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The cost of doing business is in crisis mode and is undermining Scottish business recovery and growth, according to the latest findings from a Scottish business survey by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC). Rising prices of energy, food and raw materials, coupled with labour market insecurity a

With the price of food, fuel, energy, clothes, travel costs and rent continuing to increase as inflation rises, Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisors, is advising SMEs to adopt a ‘trench warfare mentality’ and adapt their covid working from home plans to help employers an

Annual UK house price growth slowed modestly to 10.7% in June, from 11.2% in May, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.

Inverness is to be home to a new £6 million whisky distillery and brewery, for the first time in nearly forty years.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) is joining an accountancy led social mobility initiative to teach school children essential life skills. ICAS is one of 16 new partners of social mobility initiative Rise, which launched last year to help young people from low socio-economic

Santander UK and the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) are running a series of webinars designed to help protect UK businesses against scams and fraud. The DCPCU is a national police unit formed in partnership between UK Finance, the City of London Police, Metropolitan Police and Home Of

Over 200 KPMG UK colleagues in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow took part in two of the firm’s charitable ‘Big Walks’ last week in support of charity partner Marie Curie, the end-of-life charity. The Big Walks took place in Aberdeen on Thursday 16 June and Falkirk on Friday 17 June

Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3% in April 2022, after a decline of 0.1% in March 2022, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Female-powered businesses are attracting an increasingly large amount of equity investment – a record £5.05 billion in 2021 – but female founders are more vulnerable to the dilutive effect of equity funding than their male counterparts, according to J.P. Morgan Private Bank. The ba

Broadband challenger brand Brillband has made two key appointments as it prepares to launch a trial of its technology in Scotland. Helena Murphy, an entrepreneur and fundraising expert behind investing company Raising Partners, has joined the firm’s board, while Euan Plater, the brains be

Proposals to help tackle the climate and biodiversity crisis by supporting Scotland’s transition to a zero-waste and circular economy have been launched. The measures, designed to significantly increase reuse and recycling rates, and modernise and improve waste and recycling services, are set

There are currently 195 employee-owned businesses (EOBs) operating in Scotland, according to new research commissioned by Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS), which is part of Scottish Enterprise. The research has given the clearest picture yet of Scotland’s EOBs and their economic contrib

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out an ambitious vision for potential reform to the way companies list in the UK that aims to attract more high quality, growth companies and give investors greater opportunities. In a new paper, the FCA is continuing its discussion on how it can make th

A new charity partnership initiated by accountancy firm Azets is spearheading efforts to reduce maritime plastic pollution with the first-ever European plastic pick-up to mark UN World Oceans Day. The Azets Plastic Pick-Up Day has been created in partnership between corporate charity Azets 4 Kids an

Corporate finance specialist Dow Schofield Watts has opened a new office in Glasgow as it continues to build its presence in Scotland. It is the second new location within weeks for the firm, which opened an office in Edinburgh in April and which has an existing office in Aberdeen.