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The journey into the next phases of pandemic management is well underway and the timing of opening of different industries is becoming clearer each week. It is good that the government has extended financial support under the Job Retention Scheme (JRS, or Furlough) and is allowing businesses to bri

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has called for its members to champion the ethical standards and sustainable business practices that will build organisations that deliver more than shareholder profit. Its new report, Accountants, Purpose and Sustainable Organisations,&

In response to the current coronavirus pandemic plaguing the UK, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group's board of directors has decided to undertake no quarterly or interim dividend payments until the end of 2020. An announcement issued by the bank said that directors will take no quarterly or interim di

Helen McKay, the risk and compliance officer for LendingCrowd, has been recognised in the Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Powerlist 2019. Edinburgh-headquartered LendingCrowd is the only fintech lending platform headquartered in Scotland. 

Royal Bank of Scotland is encouraging fledgeling start-ups and businesses keen to scale-up to apply for space at the bank’s entrepreneurial hubs in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The call is being made following a visit by the bank’s chief financial officer Katie Murray and corporate and commerc

Law firm Harper Macleod has been tasked with helping to drive forward business growth in Glasgow over the next three years. The firm is one of the consultants chosen by Glasgow City Council to provide advice to SMEs through the authority's Business Growth Consultancy Framework, which aims to deliver

Two Scottish entrepreneurs who created the pet food brand Bella & Duke are embarking on a sales and marketing push after securing a £100, 000 loan from UMi Debt Finance Scotland. Chief executive Mark Scott and chief operating officer Tony Ottley founded Blairgowrie-based Bella & Duke w

Brewin Dolphin has announced that its current chief executive David Nicol has decided to retire, with Robin Beer appointed as his successor. Mr Nicol will step down from his role as chief executive on 14th June 2020 after eight years and will remain with the group for a transitionary period until 29

James Kergon, a partner and head of KPMG's deal advisory team in Scotland, looks back at 2019 and previews 2020 from an M&A perspective, focusing on how data and tech are going to drive a lot of future Scottish activity. In recent years, Scotland’s business community has become increa

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has urged credit card providers to show sensitivity and flexibility towards customers in persistent debt as new rules begin to come into force this month which allow them to impose sanctions.

Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden of KPMG LLP have been appointed as joint administrators of Corporate Road Solutions 24:7 Limited. Based in leasehold premises at Redmill Industrial Estate in Bathgate, the company was incorporated in October 2005 operating as a road haulage contractor and freight f

Private bank Hampden & Co has hired Andrew Bell as its chief commercial officer. Most recently employed as commercial director, Europe at Aegon Asset Management, Mr Bell will bring broad financial services experience in wealth management, asset management and private banking from senior rol

The Scottish Investment Trust PLC has been named ‘Best Investment Trust’ at the Shares Awards 2019 for the 2nd consecutive year. The awards, created to celebrate the best of the UK financial services industry, are determined by the votes cast by readers of Shares magazine.

Finance management company Foresight Group has opened an office in Edinburgh's George Street to support the deployments of the £20 million Foresight Scottish Growth Fund. Earlier in 2019, the Scottish Government announced the appointment of Foresight as one of the equity fund managers to

A new international task force run by Glasgow-based Islamic Finance Council UK (UKIFC) is to be created with the support of the UK Government to engage the Islamic finance industry with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The high-level Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development Goals (SG