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In 2019-20, local government net revenue expenditure in Scotland reached £11,077 million, according to the latest figures released by Scotland's chief statistician.

Label Ventures, the Edinburgh-based startup that connects leading financial services brands to the world's most pioneering creatives and tech teams, is launching a new London base on May 3 as it rolls out its international expansion plans. The London team will be led by Paul Bowman, a founding partn

Soben, a quantity surveying and commercial management consultancy headquartered in East Kilbride, has expanded its operations into the United States. The company’s new US headquarters will be located in Chicago, IL with the newly-hired North America CEO Joe Cusick leading a team of 11 consulta

A man who was found with suitcases full of more than £800,000 in cash at Glasgow airport has been jailed and the money has been seized.

Chartered accountants Gilliland & Company has announced the appointment of Lorraine Findlay as audit and accounting partner. Mr Findlay's appointment brings the number of partners in the Glasgow-based firm to five, as the practice continues to expand.

Venture Capital (VC) investment in Scotland’s scale-up – or fast-growth - businesses slowed down in the first quarter of 2021, according to the latest figures from KPMG. The latest KPMG Venture Pulse Survey reveals there were 21 VC deals in Scotland between January and March this year, d

Cumbernauld-based housing developer McKernan Homes has secured a £1.93 million funding package from Bank of Scotland to help build a new eco-friendly development in Dennistoun, East Glasgow.

London & Scottish Property Investment Management has completed on the sale of two properties at Renfrew Road Retail Park in Paisley for a price in excess of £12 million to an unnamed US investor.

Stuart Gillies, an associate with law firm Dentons, highlights how the declining use of cash as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an increase in confidence in financial technology. It’s been over a year now since we first locked down, when shaking hands and meeting a colleag

Edinburgh-based technology company pureLifi has secured a $4.2 million deal to supply the US Army with Kitefin, an optical wireless communication system using LiFi for secure data transmission without radio frequencies. The cutting-edge deployment by United States Army Europe and Africa is based on

Scottish business strategists Genoa Black has launched a new management consultancy arm after turnover and profits at the firm increased by 24% and 26% respectively. The Edinburgh-based specialist's profits reached £423,000 in 2020.

The Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has posted a net asset value (NAV) decline of 0.3% on a total return basis for the year ended 31 January 2021. The decline in NAV outperforms the company’s FTSE All-Share Index which fell by 7.5%

Nearly £1 billion worth of house sales were completed in the north-east between September and February, according to figures released by Aberdein Considine.

Glasgow-based Opinew, a startup that is developing a review management system used by online retailers on the Shopify ecommerce platform, is experiencing a high growth phase and has doubled its headcount over the last year as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen shoppers flock online. Shopif

UK SMEs plan to spend an average of £97,000 to grow their business in 2021 and help kickstart their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from Aldermore Bank.