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Computer scientists at the University of Edinburgh have identified security weak spots in gadgets that manage personal accounts crypocurrency Bitcoin and have called for improvement to provide better protection against hackers.

Billy Macleod Allied Irish Bank is launching £2 billion of lending funds for medium to large sized businesses across the UK seeking finance for growth.

John Hewitt Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has announced the promotion of John Hewitt to head of its operations in Scotland, North East of England, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man.

Kevin Ellis The number of UK CEOs expecting the global economy to improve over the coming year has more than doubled, according to PwC’s 21st annual CEO Survey published at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

With total annual office take-up in Aberdeen in 2017 surpassing 400,000 sq ft (37,160 sq m) to double 2016 volumes, Savills anticipates 2018 leasing activity in the city will be driven by: infrastructure delivery; improved optimism in the local economy generally; and continued M&A activity in t

Graeme Davidson EQ The role of research and innovation in farming in an uncertain future is due to be explored at a major agriculture conference taking place in Carnoustie, Angus, on 8 February and chaired by Graeme Davidson, partner at Dundee-based EQ Accountants LLP.

Richard Gardiner Dunfermline-based accountancy firm Thomson Cooper has been appointed after Glenrothes-based kitchen manufacturer Murray and Murray Limited was placed into liquidation with the loss of almost 40 jobs.

The Crown Office and HMRC have ordered a former Perthshire potato merchant jailed for a £160,000 tax evasion to pay £76,500 back to the public purse.

Alasdair McGill Miigen, a Scottish-based social platform for senior life living with global ambitions, has strengthened its top management team as it moves towards a new £1 million fund-raising round with the appointment of entrepreneur Alasdair McGill as finance director.

Eighty-two percent of wealth generated across the world last year went to the richest one percent of the global population, while the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half saw their wealth flatline, according to a new report published today by Oxfam as political and business elites gather

Jason O’Shaughnessy Glasgow-based fintech firm Castlight Financial, which aggregates data from multiple sources to analyse disposable income and credit worthiness in real-time, has recruited internationally experienced business development entrepreneur, Jason O’Shaughnessy, as a non executive ad

Dr Ross Brown UK Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) thought to be the most significant for boosting productivity and economic growth may be the most negatively affected by Brexit, according to new research from the University of St Andrews.

Atlantic Quay Buildings 1, 2 and 3 The Department For Work and Pensions (DWP) has signed a 15-year lease on 85,000 sq. ft of office space at Atlantic Quay 1.

Total office market take-up in Glasgow in the fourth quarter of 2017 was 330,061 sq ft, resulting in 631,814 sq ft of office space transactions across the whole year, according to the latest research from property consultants CBRE Scotland.

Blair Nimmo New figures from professional services firm, KPMG shows the number of businesses failing in Scotland fell to an eight-year low in 2017. The firm’s latest insolvency statistics reveals the number of corporate insolvencies at the end of 2017 stood at 832, a figure not seen since 2008 (80