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Fair-trade accredited clothing business, Earth Squared has opened new premises, thanks to a six-figure funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland. Established in 2001 by husband-and-wife team, Alison and Simon Henderson, the business has grown over the years to employ seven members of staff.

Buccleuch Property has expanded its commercial property portfolio with the purchase of Lloyds Court & 52-60 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne for £12.45m, reflecting a net initial yield of circa 6.4 per cent. Lloyds Court & 52-60 Grey Street is situated in a prime location in the heart

Glasgow and Edinburgh, along with other regional office markets, have boasted on trend take-up over Q2, with activity skewed towards larger deals and city centre markets, according to the latest Big Nine update from Avison Young. The key office letting deal in Glasgow city centre during Q2 was to ho

Castlecary House Hotel, near Glasgow, has unveiled new facilities and increased its workforce after completing a renovation with the support of a significant six-figure funding package from Barclays.

An American dark web drug dealer has pled guilty to participating in a multi-million dollar Bitcoin-enabled drug dealing conspiracy that saw him launder his illicit fortune via vast sums of the now defunct Zimbabwean currency.

PwC has named Claire Reid as its first female regional leader in Scotland. She replaces Lindsay Gardiner, who is stepping down from the role after seven years.

KPMG has bolstered its private capital and M&A offering in Scotland with the relocation of a tax director. Rianne Lindsay will be based at the firm’s Edinburgh office and work across the Central Belt, providing a range of advice to owner managed and PE-backed clients, particularly supporti

A Scottish farming business is entitled to repayment of VAT paid in purchasing entitlements to an EU farm subsidy, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. The justices unanimously dismissed an appeal HMRC after ruling that when the respondent incurred the costs of the single farm pa

A  Glasgow office manager has been found guilty of embezzling almost £200,000 from her employer which she then spent on her wedding reception and holidays. Maria Weir, 62, admitted to Glasgow Sheriff Court to stealing the cash while in her role as as operations manager at Glasgow-based Sc

Santander looks set to beat Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group to scoop the £3.7bn bundle of mortgages that are to be sold off by Tesco Bank. Tesco Bank has about 23,000 customers in its mortgage book.

David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium issues appeal to new prime minister Boris Johnson  

A spotlight has been shone on banks and building societies that are offering rates in taxable accounts that pay about a fifth more interest than those on similar tax-free deals.

The average price paid for motor insurance in the second quarter of the year rose slightly on the previous quarter, albeit that the cost of cover fell by £10 on the same quarter last year, according to the Association of British Insurers’ latest Motor Insurance Premium Tracker out today.

The number of over 50s working for themselves made up 46 per cent of the UKs entire self-employed workforce in the first three months of 2019, according to new research.

The number of homes sold more than once within a 12-month period (i.e. flipped) has fallen dramatically since its peak in 2004. Last year 18,630 homes were flipped in England & Wales, 69 per cent less than the 60,340 homes flipped in 2004. However, between 2017 and 2018 the number of flipped hom