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Almost three quarters (74%) of pension schemes have net-zero plans in place, or will do within the next two years, a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) survey has found. The survey comes as the pensions industry meets this week in Edinburgh for the first time since the pandemic-imposed

Corporate finance specialist Dow Schofield Watts has opened a new office in Edinburgh as part of its plans to build its presence in Scotland. The firm, which has an existing office in Aberdeen, is also expanding its services to include fundraising for private equity firms and infrastructure investme

Ryan Macready, senior solicitor at Macdonald Henderson, discusses the intricacies of buying and selling accountancy practices. The majority of Scottish accountancy firms are owner-managed independent general practices, with a local client base. When approaching retirement age, these owner-managers w

AccelerateHER, Scotland’s dynamic network for female founders has appointed Elizabeth Pirrie as its new CEO. The Scottish-based organisation, which empowers UK female-founded businesses to scale for growth, has made the new appointment amid UK-wide expansion of both its team and operations.

Increasing pressure is mounting on Scottish businesses as the cost-of-doing-business crisis hits the bottom line, according to the latest findings from a Scottish business survey from the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC).

UK house price growth has risen to its highest level since 2004, as growth increased to 14.3% from 12.6% in February.

New research from Aviva studying the attitudes of the over 50s towards their pension has uncovered that half (49%) regret not saving into their pension sooner, and almost two thirds (64%) wish they had contributed more into their retirement savings at an earlier stage.

CEO and founder of Glasgow based startup Know-it, Lynne Darcey Quigley, will be heading off to Silicon Valley, the epicentre of technological innovation located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California following the firm's Startup Summit win. Lynne Darcey Quigley will be helping fly the flag for

The Scottish Government has announced a £4 million funding package to help improve infrastructure on Scotland’s islands. The capital investment will be allocated to the six island local authorities to fund the improvement, creation or safeguarding of locally developed infrastructure proj

The Bank of England has increased the interest rate for the third time in four months, with rates rising from 0.5% to 0.75%. The increase means that rates are now at their highest level since March 2020, when COVID-19 lockdowns were first implemented.

Three Scottish companies have joined forces to accelerate the launch of a potentially world-beating biofuel technology. The companies are Ardnamurchan Distillery, Woodlands Renewables and Scotland’s first biorefinery, Celtic Renewables, based in Grangemnouth.

Scottish private sector output rose at an accelerated pace in February, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI. The seasonally adjusted headline Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index - a measure of combined manufacturing and service sector output - rose to 55.5 in February, from

Linlithgow-based investment advisory firm Alan Steel Asset Management (ASAM) has adopted employee ownership following the wishes of its late founder, Alan Steel. After setting up ASAM in his hometown of Linlithgow in 1975, Mr Steele began looking at a succession plan which coexisted with his values

Annual UK house price growth increased to 12.6% in February, from 11.2% in January, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.

Individual investors are increasingly turning to forestry as they see the ‘win-win’ of environmental and financial return on the horizon, according to Edinburgh-based alternative asset manager Par Equity.