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Independent Wealth Planners UK (IWP UK) has announced the acquisition of Scottish firm AGL Wealth Management as the company’s first office in the region. IWP, an investor in local IFA firms across the UK, has been working with the AGL management team for the past few months to complete the dea

Premier Inn owner Whitbread has announced a £70 million investment in Scotland with plans to open five new hotels in 2020. The hotel operator said that the move will create an estimated 200 new jobs.

Scottish bank customers are now playing almost £10 million per year to withdraw their own money from cash machines, according to new figures from Which?.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, Aberdeen accountancy firm Hall Morrice is urging couples to ensure that they don’t miss out on tax breaks by saying I do…to the Marriage Allowance. Married couples are legally entitled to claim back up to £250 a year from HMRC – yet it&rs

Business activity across Scotland's private sector increased during January following no growth in December, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI.  Key to the renewed expansion was a rise in new business, following a contraction in the previous survey period, alongside a mild rise

Department store company Beales is to close its Perth branch as administrators at KPMG begin the process to close 12 branches across the UK. The move has meant more than half of the company's stores are to close

SIS Ventures is launching a second round of fundraising with the aim of attracting up to £3.7 million to scale up its support for Scotland’s high impact enterprises. The Impact First Fund successfully raised c.£1.3m from 25 UK-based private investors. More than 100 high-growth earl

Global accountancy body ICAS has urged the UK Government to “learn from Canada” as it embarks on trade negotiations with the EU.

Dundee-based textile company Halley Stevensons Ltd has secured a £300k grant from Scottish Enterprise helping towards its £1 million capital investment. Jamie Hepburn, minister for business, fair work and skills, visited Halley Stevensons Ltd in Dundee to learn of the textile firm&r

Scottish salmon farmers have warned that they face " huge unnecessary burdens" and a loss of market share under the UK government's plans for Brexit.

The Treasury has confirmed the appointment of Jeannette Lichner and Bernadette Conroy as non-executive directors to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) board. Ms Lichner and Ms Conrol will each serve three-year terms beginning on 1 April 2020 and 1 August 2020 respectively.

Over half of FTSE 250 companies (52%) fail to mention ethnicity in their board diversity policy, and most of the FTSE 350 do not set measurable ethnicity targets, according to new research from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). Just 14% of FTSE 100 companies set measurable objectives for board

A man has sold a bottle of MacAllan whisky for £2,700 after buying it for just £11.

Scottish EIS fund manager Par Equity has announced the appointment of Tom Croy as an investment manager and Alastair Orr Ewing as a portfolio and investor relations manager.

Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) is to refinance its existing bank debt after securing a £114 million financing deal with M&G Investments. DGHP, which became part of Wheatley Group in December 2019, has ambitions to develop up to 1,000 homes over the next five years.