has established a base in Edinburgh and made loc...

The bank faced a backlash from some quarters in 2020 when it changed its parent company name from Royal Bank of Scotland to NatWest Group. It stressed at the time that there would be no change to its customer-facing brands, with branches in Scotland continuing to operate under the Royal Bank of Scotland/RBS banner.

NatWest profits jump to £3.6 billion in torrid week but margins fail to impress

Alison Rose: NatWest resignation to cause 'ripples for months' as shares slide

Barclays’ state-of-the art campus on the banks of the Clyde will house 4,000 employees by the end of the year

Data and plumbing are key to Scotland's financial future - Jeremy Grant

Confidence levels remained unchanged from the previous survey period across Scotland during May, says RBS (file image). Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images.

May weakest month in 2023 yet for private sector growth, according to RBS

NatWest CEO Dame Alison Rose and the University of Edinburgh's principal Sir Peter Mathieson. Picture: Adam Hollingworth Photography.

In depth: NatWest and Edin Uni unite to accelerate innovation in banking

Royal Highland Show Pic: Ian Georgeson

Royal Highland Show 2023: 6 unmissable events

The research looked at some of the stock market quoted businesses that Scots investors were putting their cash into.

AG Barr and SSE in demand as Scots investors 'stay local' with stock selection

The growing is good at the Royal Highland Show

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Short-term candidate availability across Scotland contracted in April, with the latest reduction linked to general labour shortages, Brexit and an increased reluctance among workers to seek new roles due to worries over job security.

Scottish jobs market takes a dive amid 'lingering economic uncertainty'

NatWest Group has become the latest major UK bank to beat profit projections.

RBS owner NatWest beats profit hopes with 'reassuringly dull' results: reaction

The Treasury still owns around 41.5 per cent of Royal Bank of Scotland/RBS parent NatWest Group.

Treasury extends NatWest disposal plan amid global banking turmoil

The Scotsman Editor Neil McIntosh with former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. Image: Scott Louden

Investment Conference: Scotland's attitude must change

The past couple of weeks have seen results from Britain's big banks, including RBS owner NatWest.

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds wraps up reporting season 'in some style'

NatWest Group has said its profits surged by more than a third to reach £5.1 billion last year, as it revealed its chief executive received a pay packet totalling £5.25 million.

NatWest increases bankers’ bonuses after £5.1bn profit

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