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Lorna Jack A new inquiry looking at the performance of employee-owned businesses following a sustained period of growth in their number over the past five years has launched a call for evidence.

Entrepreneurial Scotland holding awards at SWG3 in Glasgow. Sandy Kennedy (Entrepreneurial Scotland), David Mitchell (Deloitte) Andrew Fleming Brown (SWG3) & Jamie Grant (Barclays) Nominations open on Thursday, 6th July for Entrepreneurial Scotland’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Now

Expansion in the manufacturing sector has helped the Scottish economy to grow by 0.8 per cent - the highest rate of quarterly growth in Scotland since the end of 2014, new figures have revealed.

Howard Archer The productivity of UK workers has dropped back to its lowest level since before the financial crisis, according to official figures.

The UK has witnessed a rapid rise in the number of start-ups in recent years. But the number of new female entrepreneurs in the UK has risen far faster than men in the past decade.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has called for greater clarity before HMRC moves ahead with its latest measure to crackdown on VAT non-compliance by overseas companies that trade online.

Aberdeen Asset Management has announced plans to close its World Government Bond fund ahead of its mega merger with Standard Life.

Benny Higgins Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank has announced that it has begun the search for a new chief executive after news that current boss Benny Higgins is to step down.

Rangers has failed in its appeal to the Supreme Court against a decision of the Inner House of the Court of Session over the use of Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs) in a case clarifying the question whether an employee’s remuneration is taxable as their emoluments or earnings when it is paid to a t

Toby Withall Toby Withall, office agency partner at property consultants Knight Frank’s Edinburgh operation sets out his views on what he thinks the Edinburgh City Deal should focus on

Debbi McLean and Gareth Edwards Business advisory firm, Deloitte, has continued to strengthen its Scottish digital offering with the appointment of a new leadership team at its Edinburgh HQ.

IGF, the leading commercial finance provider for SMEs, has delivered a £1 million asset based lending facility to newly formed Ayrshire business, Confida FM.

Scott Lawson Martin Aitken Financial Services (MAFS), the wholly owned subsidiary of Chartered Accountants and business advisers Martin Aitken & Co Ltd., have today announced the appointment of Scott Lawson as an Independent Financial Advisor to further strengthen its financial planning arm acro

Banking giant Santander and Yes Bank, India’s fourth largest private sector bank, have today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to help boost UK-India trade and local business networking opportunities.

A group of 58 former employees of a leading independent Scottish construction company that went spectacularly bust have won their two year battle for redundancy payments.