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FutureX has today named the semi-finalists for the annual Startup Summit Competition. The group of eight tech startups includes winners of Scottish EDGE and Investing Women AccelerateHER, with a combined investment of over £2 million to date. This year's competition is hotly contested, with th

Challenger bank Monzo now has three million customers, with sign-ups continuing to rise for the app-only bank. Monzo reached the milestone only four months after acquiring two million users and the company said it is currently taking on 55,000 new customers every week.

An accounting student has won an award from Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP. Laura Kaczmarek, a student at Robert Gordon University, has been named Best Final Year Student in Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) 2019.

A man who found a wallet containing €2,000 (£1,770) in cash has refused a reward after returning it. Mossan Rasal, 23, found the wallet lying in the street in Rome and took it directly to the police station.

A Norwegian fintech company is to set up a base in Edinburgh after securing a six-figure grant. Eedenbull is to become the latest firm to join Scotland's growing fintech sector and create 20 new roles in the process.

PwC now employs more than 1,000 people in Scotland, helped by a 13.4 per cent increase in graduate recruitment numbers this summer. The jobs boost comes as PwC UK experienced higher than expected growth over its financial year as clients seek help tackling uncertainty, risk and the need to transform

Chiene + Tait (C+T) has announced the promotion of personal and business tax specialist Michelle Fallon to the role of partner. She was initially recruited to the firm as personal tax manager and promoted to director level in 2017. Ms Fallon has been with the firm for six years, during which C+T has

A rare first edition of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations could sell for as much as £75,000 at auction in the US. Smith, a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, wrote much of the book at his mother's home in Kirkcaldy and published it in London in 1776.

Chat show host Lorraine Kelly has seen the value of her business empire rise to more than £3.5 million after she won a legal fight with tax authorities. The presenter's company accounts show that last year the Albatel firm made a profit of almost £500,000 with assets of £3,680,403,

Calderwood Dental Practice in East Kilbride is set to increase the size of its team and treatment offering after receiving significant funding support from Barclays. Barclays is funding the acquisition of the practice by one of its existing dentists, Alexandra Young, allowing the business to capital

A team of advisers from Johnston Carmichael has raised over £5,500 for charities across the country after taking part in the final Kiltwalk of the year.

A solid gold toilet worth £4.8 million has been stolen from Blenheim Palace. Two days after the artwork went on display at the Duke of Marlborough's country home, burglars broke into the palace and ripped it from the wall, leaving in their wake “significant damage and flooding”.

Big Four firm KPMG has warned Scottish businesses to prepare for a recession in the event of a no-deal Brexit. According to KPMG's latest quarterly Economic Outlook, a disorderly exit from the European Union on 31 October could prompt a four-quarter recession with GDP contracting by 1.5% next year.

Business confidence in Scotland has moved into marginally positive territory for the first time in a year, according to new analysis from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). The latest ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor includes a Scottish score of +2.8 for Q3 2019, a

A new strategic partnership agreement has cemented the growing relationship between FinTech Scotland and Strathclyde Business School. The two organisation said the deal, signed during the course of the "Future of Fintech" event yesterday, would provide a platform for further collaboration with Scotl