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A significant top-up to the grant support available for hospitality, retail and leisure businesses across Scotland closed by level 4 restrictions will be paid following an announcement by finance secretary Kate Forbes. In addition to the grants businesses receive through the Strategic Business Frame

Applications are now open for the first of 2021’s intake of the Business Women Scotland Mentoring Programme. The programme is an exceptional opportunity for anyone either setting up in business or looking for advice to grow or head in a new direction.

Over £1 million of funding is now available to Fife businesses to retrain and upskill their staff. It comes after the Scottish Government announced that a further £212,000 would be provided as part of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund.

An Italian pasta maker has apologised after naming a product in apparent tribute to Mussolini's military campaign in Ethiopia.

KPMG has appointed Vishal Chopra as partner and its new head of tax in Scotland. Mr Chopra joins KPMG from Grant Thornton, where he held the equivalent role.

Scottish motorcycle dealer Ecosse Motorcycles has received a £150,000 funding package from the Royal Bank of Scotland to support the business throughout the coronavirus pandemic. This is the second funding boost that the firm has received from RBS after it secured an initial £1

Murdoch MacLennan, a partner with Azets and a specialist in banking, is urging lenders to continue supporting businesses struggling with cash flow problems by extending for a further six-month term capital repayment holidays for debt that was arranged pre-COVID. Last March lenders moved swiftly to s

North sea oil firm Ithaca Energy has appointed David Crawford as its chief financial officer. Mr Crawford is taking over the role from his predecessor Mr Graham Forbes who will be leaving Ithaca, effective 1 February 2021.

Highlands-based online beauty business bubu has received a funding loan of £25,000 from Scottish responsible finance provider DSL Business Finance Ltd. DSL’s investment allowed a completed funding round that enabled independent start-up skincare brand to acquire the necessary s

MPs have launched an investigation into the UK's insolvency sector after criticism from businesses about their objectivity standards, according to The Times.

Forth Ports Limited has acquired the entire share capital of Targe Towing Limited for an undisclosed sum.

First time buyers in the UK will be boosted by the reintroduction of HSBC's 10% deposit mortgages this week. The bank pulled out of the market due to overwhelming demand for such deals in September.

The UK Government is considering calls to waive fines for late tax returns this year but has ruled out an official extension to the January 31 filing deadline. Campaigners have argued that a third national lockdown has "changed the playing field" and increased further pressure on freelancers and sma

Investment firm BGF has reasserted its plans to complete deals in Scotland despite the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 amid signs that concerns about potential tax changes will fuel activity. The firm has said it expects to find more businesses with good growth potential in Scotland to back after gro

Scottish business confidence crashed in the final days of 2020, according to new research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The small business campaign group says that their findings underline the need for governments in Edinburgh and London to provide sufficient second-wave coronavirus