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Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched the Aberdeen Standard SICAV I – Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. The fund will invest in a range of stocks across developed and emerging markets, aiming to deliver both a premium, monthly income stream as well as potential capital&nb

Scottish sausage-skin and food casings producer Devro has appointed Rohan Cummings as chief financial officer and chief executive director. Mr Cummings takes over from Jackie Callaway, who announced this summer that she was leaving the group to take up her new role at Coats Group.

Edinburgh-based waste management business NWH Group has invested in a £2 million recycling super plant that will save 20,000 tonnes of industrial waste from going into landfill each year with asset financing from HSBC UK.

Edinburgh-headquartered Star Pubs & Bars has been fined £2 million by the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) after investigations found serious and repeated breached of the code over three years. The Heineken-owned group operates over 200 pubs across Scotland.

Dundee-based Albacom Ltd has reached a merger agreement with Kirriemuir-based energy storage company Genista Energy Ltd in a move that will create 20 skilled jobs in the next two years.  The six-figure deal is part of Albacom’s diversification strategy and will see the engineering an

Contactless and card payments will play a significant role in the economic recovery of construction firms in the UK, according to the findings of a survey conducted by NatWest's payment partner Tyl. More than a quarter, (29%) of British SMEs in the construction industry have reported that all paymen

Dundee-based business consultancy firm Carrick Management has offered a lifeline to Lochee United JFC by way of a new sponsorship deal which will support the local team throughout their COVID-19 recovery.

The Scottish office market's performance saw 'marked improvement' in the third quarter of this year, according to real estate advisor CBRE. Over the third quarter of the year, office take-up in Edinburgh was the highest it has been since Q2 2018, with 315,977 sq ft of office space transacted, a 135%

Virgin Money, the owner of Clydesdale Bank, has launched a free, full money management package to support small business customers with their day-to-day financial operations and ensure they have a complete view of their past, current and future financial position. In partner

Almost one fifth (17%) of UK SMEs don’t think they’d survive another lockdown and would be forced to stop trading permanently if one came into effect, according to a new report by small business insurer Simply Business.

An Aberdeen entrepreneur has received a £10,000 cash boost from the Scottish Edge awards for her knitting app.

Scottish companies listed on the London Stock Exchange have outperformed their indices in the third quarter of 2020, according to analysis from Brewin Dolphin, buoyed by a strong performance from the country’s AIM constituents. The wealth manager found that Scottish organisations on the AIM in

The HMRC has admitted that Amazon will not be affected by the introduction of the new digital services tax, however, small traders who useth site to sell products will be penalised. UK Ministers had claimed that the tax which was announced in April, would make “global giants with profitable bu

Coffeepots, a Costa Coffee franchise in Cumbernauld, is resuming plans to build the town's first drive-through coffee shop after securing a £600,000 financing facility from HSBC. Coffeepots, owned by Pat Dunese and Colin Wilson, expects to create 25 new jobs when the latest outlet opens e

The Glasgow-based NHS Credit Union has received a Fairbanking Mark Award for its savings product. The award makes it the first credit union to have gained a three star Fairbanking Mark for its regular savings account.