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L to R Kwabena Boasiako (Ghana), Quynh Huong Nguyen (Vietnam), Chris Brown (UK), Ting Hu (China), and Xinyi Yao (China) celebrate their win at Thomson Reuters HQ in London’s Canary Wharf A team of five MSc students from the University of Stirling have been awarded first place in the UK final of th

Scottish businesses are being encouraged to follow in the footsteps of BenRiach, Glencraft, Brewdog and Spex Services, by entering the sixth annual UK Private Business Awards (PBAs). Celebrating the best of private businesses and their contribution to communities, as well as the Scottish and UK econ

Martin Gill Scotland’s £11bn a year turnover food and drink sector is seeking to expand in the near future due to rising business confidence, product innovation and investment in automation, according to a new report published today by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.

Irene Bisset PIB Insurance Brokers has named Irene Bisset as the latest member of its Scottish team.

Colin McCulloch, Johnston Clark and Paul Devine Blackadders LLP and Glasgow-based Boyle Shaughnessy, solicitors are to merge on 1 April 2016.

Aberdeenshire-based craft beer maker and crowdfunding pioneer BrewDog is to launch a new round fundraising, this time in America, to drive its operation across the Atlantic. The company reveals the plan after recently announcing that it has raised a record £13.5m in the fourth round of its UK Equit

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has pressed for a further 2 per cent cut in excise duty in next month's Budget as the trade body pointed out that whisky exports are worth almost £4 billion a year. SWA said the UK’s trade deficit of almost £35 billion would be 11 per cent larger without whisk

A Dundee printing firm is to close with the loss of 115 jobs just before celebrating 60 years in business. Flint Group said any rescue proposal needed to identify at least £3.6m worth of savings.

First-time buyers in Scotland are on average £1,440 (19 per cent) a year better off with their own home compared to those who rent, according to new research from the Bank of Scotland. The average monthly buying cost (including mortgage payments1) associated with a first-time buyer buying a three b

Edinburgh-based pensions giant Standard Life has reported that it is to increase its full-year dividend by 7.8 per cent rise on the back of a 9 per cent rise in pre-tax profits. The group said pre-tax operating profits hit £665 million last year, driven by a 10 per cent jump in fee-based revenues t

The number of homes worth at least £1 million is set to triple by 2030 across the country, a report predicts. The forecast would mean that by 2030, around one in every 20 (5.1 per cnt) homes in the UK is worth £1 million-plus, according to Santander Mortgages.

Short-term property finance lender LendInvest has announced plans to expand its operations into Scotland. The move will see the company’s existing residential bridging and short-term buy-to-let products made available to new Scottish property entrepreneurs seeking loans with a maximum 70 per cent

The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that gross mortgage lending reached £17.9 billion in January. This is 9 per cent lower than December’s lending total of £19.8 billion, but 21 per cent higher than the £14.8 billion lent in January last year.

The average price of a home in Scotland dipped last year, in contrast to the UK as a whole, according to new official figures. The average price of a typical UK home increased by £18,000 last year meaning that by December the average property was worth £ 288,000.

Edinburgh-based global investment manager Standard Life Investments has announced the appointment of Jonathan Kennedy as director of change and technology following a comprehensive selection process. Mr Kennedy joins from Virgin Money in the capital where he was chief operating officer.