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More funding should be provided to help Scottish firms take on apprentices older than 25 - like parents returning to work or people looking to switch career - according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

David Flint David Flint, partner at MacRoberts, and Rebecca Henderson a trainee at the Scottish law firm, look at the recent case of trademarking colours

Richard Hepburn Millar & Bryce has opened a new office in central Glasgow to support its expansion plans and continued development in the West of Scotland.

Simon Capaldi New figures from independent property consultancy, Knight Frank, reveal Scotland’s industrial property market saw total investment increase from £128 million in 2016 to £346 million in 2017, representing an increase of 170 per cent.

Consumer spending growth more than halved to 1.4 per cent in 2017 from 2.9 per cent in 2016 - the smallest increase since 2011, according to the EY ITEM Club’s special report published today.

Edinburgh has topped Colliers International’s latest UK Hotels Market Index, moving up four places in 2017 from the previous year, with its high position mainly attributed to strong occupancy levels and average daily rate (ADR) growth in 2017, resulting in a four-year upward RevPAR trend, combine

Andrew Howie With a record number of young people taking up Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland, new research released from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP, ahead of Scottish Apprenticeship Week (5-9 March), finds that attitudes towards apprenticeship programmes are becom

Scotland is a nation of mobile app-y oversharers with little regard for personal security and the consequences of sharing passwords and login details, according to a "startling" new landmark survey carried out by Royal Bank of Scotland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht9UKabGKL4&t=12s A cryptocurrency project launched by businesswoman Baroness Mone has been criticised by a Treasury Select Committee MP who has claimed that betting on horses would be more profitable.

Brits used their NFC-enabled mobile phones to spend nearly a billion pounds at the checkout last year, a 328 per cent year-on-year rise, according to latest industry figures from Worldpay.

Damage to vehicles across the UK as a result of the conditions created by the ‘Beast from the East’ has already cost insurers more than £10 million and is expected to rise considerably higher with farmers also expected to seek significant compensation.

Anderson Anderson & Brown charitable initiative (AABi) trustee Graeme Allan, with Aabi the mascot, celebrating having raised £70,000 for local causes The Anderson Anderson & Brown Charitable Initiative (AABi), the charity run by Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown,

Six up and coming businesses led by Scottish-based female entrepreneurs have been honoured in the Ambition category of this year’s AccelerateHER awards.

Jackie Macgregor Scottish firms are being compelled to increase wages and boost incentives because they are facing tough competition for the best business support staff, a recruiter with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow has found.

Ewen Stevenson Ewen Stevenson, chief financial officer of Royal Bank of Scotland, has said that it is "inevitable" the still 73 per cent state-owned lender will slash more jobs in the coming years.