Coutts, the UK private bank, has won a top award for magazine design for its publication, The Coutts Journal of Interest. The award was recently made at the Communications in Business Awards ceremony

The magazine, which was launched in 2006, is the joint creation of Coutts and Seven Square, the publishing firm. The magazine also picked up an award of excellence in the external magazine class of the competition.

The magazine runs interviews, client case studies, articles on social and economic trends, art, architecture, food and travel. Coutts, which is owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, said the publication was launched to build and deepen relationships with its clients.