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Film and TV production generated £5.6 million of inward investment for Fife and Tayside's economy in 2019-20, according to new figures. Around 100 productions that came to the region during the 12 months leading up to the Covid-19 lockdown, according to FifeScreen+TayScreen.

The global president of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has raised her voice in support of closer business links between Scotland and Asia. Ms Gu celebrated friendship across business communities at a webinar hosted by the Edinburgh-based Asia Scotland Institute, which was

Midlothian Council has been rated highly for its financial management and governance and transparency by external auditors EY.

The owners of a once-derelict South Lanarkshire castle which was transformed into a five-star hotel and events destination have announced a large-scale expansion project. 

More than a dozen Bank of Scotland branches are set to close next year as part of a mass closure programme announced by Lloyds Banking Group. The closure of 56 branches of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland across the UK was originally set to take place over the six months from April to October 20

The Sainsbury's Group has said it has received "preliminary expressions of interest" from rivals interested in acquiring the Edinburgh-based Sainsbury's Bank. The bank was established as a joint venture between Sainsbury's and Bank of Scotland in 1997 but has been wholly-owned by Sainsbury's since 2

An MSP has called on the Scottish Government to introduce a windfall tax on businesses making "enormous profits from lockdown". Mark Ruskell, a Green MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, told the Scottish Parliament's Covid committee this morning that a windfall tax on supermarkets and online retailers co

A new court judgment suggests that HMRC will succeed in rejecting claims for business property relief (BPR) on holiday let businesses, Edinburgh-based Saffrey Champness LLP has said. The case, Executors of the Late Sheriff Graham Loudon Cox vs HMRC, concerned the executors’ claim for BPR regar

Proposed restrictions on post-Brexit VAT refunds for goods purchased in Ireland by visitors from Great Britain are set to be relaxed in a bid to support Irish retailers. Legislation currently being considered by Irish legislators would have allowed visitors from Great Britain, after the UK becomes a

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued a warning to Self Assessment customers about scammers purporting to be from HMRC. As the department issues thousands of SMS messages and emails as part of its annual Self Assessment tax return push ahead of the annual deadline on 31 January 2021, HMRC is warn

A former Fife hotelier has pleaded guilty to evading £380,000 in VAT over a five-year period. Lesley Dykes, 66, appeared before Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court this week and pleaded guilty to an amended charge concerning her involvement in tax evasion totalling £380,000, The Courier reports.

One of the world's largest banks has proposed a special tax on people who work from home.

Glasgow-based Aliter Capital LLP has completed an investment into digital micro learning specialist Skill Pill. The investment into Skill Pill, which produces video, animation and gamified eLearning content, will complement Aliter Capital's existing portfolio of online learning companies, Sponge and

Edinburgh-based online payment orchestration innovator BRIDGE has been named Payment Start-up of the Year at the international Payment Awards 2020. Now in its eighth year, the Payments Awards recognise and celebrate companies demonstrating excellence and innovation in the global payments space. The

Cluster management organisation FinTech Scotland has enjoyed a boost after Google Cloud joined the cluster to support the growth of the fintech SME community in Scotland. With most fintech firms using cloud solutions to integrate more easily with their clients cost-effectively, the addition of Googl