News

As central banks race to pilot ‘national digital currencies’, Luke Bartholomew, senior monetary economist at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) discusses the implications and asks, will we see a UK ‘Britcoin’? Some of the best economic and banking brainpower is currently bei

UK house prices slipped for the first time since March with annual house price growth falling back to 10.5%, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.

Dundee business leader and entrepreneur Tim Allan has become the founding social sponsor of Women’s Business Station. Mr Allan, owner of Tricorn Capital, chair of V&A Dundee and president of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, is investing £20,000 in the social enterprise which supports w

Stocky & Dee, a luxury dog accessories firm created in Scotland in 2019 by husband and wife team Mairi and Chris Robb, is experiencing rapid growth, partly as a result of the surge in pet ownership during the pandemic. The start-up, founded from home, has thrived during lockdowns with increased

Scottish building services and construction contractor, McGill has announced that it will now accept cryptocurrency as payment for services delivered. The company has partnered with payment gateway provider, CoinGate, to accept payment in over 50 different crypto coins including Bitcoin, Ethereum, L

Strategic real estate advisor Avison Young has let the last vacant unit at one of Scotland’s industrial & logistics hubs, Eurocentral, on behalf of its client Hermes.

Young people looking to enter the workforce will benefit from £70 million of investment from the Scottish Government. The Young Person’s Guarantee aims to protect people from the economic impact of COVID-19 by offering every 16-24 year old in Scotland the opportunity of a job, apprentice

An Art Deco bracelet owned by Princess Margaret is going up for auction in September.

Aberdeen-based financial consultancy firm Gary Walker Wealth Management (GWWM) has agreed a multi-year partnership with Aberdeen Football Club to become the club’s first official financial planning partner. An ardent supporter of the Dons over a number of years, GWWM will work collaboratively

Virgin Money, owner of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, has posted its interim results for 2021, revealing a return to statutory profit, with underlying profit more than doubling year-on-year to £245 million. This compares to the £120m reported in the first half of 2020.

Harris-based family business Norserv Facilities Management has expanded to encourage more people to visit the island and boost the local economy thanks to a £90,000 funding package from Bank of Scotland.

Business activity has risen in Scotland as the wider economy continues to reopen, according to Addleshaw Goddard's latest Scottish Business Monitor report. The report, published in partnership with the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute, confirms that business sentim

It was inevitable that the impact of the global pandemic on the world’s economy would once again throw a spotlight on the revenue-raising potential of inheritance and gift taxes, writes Lindsay Bryce Mackay, an associate at Gillespie Macandrew. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation an

Glasgow-based connectivity start-up R3-IoT is gearing up for international expansion after closing a £3.1 million seed investment round led by US-based venture capital firm Space Capital, joined by the Scottish National Investment Bank. Other investors include the University of Strathclyde, al

Specialist real estate development finance provider Maslow Capital has announced the completion of a £20 million development facility for Audley Modular Student Living’s 257-unit PBSA scheme in Edinburgh.