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Allied Vehicles Group has won a total of three competitive awards at the Glasgow Business Awards 2019, held last Thursday at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central hotel. Almost 60 businesses made the final shortlist which was the basis for all the awards, and businesses were judged across 13 cate

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said that an estimated six million insurance customers pay high prices and are not getting a good deal. The watchdog made the statement following the publication of an interim report into the pricing of home and motor insurance.

Polysol, a Missouri-based plastisol manufacturer, has opened a new production facility in Livingston following a £75,000 investment from Business Loans Scotland.

A Dutch checkers team has been held captive in a hotel in the Ivory Coast due to a dispute over the bill.

Buyers are sought for the purchase of the OYO Beveridge Park Hotel in Kirkcaldy following its move into administration. Twelve people have lost their jobs as the prominent Fife hotel closed its doors for good last weekend.

The Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Communities Committee has given its backing to a bill which proposes the first major reform of business rates in Scotland for decades.

Glasgow-based private equity firm Maven Capital Partners has led a £12 million investment in Manchester cloud computing group LIMA Networks and Data Centre UK. The funding includes an equity raise from Maven Investor Partners, a syndicate of institutional, family office and high net worth inve

Edinburgh-based R&D tax credits specialist Jumpstart is rebranding as ABGI UK following a £250k investment. Following its acquisition by the French-headquartered ABGI Group earlier this year, the Jumpstart brand has operated alongside ABGI UK, with the former focusing on the SME market whi

UK developer Watkin Jones has signalled confidence in the student accommodation markets in Edinburgh and Glasgow with the release of its development pipeline. The group has secured development agreements for two purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sites with new client CA Ventures, a Chicago-

The first ever FinTech National Network Symposium, bringing together the various fintech bodies from across Britain, will take place in Glasgow on the 10th of October.

The head of the world's most famous shortbread brand, Walkers, has said that the business remains "robust" despite facing two of the toughest years in its history due to a price increase in butter.

The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) has revealed a contraction in activity within the services sector in September. This revelation completes a trio of PMI's which showed a decline in activity across services, manufacturing and construction sectors at the end of the third quarter of the year.

It was revealed yesterday that the British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans scheme has lent over £30 million to small businesses in Scotland since 2012. Following this news, Kelly Tolhurst, small business minister, has written about her experience as a small business owner and recognises t

A study backed by Barclays has found that financial terminology such as 'pension' 'stockbroker' and 'FTSE' triggers biological stress reactions such as sweating and an increased heart rate in humans.

New figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed that Scottish small business confidence slid in the third quarter of 2019, reversing the surprise resurgence seen earlier in the year. In the third quarter of 2019, FSB’s Scottish Small Business Index (SBI), its measure of