News

Perth-based investment house Braveheart Group has posted a £1.69 million pre-tax loss for the past year, widening from the £0.77m deficit reported a year earlier. The AIM-listed firm’s results for the year to March 31 covers a turbulent year that saw it successfully dispose of its 33 per cent in

Tesco Bank, which employs most of its 4,000-strong workforce in Edinburgh and Glasgow and has its HQ in the Scottish capital, has revealed that sales were up 3.5 per cent in the quarter on strong lending growth. The news came as the challenger bank’s chief executive Benny Higgins had to be defende

Andy Lothian Andy Lothian, chief executive of Dundee-based training firm Insights Learning and Development, was branded an “outstanding entrepreneur” as he claimed the title of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Scotland overall winner last night.

Anne Richards Anne Richards, who took over the Prudential’s investment arm M&G Investments this month after leaving Aberdeen Assest Management, has been awarded five tranches of notional shares to compensate her for unvested awards she missed out on when she left her role at AAM.

Simon Kay Simon Kay, business development director at Edinburgh-based wealth managers Psigma, gives his reaction to the shock Brexit result.

Scotland’s first ever community-owned distillery is to become a reality after backers ploughed £1.5million into the project through a crowdfunding drive. The Dingwall-based GlenWyvis Community Benefit Society (GWCBS) smashed its funding target with two days to spare after 1,395 investors invested

Construction companies in Scotland won more contracts in value than any other UK region for the second consecutive month, according to industry analysts Barbour ABI.

Johnston Carmichael partner, Peter Innes with Nick Nairn at the launch in Stirling. One of Scotland's largest accountancy firms, Johnston Carmichael, has officially marked their move to new larger premises at the Stirling Agricultural Centre with an event attended by Scottish chef Nick Nairn.

The City of Edinburgh Council has launched a new programme to catalyse development in the city with office space and housing being a main target areas. The aims are outlined in a report, which will be considered by councillors on the Economy Committee next week.

British bankers could be facing the dilemma of moving abroad in the event of a ‘Brexit’ vote in today’s referendum after new research showed they would suffer pay cuts of up to 80 percent if they were to move to nearby financial hubs in Frankfurt or Paris. Data gathered after an analysis of 8,

Only 8 per cent of UK manufacturers have a significant understanding of the use of increased automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, the so called fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0, despite 59 per cent recognising that this will have a big impact on the sector, accordi

Eureka directors Aileen Primrose (Sales and Marketing), David Lindores (Technical) and Gillian Livingstone (Managing Director). Cloud business solutions provider Eureka Solutions has embarked on a new phase of expansion with a brand new, purpose-built office.

Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has this week completed the move from its central base at 9 Queens Road to their new purpose built headquarters at the Prime Four Business Park in Kingswells on the outskirts of the Granite City.

A company and individual who accepted the transfer of four properties – challenged by joint administrators of the transferor companies as gratuitous alienations – have had their appeal to theSupreme Court against a decision of the Inner House of the Court of Session dismissed. Oceancrown Ltd, Lo

After a period of strong growth in Scotland’s central belt, independent real estate consultancy Knight Frank has expanded its commercial property operations by taking new premises in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The move comes on the back of delivering two consecutive years of record profits, and has se