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Glasgow could be in for a major economic boost after it was revealed today that Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg has been granted permission to film his latest movie in Glasgow. Scenes for his World War One drama 1917 will be shot at the city's A-listed Govan Graving Docks.

A tribunal has ruled that Lloyds Banking Group did not have the right to cancel a £109bn investment management deal with Standard Life Aberdeen last year. The dispute dates back to last February when Lloyds declared that a major account managed for subsidiary Scottish Widows by Aberdeen Asset

Scotland must address eight core issues in order to seize export opportunities and build an economy fit for the future, according to a study by the Fraser of Allander Institute. The Scotland in 2050: Realising Our Global Potential report canvassed the views of more than 100 business leaders, industr

Standard Life has today announced its entry into the equity release market with a partnership announced between it and retirement finance specialists, Age Partnership.

New figures from the British Business Bank show its Start Up Loans programme making a significant contribution to small business founders across Scotland. The programme recently passed the significant milestone of having lent over £25 million to aspiring Scottish business owners since it launc

Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary NatWest has announced the launch of a brand new initiative supporting female entrepreneurs throughout the UK in a national first. The crowdfunding programme, entitled ‘Back Her Business’ has been developed in partnership with established provider, C

The unemployment rate north of the border fell to a new record low over the winter months, according to official figures released today.

A Scottish independent pub group has launched a bid to raise £20m to fund its expansion through acquisitions. The Edinburgh-based Bruce Group Scotland Ltd, which owns 19 pubs in and around the capital, is issuing a £20m bond to fund growth over the next few years.

A new fundraising opportunity for community groups and businesses has been set up through the Scottish Borders’ European Union-funded LEADER programme. Working with eight other LEADER areas across Scotland, Scottish Borders LEADER is offering support for community groups and businesses who wan

The most recent quarterly house price statistics published by the Registers of Scotland (ROS), covering the period from October to December 2018, revealed that the average price of a residential property in Scotland was £181,820, which was a 3.2 per cent increase compared with the same period

Seven Hills Business Park in Sighthill, to the west of Edinburgh, has been sold to UBS Asset Management's (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM)’s Triton Property Fund LP (Triton) for £15 million. Previously owned by Peveril Securities in a joint venture with Citivale, Seven H

The Lionel Messi of the pigeon world has been sold for a record fee of more than £1 million.

More than 50 jobs have been saved after Aberdeen-headquartered supplier of offshore accommodation modules Aiken Group was bought out of administration in a pre-pack deal achieved by administrators KPMG. KPMG was called in after Aiken’s directors had failed to secure fresh funding to help the c

The Scottish-European Growth Co-Investment Programme (SEGCP) has delivered £6.12m of equity investment to the first cohort of companies to come through the process, facilitating investment rounds totalling £16.26m. The Programme is delivered by the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) –

Interserve, the a multinational group of support services and construction companies, has been bought out of administration by a consortium of its lenders. The contractor filed for administration on Friday after shareholders voted down a deleveraging plan put forward by