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Chris Brinsmead CBE, the former senior AstraZeneca executive and experienced non-executive director, has joined St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory as a partner. Mr Brinsmead is a council member at Imperial College London, a former adviser to the UK Government on life sciences, has pr

Watts Commercial Finance's team in Scotland has secured funding offers totalling over £700,000 for three clients with all facilities being fully approved less than seven days after being submitted. A very promising sign for the strength of the Scottish economy, this funding amongst all the oth

Baillie Gifford's investments in Tesla have made a huge $29 billion (£21bn) for investors including pension funds and charities, according to new figures released to The Guardian.

City dwellers who relocate to rural France will not be able to complain about the sound of church bells or the smell of manure under a new law. A bill to restrict the ability of urban incomers to take court action over "a little nuisance" has now cleared both houses of the French parliament, The Tim

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has promoted Katie Trowsdale to head of multi-manager strategies, the fund of fund arm of its Multi Asset Solutions business. Ms Trowsdale will immediately assume overall leadership responsibility for the team who are responsible for the management of approximatel

Oldmeldrum-based Bethan Customs Consultancy has highlighted the need for businesses to understand basic customs documentation as they adjust to a new trading relationship with the EU. Founder and director Nicola Alexander said that a high proportion of businesses who deal solely with the EU hav

Edinburgh medtech company Manus Neurodynamica Limited has closed a £1.2 million funding round to support the launch of its digital pen which provides an early warning of Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions. With this latest funding secured, Manus is rolling-out its Neuro

HMRC chief executive Jim Harra has announced that Self Assessment customers will not receive a penalty for their late online tax return if they file by 28 February. More than 8.9 million customers have already filed their tax return. HMRC is encouraging anyone who has not yet filed their tax return

Murray Capital, the private investment office of the Murray family, has led funding rounds for two Scottish start-ups. The funding rounds saw Murray Capital reinvest in two of its existing portfolio companies – Zumo and Blackford – with the support of the UK Future Fund and other co-inve

The UK's unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to November, up from 4.9%, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Standard Life Private Equity Trust PLC has posted strong annual results for the year ended 30 September 2020 despite the economic upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic. Over the period, the company's NAV total return was 11.7% (2019: 10.5%) versus -16.6% (2019: 2.7%) for the FTSE All-Share Index.

Thorntons Investments, the Dundee headquartered wealth manager, has acquired Matheson Financial Consulting and Sonas Wealth Management as part of its ambitious plans to develop and grow the business. The acquisitions add around £175 million AUM to the £420m Thorntons Investments already

Edinburgh-based technology startup Stellar Omada has recorded revenue of £10.2 million in the year to 31st December, quadrupling sales in its second financial year while growing headcount from 6 to 50 during 2020. The Colin Frame-founded tech group specialises in programme delivery, technology

Two Lanarkshire brothers have pursued their lifelong dream of opening a microbrewery thanks to Business Gateway support. Launched in November 2020 by brothers Ronnie and Kenny Lees, Outlandish Brewing Company launched its first range of Scottish craft beers in December 2020.

FinTech Scotland and FinTech Wales have released a report proposing increased Research and Innovation (R&I) to drive acceleration in fintech development across the UK, nationally and regionally to support growth and new jobs. The report, entitled “Research and Innovation for UK FinTech&rdq