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A new scheme designed to help house buyers overcome affordability barriers has been launched by the Scottish Government. The First Homes Fund will provide a £10,000 shared equity contribution from Holyrood towards the purchase of homes valued up to £300,000, helping eligible buyers enter

Deloitte in Scotland has announced a series of internal promotions with partners appointed in its Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen offices. Hayley Strachan has stepped up into the role in Aberdeen, alongside Ben Hacking in Glasgow and Joe Scott in the capital – all three having joined the firm

A businessman whose failed attempt to launch a Scottish Stock Exchange ended in a mountain of debt has left another trail of unpaid bills over his latest bid to revive the idea. Tomas Carruthers was behind Project Heather which burned through millions of pounds after he began courting investors and

The UK government hopes to encourage more people on to the property ladder with the launch of its First Time Buyer (FTB) ISA. Available to those aged 18 or over, there will be no upper age limit, recognising that the age at which a first home is bought is rising.

A beach hut in the Welsh holiday hotspot of Abersoch has gone on the market for more than £200,000 — roughly the same as the average house price across Gwynedd.

Angela McCann, managing director of Morgan Stanley has joined the board of directors at Scottish Financial Enterprise.  Ms Mccann was also head of Morgan Stanley's Glasgow office and its Glasgow finance division.  She brings more than 20 years' experience at Morgan Stanley. 

BDO will offer 50 places to young people based in Scotland this summer as part of an expanded UK-wide Insight Days programme designed to improve access to careers in accountancy. The firm will host two in-person Insight Days in July across BDO’s Glasgow and Edinburgh offices, giving 50 school,

Global investment manager Baillie Gifford has launched the first public fully native UK tokenised fund.  The manager has launched the Baillie Gifford Enhanced Yield Fund (BAGEY) with BNY (NYSE: BNY), a global financial services company, delivering the first publicly available fully native UK-re

Scotland must capitalise on strong international investor sentiment and work to convert interest into new projects, according to industry leaders, after a new survey confirmed the country remains the UK's leading destination for foreign direct investment outside London. Sandy Begbie, chief executive

Scottish businesses are showing resilience in response to global uncertainty, with 84% saying they are confident in their ability to withstand economic shocks, according to new findings from the Bank of Scotland Business Barometer.  Three fifths (60%) of Scottish businesses say they have been i

Derek Jackson of Grainger Corporate Rescue and Recovery has been appointed as liquidator of Ayrshire-based engineering company Whiteford Contracting Limited. The firm, which traded from traded from Kirkmichael Road in Crosshill, has had its address updated to the liquidator's location in a public do

A piece of 1990s television history is heading to auction later this month, as one of the original Mr Blobby costumes is set to go under the hammer in Bristol.

Grant Thornton UK and PwC UK have both been named in the 2026 Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality, with the firms highlighting progress on gender representation, pay gap reduction and family support policies.

For the first time, investors and market participants can access a single, real-time source of prices and trading activity across the UK bond market, following the launch of its bond consolidated tape, operated by ETS Connect UK. Until now, data on bond trades was scattered across multiple sources,

Scotland’s football fans have won their own legion of supporters, with their presence in the US prompting a ‘thank you’ message from one of America’s leading newspapers.