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Nick Kuenssberg UK investors are being targeted by a new pioneering Scottish fund which aims to provide a social return alongside financial.

Almost 90 per cent of adults in Scotland have heard of the Living Wage, making it the most Living Wage conscious region in the UK, according to new research commissioned by accountants KPMG. The survey, which looked at social mobility, polled 4,500 adults and 500 16-17 years olds across the UK. At a

Alison McRae The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has been recognised on the world stage after being selected as the only UK finalist in the 2015 World Chambers Competition.

Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp An open letter published in a national Sunday newspaper has seen 150 leading businessmen and women call for full fiscal autonomy for Scotland.

The chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland, Anton Colella, was paid £354,000 last year. Mr Coella’s remuneration was revealed in the newly-published ICAS annual review for 2014, which revealed the total wage bill for other executive directors at the organisation increa

Warren Bader Lanarkshire-based eco-innovation business Plan Bee has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Business Green Leaders Awards in London.

Despite the introduction of major new pension reforms at the start of this month, it appears that almost 55 per cent of Scottish adults aged between 50-75 years have received no contact from their pension providers, according to ‘big four’ accountants PwC. A PwC survey found a total of 37 per ce

Architects Jestico + Whiles have submitted a formal planning application for the construction of a signature hotel at the heart of Edinburgh’s St James Centre £850 million redevelopment.

Last year saw a 6 per cent rise in £1m property transactions in Scotland, according to Edinburgh estate agents Rettie & Co. However, the increase represented a more modest recovery than the overall market, where transactions rose by 12 per cent.

John Brodie Scotland’s largest independent co-operative, Scotmid, has announced a £1m rise in operating profits today, reaching £5.5m for the year ending 31 January.

Andy Clarke A supermarket price war and low fuel costs have left the average Scot £12 a week better off compared to this time last year as the UK continues to enjoy “no-flation”, according to latest figures.

Charles Barnett The global financial crisis has put risk management at the top of agenda for law firm bosses and the next five years will see a radical departure from the traditional law firm C-suites, according to a new report from accountancy and advisory firm BDO.

Larry Flanagan Almost £100 million of cash “squirrelled away” by Scottish colleges into “foundations” after a change in accounting rules has been targeted by teaching unions and student leaders who claim the cash could be put to “better use” as cuts ravage higher education.

Roger White The chief executive of Irn Bru makers AG Barr was paid almost £1.1 million last year after increases in his annual and long term bonuses.

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has taken the unusual step of writing to Alliance Trust chief executive Katherine Garratt-Cox to offer her backing for the current board’s position in resisting an assault by a US hedge fund to impose three new directors at the Dundee-based wealth man