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Winston Churchill's slippers have sold for nearly £40,00 at an auction this week. The velvet slippers, which date back to the 1950s, are embroidered with Churchill'sWSC' initials in gold thread.

Scottish factoring firm Newton Property Management has launched an industry-first loan scheme for staff to help provide interest-free access to funds if they need it. The company, which has offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness, has pledged a six-figure employee benevolent fund to provide finan

Criminals and scammers are taking advantage of young people's Covid-related financial troubles to hire them to unknowingly launder money, according to Cifas, the fraud prevention services.

Current lockdown restrictions saw house sellers in Scotland holding off putting their homes up for sale, according to the February 2021 RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

Edinburgh-based global data consultancy business Forecast has announced two significant hires, with former Royal Bank of Scotland managing director Chris Wilson joining the firm as a non-executive director. The firm has also appointed Euan Cranston as head of technology. The two hires will expand th

Aberdein Considine has strengthened its financial services team with the appointment of senior finance specialist Stuart Hunter. Mr Hunter has joined the firm as its director with responsibility for training and competency following senior roles with a number of major financial institutions includin

The majority of property transactions will be online and out of hours in the future, according to property firm Apropos. The UK-wide lettings firm has stated that half of all its transactions now occur outside the usual office hours with more people willing to view properties and agree contracts in

The board of the Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020 in what the firm has labelled an "extremely challenging year". The trust's board said the £70 million trust had d

Michael Reid, managing partner Meston Reid & Co, discusses the next steps a personal services company (PSC) can take in relation to the introduction of the IR35 rule. For many years in the North East of Scotland, the personal service company (PSC), otherwise referred to as a one-man company, has

Organisers of the AccelerateHER Awards are staging a three-day market building virtual trade mission across Europe next week for members of their female company founder network. With the support of the Scottish Government and Scottish Development International (SDI) in Germany, the event takes place

Savills plc, the international real estate advisor, has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2020, revealing a 9% drop in group revenue to £1.74 billion. The firm said resilient revenues from less transactional services significantly mitigated a reduction in transac

Two in five (39%) SME owners say the stress of COVID-19 has caused them to experience sleep problems or insomnia, according to a new study from small business insurer Simply Business.

Stamp Free Limited, the Edinburgh-based digital postage stamp company, has announced it has successfully raised £300,000 to ramp up commercial traction and further develop its Stamp Free Digital Postage Solution™. The funding was led by Silicon Valley-based R42 Group and Cambridge Angels

President Joe Biden's two German shepherds have been sent home from the White House after biting a security guard.

The UK Government has invested about £118 million into top Scottish businesses and researchers to help tackle major societal challenges that will help the UK recover from the coronavirus pandemic.