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By Tom Stocker, head of white collar crime & compliance at law firm Pinsent Masons  

Scotland’s oldest gay-inclusive rugby club has revealed a new sponsorship deal with Standard Life Aberdeen as it gets set to compete in Europe’s largest LGBT+ inclusive tournament.

Banking giant JP Morgan has settled a class action lawsuit over its parental leave policy by agreeing to pay affected employees $5m (£3.9m). Derek Rotondo said the bank refused him parental leave benefit normally available to all employees who are "primary caregivers".

Some of Scotland’s most talented and ambitious students are set to start a once in a lifetime placement through Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Scholar Internship Programme. L-R: Ryan Muir – University of Strathclyde; Sheryl How – Heriot Watt University; Fai Johnson &ndash

The financial challenges facing Scotland's college sector have increased, says the spending watchdog. An increase in Scottish Government funding to colleges will cover only the costs of making staff pay and conditions consistent across the sector. Meanwhile, money allocated for buildings and infrast

One tenth of Scots who are in work have had to miss paying gas or electricity bills at least once in the last year because they have run out of money, according to new statistics calculated and published by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). The figures, based on a survey conducted for CAS by YouGov, a

Accountants and business advisory firm, Johnston Carmichael, has raised over £3,000 for Scottish charities after taking part in the Aberdeen Kiltwalk.

HSBC UK is to slash 90 per cent of its 700 staff car parking spaces across two of its regional centres, installing bike racks and changing rooms instead.

The Scottish Building Society, Scotland’s only independent building society and world’s oldest, has appointed Paul Denton, formerly of the Co-operative Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland, as its new chief executive at its annual meeting this week. Mr Denton will succeed Mark Thoms

The Scottish Government will need to manage volatility in its budget as the devolution of tax and spending powers becomes fully operational, according to the independent Scottish Fiscal Commission. The Commission published its official five-year economic, tax and social security forecasts today

Clare Gilmartin, who runs rail ticket website Trainline, is set to become one of the UK’s wealthiest executives at a stroke when the firm floats on the stock exchange next month. The payout will also see her join a very select group of women running firms on the stock market.

Overall business confidence in May fell for the first time in three months, dipping four points to 10 per cent, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Business Barometer.

Scottish tech startup iOpt has received a £600,000 investment boost in a seed funding round, allowing the business to implement its ambitious scale up plans including the creation of six jobs over the next two years. The company's lead investor is Mactaggart & Mickel Investments, the inves

Andrew Foyle, Partner and Solicitor Advocate at Shoosmiths in Edinburgh, highlights why recent Sheriff Court judgments necessitate the need for asset finance lenders to carefully consider and even structure how they pursue debts through the courts.  

A three-year action plan to deliver Glasgow’s Social Enterprise Strategy has been approved by the local authority.