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Scotland’s finance secretary Derek Mackay has spent almost £1000 of taxpayer’s money on public speaking lessons, it has been reported. Mr Mackay employed the services of a firm which promises to turn “nervous wrecks into skilled presenters”, according to reports.

Coast and Glen Limited, a Highlands-based seafood and game business that had grown rapidly in recent years, has been placed in liquidation. Founded 2011, the company supplied fresh fish and game to hotels and restaurants across the UK and had also been expanding direct sales to consumers.

Oil services giant Petrofac is facing the prospect of a £400 million legal claim after the firm’s former sales executive David Lufkin pleaded guilty last week in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) case to handing out more than £39m in bribes to secure £3.4bn-worth of Mid

Edinburgh-based investment fund Baillie Gifford has increased its exposure to electric vehicle maker Tesla after acquiring more shares in the firm.

M&G Investments has agreed a £40 million funding deal with Queens Cross Housing Association for plans to transform the Hamiltonhill area of Glasgow into a new urban ‘suburb’. Queens Cross is to build 300 affordable homes for rent on the site just north of the city centre.

Consumer watchdog Which? has called on the UK Government to appoint a regulator to protect access to cash, as a combination of bank branch and cashpoint closures causes a crisis leaving people struggling to pay for essential goods and services. Despite the increased popularity of digital and ca

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has announced the signing of golfer Colin Montgomerie as its latest brand ambassador. The sponsorship deal is part of RSM's ambitious partnership strategy within golf, to continue to build brand awareness across RSM's international network spanning 116 countries

Official figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have revealed a strong year for Scotch Whisky exports in 2018, with global growth by both value and volume.

A Glasgow-based recruitment technology business has welcomed 10 new employees to its Oswald Street office and is preparing to open offices in New York and Singapore, thanks to increased customer demand and support from Royal Bank of Scotland. Candidate.ID, an award-winning cloud-based recruitment pr

A distillery on the UK’s most northerly inhabited island and a rapidly growing Edinburgh headquartered firm supplying archaeology services are amongst the shortlisted businesses for the Federation Small Business’s Celebrating Small Business Awards. Shetland Distillery Company have been n

Businesses in the Inverness area are being given the opportunity to learn how to create the most effective digital strategy from a leading expert in the field. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has launched a series of digital strategy workshops, as part of its Entrepreneurial Academy.

Women in Hungarian with four children or more are to be exempted for life from paying income tax, the country's prime minister has announced.

Progeny Group has announced the acquisition of Edinburgh’s Innovate Financial Services, marking the English wealth manager and financial planning firm’s first expansion into Scotland. Over the last decade Innovate has built its reputation as the financial planning and wealth management f

Royal Bank of Scotland is set to this week post its second consecutive annual profits notice and hand out a £335m bonus pot to staff, a decade since its £45 billion government bailout.

The Scottish Government has today published the analysis of responses to the public consultation on the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill which ran from September to October last year. Today's document is the first of many milestones for the nation's first investment bank in 2019 as