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Lawrie IP, an independent Scottish intellectual property firm based in Glasgow, has grown its total turnover to £2.6 million from £2.2m in the last year. Dr Donald Lawrie launched Lawrie IP in 2010 and it has expanded steadily with a big increase in turnover of almost 200% in the la

Stirling-based charity Africa on the Ball has launched a fundraising campaign aiming to raise £8,500 to help fight coronavirus in Africa. The charity's own fundraising football team Glasgow on the Ball is trying to raise £8,500 by the end of May to fight coronavirus in Zambia by running

ESPC has highlighted how the Scottish property market might move forward after the coronavirus lockdown measures have been eased.

Andrew Findlay, the finance director at easyJet, is to step down from the company in May next year.

The majority of financial services workers are anticipating spending more time working from home even after the coronavirus lockdown measures are lifted, according to a new survey by Deloitte.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on additional guidance for payments firms to strengthen the way in which they look after customers’ money. The payments sector is a priority area for the FCA and the consultation follows ongoing work to ensure payments firms are

A route map towards unlocking £1 billion of new investment for nature conservation in Scotland has been published by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). This work comes at a critical time as society plans a green recovery from the social and econo

Handwritten U2 lyrics have sold for £76,000 in a coronavirus charity auction.

More than £35 million of Venture Capital (VC) was invested into Scottish start-ups in the first quarter of 2020, ahead of the UK’s COVID-19 lockdown, according to KPMG’s latest Venture Pulse survey. The figures, compiled by Pitchbook, reveal that eighteen deals were secured in Q1 2

Scotland’s local food economy is enjoying an unprecedented boost as consumers seek alternatives to the supermarkets, focusing on home delivery and convenience retail amid wellbeing concerns, according to a senior food and drink expert from Johnston Carmichael. Adam Hardie, partner and head of

Dundee-based lorry hire firm Norman Jamieson Ltd has secured a six-figure loan from Bank of Scotland to help buffer against a decrease in demand amid the construction industry shutdown.

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Chris McLauchlan as a legal director to lead the firm's banking team in Scotland. Joining from Eversheds Sutherland, Mr McLauchlan is a senior banking lawyer with over 15 years of experience advising on Scottish, English and cross-border transaction

Staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland are preparing to work from home for the foreseeable future in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Perth-based insurance company Aviva as seen a 28% increase in sales of life insurance reaching £12.3 billion in the first quarter of this year. The firm issued an operating update today which revealed that it had a 'solid first quarter of trading' with general insurance sales rising by 3%

Over 90% of rural business owners in Scotland are confident they can reopen their business while safely adhering to social distancing measures, according to a new survey by Scottish Land & Estates (SLE).