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Hundreds of visitors to Brighton Pier were charged over £2,000 by mistake after a Worldpay glitch mixed up the date and ticket price.

More than £5.8 million in recovery funding from the Scottish Tourism Emergency Response Group (STERG) is to be spent improving infrastructure and creating jobs at a number of Scotland’s popular visitor destinations and nature hotspots.

An extremely rare Edward III gold coin lost in the wake of the Black Death has been found by a metal detectorist in Norfolk.

A £190,000 funding programme to promote the sale of local produce in convenience stores across Scotland is underway. The Go Local initiative, funded by the Scottish Government, will see at least 21 grants paid to convenience store operators, allowing increased sales of fresh, healthy, locally

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has formed a strategic alliance with Radar Healthcare, which is exclusive to Scotland, to help healthcare professionals meet regulatory standards. A single, easy to use system developed in partnership with healthcare professionals, Radar Healthcare seeks

Colin Tate has joined Edinburgh-based private bank Hampden & Co as chief operating officer (COO). He joins from Sainsbury’s Bank where he spent over a decade in senior management roles including head of architecture, head of strategic design and most recently head of digital transformation

NatWest Group has launched a new programme, CareerSense, to support 13-24-year-olds with readiness for work, aiming to reach over 10,000 young people this year. Through feedback from partners, teachers and those in early careers, the bank recognises that many young people enter the world of work unp

Edinburgh Innovations, the University of Edinburgh’s commercialisation service, is hosting commercialisation experts from 10 leading transatlantic universities to find ways to boost investment in regional centres of innovation away from long-established hotspots. The latest ‘TenU Hosts&r

Armstrong Watson, the business advisory and accountancy firm, has strengthened its growing forensic accounting team with two associate directors. Lindsay Tarrant, who started in 2017, has received a senior promotion and Caroline Bedford has joined Armstrong Watson to continue to build on her long-st

Tom Stocker, partner and head of corporate crime, Pinsent Masons, discusses the impact of the Bribery Act on the business community. As the Bribery Act 2010 approaches its 10th birthday on 1 July, it is widely recognised as an excellent piece of legislation which transformed the corporate compliance

Edinburgh-based Fanbase has secured a £500,000 seed investment round from a number of high profile business figures and entrepreneurs, as the startup’s founders plot the next phase of growth for the software that delivers mobile ticketing and fan experience for sports clubs. Investors in

Reports of HMRC-branded phishing scams have jumped by 87% in the last year, from 572,029 to 1,069,522, according to official figures. The data, obtained by accountancy group Lanop Outsourcing under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, analysed data over the three most recent financial years (April

BNP Paribas, one of the world’s largest banking groups, has agreed a deal to move its Glasgow operations to HFD Group’s 177 Bothwell Street.

Elgin-based firm IT Central has launched a specialist studio space to support businesses and communities in the area and further afield, thanks to £25,000 funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The new academy offers a 12-week, five-module course to enable businesses to tell thei

Last month, a rare 14th-century French gothic cabinet set a new record for the most valuable work of art ever sold in Scotland. The carved ivory cabinet sold for £1,455,000 at Lyon in Turnbull in Edinburgh.