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Encyclopedia > Adam and Company
Adam and Company Limited
Type Ltd
Founded 1983
Headquarters Edinburgh, Scotland
Industry Finance and Insurance
Products Financial Services
Employees c 250
Parent Royal Bank of Scotland
Website [1]

Adam and Company is a private bank based in the United Kingdom, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. It offers a range of private banking services including investment management and advisory services to customers in the UK and overseas. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Limited liability company. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... Finance and Insurance is an industry group that mainly handles the transfer of paper and money, financial assets. These include: Accounting, Asset Management, Electronic Communications Networks, Financial Services Regulatory Agencies, Investment Banking Investment Firms, Investment Funds, Lending, Outsourced Financial Products & Services Marketing, Securities Brokers & Traders, Stock Exchanges, Trade Facilitation, and... Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LSE: RBS) is the successor to The Royal Bank of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: [1]), founded in 1727 by Royal Charter of King George I.[2] Based in Edinburgh, it is a banking and insurance holding company. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Private banks are banks which are not incorporated, and hence the entirety of their assets is available to meet the liabilities of the bank. ... The Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS) is one of Scotlands four national clearing banks and one of the oldest in the UK, founded in Edinburgh in 1727 by Royal Charter. ...


The Bank was founded in 1983, opening its first branch in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh on May 29, 1984. In 1986, Adam and Company acquired London based, Continental Trust (London) Limited; and later established an international arm in Guernsey. Branches in Glasgow, Manchester and Aberdeen were also opened between 1987 and 2005. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bute House in Charlotte Square, official residence of the First Minister of Scotland Charlotte Square is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, North West England. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ...


In 1993, Adam and Company was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland. After the Royal Bank of Scotland acquired the NatWest Bank in 2000, restructuring of the group saw Adam and Company placed in the Bank's Wealth Management Services Division, alongside rival Coutts and Company, the largest private bank in the UK. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Old NatWest logo NatWest (formerly the National Westminster Bank) is the United Kingdoms third biggest bank. ... Logo of the Coutts and Co Bank Ltd Coutts & Co is a bank in the United Kingdom owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. ...


In 2002, Adam and Company acquired Stewart Ivory Wealth Management.


History

Adam and Company was founded in Edinburgh , the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment. It is named after one of the leading lights of that era, Adam Smith, whose 1776 publication 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' revolutionised economic theory. The Scottish Enlightenment was a period of intellectual ferment in Scotland, running from approximately 1740 to 1800. ...


Although the Bank's headquarters are based in Edinburgh - one of Europe 's top financial centres and one that epitomises the fine Scottish qualities of shrewdness and probity - we have offices based strategically across mainland UK and the Channel Islands that serve a widespread UK and international clientele.taken from company website


Office Locations

Adam and Company is located in several places link to adam and company webpage


Edinburgh (HO), London, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Manchester, Guernsey


External link

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Annual Group Revenue: £20.9 billion GBP ( 11.8% FY 2004) | Employees: 140,400 | Stock Symbol: LSE: RBS | Website: www.rbs.com For details of notes and coins, see British coinage and British banknotes. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up_(Darker). ... A fiscal year (or financial year or accounting reference date) is a 12-month period used for calculating annual (yearly) financial reports in businesses and other organizations. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ...

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