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Gary Cameron has been appointed as head of Scotland for the property arm of French international banking group BNP Paribas. Mr Cameron has also been appointed as head of Scotland for its residential and rural arm Strutt & Parker and forestry arm John Clegg & Co.

Skyscanner has announced the appointment of former eBay executive Laurence Tracol as its new vice president of finance. The firm was founded in Edinburgh in 2003 and now currently employs around 1,500 staff globally.

Graham Boyack, director of Scottish Mediation, discusses how the HMRC mediation scheme can save time and money by resolving unnecessary disputes.  If you’d asked me to guess what sort of webinars I might be looking at during the Covid situation, I don’t think that one from the

Dozens of staff at the Edinburgh office of pensions giant Phoenix Group will be made redundant as the firm announced 60 jobs will be cut in March. Phoenix told staff in a video call with senior bosses Stephen Percival and Andy Moss on Monday that cuts would be made in the actuarial service team.

HMRC has lost £31 billion to fraud and error, according to annual accounts published yesterday.  However, the figures have indicated that this is the lowest amount ever reported by the tax authority. 

It is estimated that UK banks have prevented more than £1 billion in fraud by rejecting almost 27,000 applications for COVID-19 Bounce Back loans.  The loans been an integral part of the UK Government’s support for small businesses during the pandemic, but concerns are mounting over

A fresh bid is being launched to return Glasgow Prestwick Airport to the private sector.

Finance secretary Kate Forbes has welcomed Chancellor Rishi Sunak's 'long overdue' announcement that the Job Retention Scheme will be extended until March 2021. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will now run until the end of March with employees receiving 80% of their current salary for ho

Three spinout projects from the University of Dundee with the potential to deliver significant healthcare benefits have received more than £250,000 from Scottish Enterprise to support their development. Softech received funding via Scottish Enterprise’s in-year High Growth Spin-out Progr

Tesla's official Tequila has officially launched and sold out at $250 a bottle. 

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has announced it will be cutting jobs as part of its major restructuring programme announced in November last year. The cuts will mainly affect staff working in the bank's transformation and retail banking teams but will see no further branches close

CMS has been appointed to the UK legal panel for Unity Trust Bank, a specialist commercial lender to businesses and organisations that create positive community, economic and societal impact. The firm’s appointment commenced in September 2020 and follows a successful pitch led by James Horton

MIME Technologies, a med-tech spin-out from the University of Aberdeen, has received £248,000 in funding from the Scottish Government to help deliver technology that will support the heavily impacted aviation industry during its recovery from the pandemic. The funding will also help drive

Phil Worms, founder of Glasgow-based Frog Systems has been announced as the winner of this year’s Startup Summit Competition, winning the top prize worth over £65,000. He was declared the winner following a live digital pitch battle in front of 1,000 delegates at this year’s Startu

Research carried out by Pinsent Masons has revealed a continued step-change in support offered to customers grappling with mental health concerns is likely as banks continue to ramp up measures to help consumers manage pressure on finances prompted by the pandemic. The firm's report 'Creating a Cult