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Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI director-general and Tracy Black, the CBI’s Scotland director, have written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urging her to put jobs and training, especially for young people, at the heart of economic recovery plans.

The billionaire president of the United Arab Emirates filled the water tanks of his 18th-century mansion with Evian mineral water, court documents have claimed.

Scottish Sea Farms has announced that it will repay all money received from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as markets re-open and business performance begins to show signs of bouncing back.

Yesterday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced further changes to lockdown restrictions with all retail premises with outdoor entrances and exits allowed to re-open from Monday 29.

Industry leadership group Scotland for Employee Ownership (SfEO) has announced the appointment of Isabella Miller as the new co-chair of its board. Ms Miller, who is the head of branch for John Lewis in Glasgow, will work working alongside existing joint chair Jamie Hepburn MSP, minister for busines

Robin Beer, the new CEO of Brewin Dolphin, has assumed his new role. Mr Beer succeeded David Nicol after he announced plans to retire in January this year.

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a webinar on family investment companies and their use in estate, succession and tax planning on 24th June 2020 at 1pm. The speakers will be Ronnie Brown and Claire Macpherson of Burness Paull LLP.

BDO is now the second-largest auditor of listed companies in the UK, according to new data from Adviser Rankings.  The firm is the UK’s fifth-largest accounting firm by revenue as it has gained 35 listed clients in the 12 months to May. As a result, BDO now audits 297 listed companie

Scottish builders’ merchant St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies Group, has received a substantial CBILS funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to help support the business during the coronavirus pandemic. With five sites based in Edinburgh and one in Paisley, the company is one

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced that Simon Fraser has been appointed as the chair of the Pre-Emption Group (PEG). Mr Fraser has been a longstanding member of the PEG and has a long and distinguished career in investment management and corporate roles, including his current role a

The UK Government borrowed £55.2 billion last month, hitting a new record high as the coronavirus lockdown weighed heavily on its finances.

UK retail sales rebounded by 12% in May signalling a slight recovery from their record falls due to the coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that credit card, store card, catalogue credit and personal loan customers will be allowed to defer repayments for a further three months. 

1.9 million mortgage payment deferrals have been offered to customers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in the three months since the support scheme was launched, according to the latest figures released by UK Finance.

A watch which belonged to King George III is set to sell at auction for £1 million.