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New figures on retail sales "offer a glimmer of hope" but it is still unclear if consumer confidence is recovering, Barclays has said.

Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael is backing a major new UK accelerator programme for brewery start-ups. The event is part of BrewLDN, a new beer festival taking place at The Old Truman Brewery in London next week.

Leeds-based private equity firm Endless has acquired Scottish timber company BSW Timber for an undisclosed sum after more than 170 years of family ownership.

A new polymer £20 note featuring artist JMW Turner has entered circulation for the first time, the Bank of England has announced.

A major review of how companies and auditors assess and report on the impact of climate change has been announced by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The watchdog will review the extent to which UK companies and auditors are responding to the impact of climate change on their business to ensur

Cumbernauld’s local economy is enjoying a significant economic boost from the completion of a £20 million retail development by Glasgow-based property development company London & Scottish Investments.

A collection of ancient marble statues controversially held by the British Museum may have to be given back to Greece as part of a Brexit trade deal.

Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden of KPMG have been appointed as joint administrators of Scottish mobile crane hire company Whyte Crane Hire. All 11 jobs have been lost at the company, which operated from two leased premises in Aberdeen and Grangemouth. 

Plan to build and operate a satellite launch site in Shetland has been given a £2 million boost from private equity firm Leonne International.

Scottish-based cashless online group collections company GiftRound has launched a £75,000 crowdfunding round to scale up and help disrupt the way people ‘group collect’ for gifts.

Scotland’s prime cities have been named among the most active areas for UK hotel investment last year thanks in part to the growing prominence of ground leases, new analysis has revealed. Areas beyond the main tourist hubs were buoyed by the sale of the Fairmont St Andrews

Womble Bond Dickinson's partner Jeremy Smith, managing associate Michelle Essen and practice development lawyer Karen Plumbley-Jones highlight further changes to the off-payroll working rules (IR35). Changes to the off-payroll working rules - which will impact on the construction industry by placing

It is "too early" to say if there has been a so-called Boris bounce or Brexit bounce in house prices, Scottish Building Society (SBS) has said. The average price of a house in Scotland increased 2.2 per cent to £151,603, according to the government’s UK House Price Index.

Recycled paper producer Saica Group has announced its intention to establish a new, purpose-built production facility located in Livingston.

The largest-ever study of the global Scottish business diaspora has found that while Scotland’s brand is seen as friendly and trustworthy, the nation also needs to become less inward-looking, strengthen its global mindset and export more. The research report, Perceptions of the Scottish busine