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Glasgow-based investment house Maven has led a £3.5 million investment in Contego Fraud Solutions to support the continued growth of the business through new product and market development.

Steve Cartwright Henderson Loggie has reached an agreement to support Scotland’s newest gaming festival which will take place in Dundee in September.

Around £118 million has been invested into Scotland’s hotels sector in the first half of 2017, already in line with total transaction volumes reached in 2016 (£119.7 million), according to real estate advisor Savills.

Lindsay Gardiner Scottish GDP growth will be below the UK average, coming in at around 1.2 per cent in 2017 and 1.1 per cent in 2018, according to the latest projections from PwC in its UK Economic Outlook.

From left: FutureX Cofounder Adam Purvis | Amiqus CEO Callum Murray | Entrepreneurial Scotland Development Director Emma Watson Mack | High Performance Coach Jiro Taylor | Berlin programme designer Laura Westring at the Brandenburg Gate. A sold out Berlin Summit for purpose-driven entrepreneurs has

Liz Cameron The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has said it believe that June’s fall in CPI inflation from 2.9 per cent to 2.6 per cent will ease pressure for an early increase in interest rates.

Alan Hatfield Increased uptake of tuition and learning support has been attributed to improving Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) exam pass rates for the June 2017 exam sitting.

A Caithness distillery making handcrafted spirits is in with a chance of being named Britain’s best countryside-based start-up after making the final stages of the Rural Business Awards 2017.

Kimberley Oliver Thirteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2017.

Diane Nicol Diane Nicol, head of employment at Pinsent Masons and one of three panel members supporting Matthew Taylor on the Taylor Review, writes about the implications for employers.

Seven in ten Brits (69 per cent) entering competitions risk being scammed after sharing their personal details without checking whether the offer is legitimate, research from Nationwide Building Society has revealed.

Barclays has revealed plans to expand its Dublin operations as part of Brexit contingency plans.

Andrew Hope Thirteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2017.

Stan Russell High transfer values for final salary schemes are piling the pressure on advisers as insistent clients disagree with their recommendations, according to new research from Prudential.

The average selling price of homes sold in Glasgow has increased by 10.7 per cent between April and June 2017 year-on-year, and by 11.2 per cent in the first six months of the year, according to the latest house price report from estate agents GSPC.