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Royal Bank of Scotland is encouraging fledgeling start-ups and businesses keen to scale-up to apply for space at the bank’s entrepreneurial hubs in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The call is being made following a visit by the bank’s chief financial officer Katie Murray and corporate and commerc

Business confidence in Scotland has bounced back this month, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Business Barometer.

Edinburgh Airport celebrated the inaugural flight of Transavia’s new service between Edinburgh and Rotterdam on Friday.

Carol Flockhart, managing partner at accountancy firm Chiene + Tait, highlights the benefits of apprentice programmes.  This is Scottish Apprenticeship Week, an annual event in which employers, learning providers and apprentices across the country promote the importance and benefits of work-bas

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has warned UK residents planning to sell a UK residential property that changes coming into effect from 6 April 2020 will see a seismic shift in the deadline for reporting taxable gains thereon and settling any tax (CGT) due. Many UK taxpayers will be aware t

Over 600,000 SMEs (0-249 employees) could be at risk of collapse in 2020, according to new research by small business insurance provider Simply Business.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its Suspicious Transaction and Order Reports (STORs) for the year ending December 2019 showing the first decrease in the total number of reports since 2016. The FCA said that there may be several reasons for the decrease, including the fact that th

Ice cream producer Mackie’s of Scotland has recorded a 20% increase in annual turnover to £16.7 million with a 60% spike in operating profits to £2.1m, for the financial year ending May 2019. Soaring chocolate sales and ice cream growth that bucked a wider market decline have combi

Criminals have been stopped from fraudulently withdrawing around £13 million from bank accounts, according to a new report into serious organised crime in Scotland.

Barclays has today announced that it has made a £50 million fund available to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and rural businesses impacted by the recent flooding.

Growth of manufacturing output accelerated to a ten-month high in February, according to the latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI.

Manchester-based Gamma Communications has purchased Dunfermline-based telecommunications firm Exactive Holdings for £4.5 million with a possible £3m add-on if profit targets are met in 2021. Exactive Holdings is a unified communications specialist and is one of a small number of Microsof

An ATM in Bo'ness has been distributing free £20 notes after a technical malfunction.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has announced two senior promotions at its Glasgow-based office with Alan Harvey and Elaine Smith being named as divisional directors. The two have both been promoted from assistant directors in a move which the company hopes will support the business's growth in Scotla

A group of 50 angel investors have provided £580,000 of funding to Edinburgh-based climate change tech start-up Pawprint. The investors include high profile entrepreneurs such as Dietchef's Kevin Dorren and itison's Oli Norman.