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A new advice service dedicated to working with companies to enhance their boardroom governance has been launched by Burness Paull LLP. A new advice service dedicated to working with companies to enhance their boardroom governance has been launched by Burness Paull LLP.

The winners of Scottish EDGE Round 14 have been announced with designer sustainable wooden bag manufacturer, Roccio, taking the inaugural Circular Economy EDGE Award.

A new social enterprise has won a prestigious national award to support charities while ploughing hundreds of thousands of pounds back into the third sector. Hailed Scotland’s top Social Enterprise business idea, the first dedicated mobile communication social enterprise in Scotland, Good

Global real estate agency CBRE has announced that it has acquired 120 West Regent Street, a multi-let prime office investment in the heart of Glasgow’s Central Business District, on behalf of West Ranga Property Group.

Death defying swimming pools are set to become the newest architectural trend in central London under newly unveiled concept designs.

Accountancy firm MHA Henderson Loggie has announced that directors at Tayside Plumbing & Building Supplies have announced their decision to close the 45 year old company and wind the business up while it remains solvent. MHA Henderson Loggie said the move comes after careful consi

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the final report on its investigation in to Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group (GRG). The now notorious GRG has already been the su

Glasgow-based architectural practice Anderson Bell +Christie has become the latest Scottish business to announce its transition to employee ownership – an increasingly popular business model.

Edinburgh-based cloud accounting provider FreeAgent has secured an industry first by successfully connecting its software to the UK’s biggest banks through the new Open Banking framework. The company, which makes award-winning software for small businesses and their accountants,

Clydedale Bank owner CYBG’s latest SME Health Check Index dropped by 6.6 points to 48.5 at a national level in the first quarter of 2019, its lowest rating for a year, driven by lower SME borrowing and an increase in businesses operating below capacity. Scotland experienced a 7.9 point decline

Prestwick Airport will be advertised for sale as the Scottish Government said it looks to return the facility to the private sector.

Chartered Accountants Wylie & Bisset has had its contract with Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) extended by a further two years. An Executive Agency of the Scottish Government responsible for administering the process of personal bankruptcy and recording corporate insolvencies in Scotland, AiB is

Edinburgh is the city with the best prospects for UK economic growth, with Cambridge and Manchester coming in second and third place, according to the 2019 Vitality Index by Lambert Smith Hampton.

In its 31st annual Financing Property presentation, hosted yesterday in Edinburgh, Savills says that social, demographic, political and technological disruption is causing fundamental shifts in UK property, posing challenges but also offering opportunities for the lending industry. Savills says

Demand for properties in Scotland dropped again in May, with the number of new buyer enquiries remaining negative for the fourth consecutive month according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey.