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Jo Bradley Marks & Clerk, the UK’s largest firm of patent and trade mark attorneys, has boosted its presence in Edinburgh by adding to its patent team.

A new app aimed at changing the way people invest in SMEs has been launched by an award-winning Edinburgh-based peer-to-business lending platform. In a new development for the burgeoning alternative finance sector LendingCrowd, which has already helped to facilitate almost £4m worth of funding for

L-R: John McAuslin, Andrew Shepherd, Chairman of Johnston Carmichael, Sandy Manson, CEO of Johnston Carmichael and Alex Docherty Scotland’s largest independent firm of chartered accountants and business advisers, Johnston Carmichael, has announced four key appointments to its senior team, effectiv

The number of Scots working past retirement is on the rise with over 9,000 men and women aged between 65-74 clocking up over 49 hours per week, according to a new report. Many of the aging workers are also often carrying out long hours and commuting lengthy distances, a census analysis carried out b

Perth-based commercial finance broker The Lending Channel is currently celebrating a series of recent industry successes. The flood of professional achievements is just recognition for brothers Alistair and Murray Ewing who have grown their business by nearly 500 per cent since its launch in 2010.

Mike Loggie, Amy Livingstone, Julie Wilson and Professor Sir Jim McDonald. Entrepreneurial Scotland, in association with Deloitte this week hosted its annual awards ceremony.

A revival in fortunes has seen Edinburgh’s Princes Street record the biggest rise in retail rents in the UK this year outside London, according to a new global research report.

John Cairns John Cairns is a tax partner at French Duncan Chartered Accountants

Lloyds Banking Group is poised to confirm details of another 1,000 job cuts as part of its drive to slash costs. The news come as Aberdeen politicians hit out at plans to shut two of the city’s Bank of Scotland branches controlled by still partly state-owned Lloyds.

Union Street, Aberdeen. Representatives from the world of business, academia and culture came together this week at the Aberdeen Economic Summit to discuss how the City Region could shape its economic future.

Karin Forseke Dundee-based Alliance Trust has announced that chair, Karin Forseke, will step down from its board on New Year’s Day.

The Bank of Scotland has provided a £130,000 finance package to a family-run hotel, pub and restaurant business based in the picturesque village of Balmaha on the banks of Loch Lomond.

Donald McNaught picks up the award for Restructuring Project of the Year with MC Rufus Hound. Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael, has picked up two awards at the British Accountancy Awards 2015.

North Sea oil and gas contractors are considering fresh job cuts and alternative ways of generating revenue after a slump in confidence, according to a survey conducted by Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce. The chamber’s 23rd Oil and Gas Survey, carried out in partnership with Strathclyde

Luke Davis Senior financial services leaders say the key to staff retention in a tight jobs market will be a rewarding career path rather than increased salaries or bonuses, according to new research1 from leading recruitment specialist Robert Half Financial Services.