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Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) is empowering more than 7500 pupils at 20 Edinburgh secondary schools to make a difference in their communities through the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI).

More than 20 of Scotland’s largest businesses, representing tens of thousands of staff, have pledged to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health in the workplace through a groundbreaking initiative which has been welcomed by the Scottish Government.

Biotangents, a Scottish medical diagnostics business, has secured £1.5m of new investment following the completion of a second fundraising round. Led by the investment syndicate Kelvin Capital, and with Scottish Investment Bank participation, the oversubscribed funding round will support the c

A Fife engineering firm has safeguarded its future by moving into employee ownership. EQ Chartered Accountants LLP has supported Ladybank-based G S Brown Limited into an Employee Ownership Trust structure.

James Lloyd, partner at Harper Macleod, explains how the requirement for homeowners to remortgage or sell their property at the end of a trust deed to realise the capital is catching people out  

A new report has called for a “fundamental review” of local government funding to examine new and alternative sources of revenue. According to a joint paper from Unison Scotland and the Jimmy Reid Foundation, an expansion of local public services is possible with a fairer

New official data published today has revealed that the UK economy had a better-than-expected February as GDP grew 0.2 per cent month-on-month despite heightened Brexit uncertainties and weakened global growth. There was a marked lift to activity in February in the form of Brexit-fuelled stockpiling

Staff at Scottish accountancy firm French Duncan have paid for a day of care at Stirling's Strathcarron Hospice totalling £11,000 following a year of successful fundraising work. Representatives of the firm visited Strathcarron on Friday to mark their achievement, a year after announcing

Insurance payouts that provide a lifeline to help businesses struggling to cope with bad debts are at their highest level since 2009, with the equivalent of 50 new claims made every day, according to new figures out today from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The figures highlight the supp

The Scottish-European Growth Co-Investment Programme (SEGCP) has delivered £6.12m of equity investment to the first cohort of companies to come through the process, facilitating investment rounds totalling £16.26m. The Programme is delivered by the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) –

Frank Field, chairman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee has said that The Pensions Regulator's decision to end its anti-avoidance investigation into the closure of the Johnston Press Pension Scheme is “beyond baffling”. Responding to TPR’s decision, whic

A gathering of senior business leaders in Edinburgh yesterday morning heard that the creation of a Scottish Stock Exchange is on track to be launched in the second half of this year with "impact issues" at its heart. Around 200 members of the Scottish business community came together at Edinburgh&rs

Independent accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) rounded off a successful year of dealmaking in 2018 by being named as the top dealmakers in Scotland for a 14th consecutive year. The firm, which has completed over 250 deals in the last five years alone, has been recognised b

After completing the 2018 London Marathon in record-breaking temperatures, accountant Andy Bell is once again pulling on his running shoes to show that the 26.2-mile route is far from too hot to handle. Although he managed to complete the course in sweltering 23.2C temperatures, Andy was disappointe

Wylie & Bisset is warning anyone who participated in Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs) and Employer Funded Retirement Benefit Schemes (EFRBs) that the new Tax Year could bring unprecedented financial woe as the new Loan Charge Legislation comes into force. Traditionally such schemes remunerated key