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KPMG UK has posted growth of 10% in 2021, with revenue rising from £2.14 billion to £2.35bn. For the year ended 30 September 2021, KPMG's profit before tax increased from £288 million to £436m.

Growth Capital Ventures has led a £1.3 million super seed investment round into Business Finance Market (BFM), a fintech platform set to boost access to finance for the country’s 5.9 million SMEs. The funds will be used to drive the development of BFM’s technology forward and furth

Ron Weissman, a leading global tech sector figure, former senior executive at Apple and adviser to the company’s late founder Steve Jobs, will meet with a group of Scottish-based female company founders during a virtual trade mission to California next week. The event is being jointly led by A

Food and drink wholesalers and producers affected by coronavirus restrictions can now apply for Scottish Government funding. Grants will be provided to businesses through the £15 million Scottish Wholesale Food & Drink Resilience Fund and the £2m Scottish Food & Drink Producers F

Business confidence in Scotland rose by 13 points during January to 37%, the highest reading since September 2021, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking.

Private sector growth eased from 21% to 12% in the three months to January, according to the latest CBI Growth Indicator.

Edinburgh has been named as the best British city for business outside of London, according to a new report from business magazine Management Today.

KPMG has withdrawn from bidding for Scottish Government contracts after Scottish ministers put their relationship under scrutiny following a series of high-profile accountancy scandals.  KPMG recently won a controversial £546,000 National Care Services (NCS) contact, which led ministers t

Ant Workshop, the BAFTA-nominated games studio based in Edinburgh, has secured a seven-figure sum from Chroma Ventures that will enable the development of new titles, including one it hopes to bring to market next year. Chroma Ventures is the investment arm of Dundee-based 4J Studios. The inves

Anderson Anderson & Brown Corporate Finance (AABcf) has described 2021 as a 'bumper year' for M&A activity in its Deals+ half-year market review. The review, which highlights selected M&A and fundraising transactions across Scotland, revealed that after a somewhat lull in the market duri

With research from the Federation of Small Businesses showing that a third of Scottish business owners faced an increase in late payment in the last quarter, chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset is advising SMEs that knowledge is key and cash is king when dealing with the issue. Catherine Livings

A report on the gender pay gap at Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte has revealed the persistent gender pay gap within the sector.

Start Up Loans, part of the British Business Bank, has delivered more than 5,800 loans to business owners in Scotland since 2012, providing almost £50 million of funding, in line with the country’s share of the UK’s business population. Entrepreneurs often dream of opening a b

A new fund has been launched by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) to enable biotech companies to access specialist facilities, equipment and resources that will help to expand Scotland’s bio-economy and unlock opportunities for growth.

The Royal Mint has released a new coin ahead of Chinese New Year, in celebration of the Year of the Tiger.