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Leadership progress has stalled for women despite businesses taking more action than ever to increase gender diversity, according to Grant Thornton's International Business Report. A total of 78% of mid-market businesses globally are actively working on removing barriers to gender parity at senior l

Yesterday, MSPs formally signed off on the Scottish Government's £40 billion budget for 2020/21 by 63 votes to 55.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published proposals outlining new climate-related disclosure requirements for premium listed issuers. The new rule will require all commercial companies with a premium listing to either make climate-related disclosures consistent with the approach set

An app which lets kids receive, manage and spend their money has raised $5 million in funding from investors.

Johnston Carmichael has been recognised as Large Firm of the Year at the Xero Awards 2020 – dubbed the ‘Oscars’ of the cloud accounting world. The UK and Ireland awards, held this year in London’s Electric Brixton venue, were established to celebrate excellence in cloud accou

Chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset has joined North Ayrshire Council’s Business Consultancy Framework, under which it will provide a range of financial and data analysis and succession planning support. The framework is an enabling programme that seeks to increase assistance available to&

Sue Dawe, EY’s head of financial services in Scotland, has been appointed as a patron of Women in Banking & Finance (WIBF). Ms Dawe joins as the fifth patron of WIBF and is the only patron to be based in Scotland.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has said that MSPs can't rule out the prospect of making further changes to income tax before the start of the new tax year, despite yesterday's vote to approve Scotland’s proposed income tax regime for 2020/21.

Uddingston-based dental firm Park Dental Company has purchased a former Royal Bank of Scotland branch building thanks to a six-figure funding package from the bank. Thanks to the funding, owners Jeremy and Cate Wiewiorka were able to purchase and renovate the old bank into a dental surgery

Several workers have been saved from redundancy following the closure of James Davidson and Sons Ltd when it fell into administration in February. Forfar-based Alliance Electrical has hired six plumbers and engineers who had been made redundant following the collapse of the Montrose-based business.

Royal Bank of Scotland's new polymer £20 note enters circulation today featuring historic Scottish entrepreneur Kate Cranston, famed for her tearooms. The note, which features the image of Ms Cranston, is the bank’s first new £20 in 23 years and the first Scottish note of its denom

Scotland's businesses are facing a 25% increase in the total business rates burden in just three years, according to the latest forecast by the Scottish Fiscal Commission.

The UK's largest regional airline Flybe has gone into administration with Alan Hudson, Joanne Robinson, Lucy Winterborne and Simon Edel of EY appointed as joint administrators.

The Auchrannie Resort on the Isle of Arran has delayed the refurbishment of its main hotel in order to invest £1 million in additional staff accommodation, as Brexit has led to a decline in staff applicants from the European Union (EU).

Scotland has lost its crown as the leading area of the UK for working women after dropping to fourth place in this year’s PwC Women in Work Index, having topped the index in the last two years.