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Barclays is rolling out a new cashback without purchase service, creating thousands of new locations for consumers to withdraw cash for free. This is the first time a UK bank has launched its own cashback without purchase service, made possible by Barclays’ payments franchise and UK retail ban

Projects across the North East and Moray will receive a share of over £50 million to accelerate the energy transition and secure future jobs in the region. A total of 22 projects will receive funding, including investments in: research and innovation; new green skills training facilities; pilo

Glasgow-based Pastéis Lisboa, Scotland’s first specialist Pastel de Nata bakery, is among 12 small businesses to be selected as champions of UK start-ups by Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank. The announcement comes as the programme celebrates its 10-year anniversary, hav

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The products of a 1940s-style old English sweet shop have been sold at auction for £8,000. A total of 100 items were sold from Edward & Vintage in Tissington, Derbyshire.

Perth-based fintech Miconex picked up the Social Impact Award at the Scottish Financial Technology Awards on the 6th of October 2022. Miconex worked alongside Scotland’s Towns Partnership to introduce a local gift card for every area of Scotland, the first initiative of its scale in the w

A strong third quarter for take-up has helped the Edinburgh office market defy the economic gloom, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that 121,236 sq. ft. of office space was transacted in Edinburgh city centre between July and Septembe

Raymond Esslemont, an Aberdeen businessman, faces jail time after pleading guilty to tax evasion totalling more than £350,000. It has been reported that the 70-year-old was too sick to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday, but admitted four charges of scamming the authorities between 200

Edinburgh-based sustainable and ethical clothes production platform Unfolded, has raised £1.2 million to accelerate its mission to remove waste from the fashion industry and create a new sustainable way to shop for clothes. The round has been led by Techstart Ventures with Solid Bond, FJ Labs,

Total company insolvencies in England and Wales in the second quarter of 2022 reached their highest quarterly level since 2009, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS said the rise had been driven by creditors' Voluntary Liquidations (CVLs).&nb

Andrew Poxon has been appointed head of the North & Scotland division for Leonard Curtis which includes offices in Glasgow, Bury, Manchester, Preston, Chester, and Liverpool. The move is part of a new management structure that has been put in place to accelerate and promote a focus on growth.

Glasgow-based managed services provider and business telecoms company KubeNet has grown substantially after moving to larger premises and is celebrating new contract wins with clients across the UK and globally following support from Scottish Enterprise. The new office at Academy Business Park, Glas

NFU Mutual is today warning ghost brokers who buy fraudulent policies on behalf of others that they will be found out and could face prosecution. The mutual insurer is supporting the Insurance Fraud Bureau’s campaign to raise awareness of ghost broking, which can leave vulnerable people with i

The Bank of England (BoE) has announced additional measures to an orderly end of its purchase scheme. On September 28, the bank announced a temporary and targeted intervention to restore market functioning in long-dated government bonds and reduce risks from contagion to credit conditions for UK hou

Business activity across Scotland's private sector contracted again in September, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI data. The seasonally adjusted headline Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index - a measure of combined manufacturing and service sector output - was little-chan