Tag: RBS

Royal Bank of Scotland is teaming up with homelessness charity Social Bite to lay on a Christmas dinner at the bank in St Andrew Square to welcome people who Social Bite and the bank...

Life after lockdown: Scottish Album of the Year winner releases new music with Royal Bank to encourage young adults to get their lives back on trackShaheeda Sinckler is commissioned to pen a new track...

Flora Stevenson, whose name was given to one of Edinburgh’s schools, will appear on the new polymer RBS banknote which goes into circulation next month. Ms Stevenson was a pioneer of education, born in Glasgow...

Community champion awarded British Empire Medal for charity work throughout COVID-19 pandemicSheena Hales has been awarded the prestigious accolade for her role in spearheading Royal Bank of Scotland’s temporary foodbankSheena is Programme Manager in...

Businessmen and women are invited to a virtual coffee and chat via Zoom on Thursday, October 8 at 10am by Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber of Commerce (MELCC).There you can tell attendees how your...

Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine MP has today said that rural customers deserve an explanation as the UK government's announced that it is set to sell a 7.7% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland,Speaking after...

Phew, the exam season is nearly over.  Scotland’s 137,000 pupils and their 23,000 teachers will be mightily relieved.  It all began with Urdu on 30th April and will end with Gaelic on Monday.  It’s...

For Norfolk man Phil Gormley, a policeman’s lot has not turned out to be a happy one.  His resignation this week as Scotland’s Chief Constable is a plot worthy of Gilbert and Sullivan.  He’s...

Winter is upon us. Storm Caroline has swept across the north of the Scotland with winds of over 90mph, followed by snow and blizzard conditions.  Schools have been closed in parts of the Highlands...

A lot has changed in the century since Dr Findlay and Dr Cameron and dear sensible Janet ran their GP practice in Tannochbrae.  Medical science has leapt forward, the NHS has been invented and...

Businesses and the public in the Pentland Hills area will this month be asked to back a bid to join a community bank.The move follows the decision of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)...

A PRESSURE group has stepped-up its bid to halt the closure of the Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Juniper Green.They believe the move is a major concern for local people, particularly as the...

When the Colinton branch of RBS was closed the bank gave assurances that they would continue to serve locals from the Juniper Green branch. Now RBS have decided to close that branch too. If you have any...

Later this year we will begin to see and use the newest designs on banknotes proposed by The Royal Bank of Scotland when they come into circulation. The bank unveiled the designs for its new...

A father-and-son team have bought their fourth optician practice thanks to funding from RBS, with a clear vision of expansion for the future. The pair, both named Christopher McGregor, have bought JP Optometrists in Great...

Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish fashion experts and Edinburgh businesses have rallied round to support the Greyfriars Tartan Fashion Show being held at Grassmarket Community Project next week.Cutting-edge tartan designs from around the world,...

Adventurous teams from Edinburgh-based companies Pagan Osborne, RBS and Simpson & Marwick are gearing up to tackle a 12 hour multi activity challenge in the Scottish Borders at the end of this month to...

Comments from both the MP and MSP for Edinburgh West today.Mark Lazarowicz MP reacted strongly to the news today that the largely Government-owned RBS is to cut 1,400 jobs from its retail arm with...

  A major portrait of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, the founder of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and one of the 31 Scottish Commissioners who negotiated the 1707 Act of Union with England,...

Following two defeats in their first two matches, it seems that the Scottish rugby team may still have a bit to learn. So we are intrigued to see the Masterclasses which Glasgow Warriors players...

In the first of several Edinburgh derby matches in the RBS Premier B  division, Watsonians hosted Heriots at Myreside in, what was to be, a fiercely contested match marred by a catalogue of errors....

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its Board’s Report into ‘The failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland’ (RBS).The Report concludes that RBS’s failure amid the systemic crisis ultimately resulted from poor decisions...