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A Scottish entrepreneur may have come to the rescue of thousands of Scotland's amateur team sports organisers after raising £150,000 through a crowdfunding campaign. Glasgow-based Find A Player which aims to use mobile smart phone technology to rid the world of the frustration of getting together e

Friends Reunited, the online social networking pioneer bought by ITV for £175 million and then sold to Dundee publishing company DC Thomson, is to close. Steve Pankhurst, one of the site’s founders, said it is still used by some but is “no longer used for the purpose it was built for”.

The volume of manufactured goods sales from Scottish firms to overseas markets grew by 2.4 per cent during the year, according to figures out today. In the third quarter of 2015, the Scottish Index of Manufactured Exports recorded growth in the Food, Beverages and Tobacco (3.6 per cent), Refined Pet

Scotland’s capital city has risen one place to 18th in an annual ranking of real estate investment in 28 European cities. PwC’s latest Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe report said that investor sentiment in Edinburgh returned in 2015 following uncertainty created by the independence referen

Sarah Speirs Scottish house prices and sales look set to continue to rise in the first quarter of 2016, according to the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Nikki Williams Filling in a self assessment form by January 31st may not be the only problem many individuals, business owners and high net worth individuals face, according to Scottish-based recovery, restructuring and insolvency boutique mlm Solutions.

Latest estimates from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that gross mortgage lending reached £19.9 billion in December. The figure is 3 per cent lower than November (£20.5 billion), but 23 per cent higher than December 2014 (£16.2 billion).

More than £160 million of new funding will be targeted in 2016/17 on home ownership schemes to support 5000 households to buy their own home, the Scottish Government said today. More than £80m will go to the established Open Market Shared Equity Scheme (OMSE) helping up to 2,000 eligible first-tim

Aberdeen Asset Management and Royal Bank of Scotland have successfully completed a new medium-term £145 million debt facility for the wealth manager's Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT). Founded 15 years ago, Aberdeen-managed AIPUT is a £550 UK commercial vehicle focused on investing i

James Bilefield Perth-based transport giant Stagecoach has announced the appointment of digital entrepreneur James Bilefield as a non-executive director.

West of Scotland bus firm McGill's has completed the acquisition of Lanarkshire operator Nairn Coaches for an undisclosed sum. Greenock-based McGill’s, Scotland’s largest privately-owned public transport operator, said the deal includes the stage carriage routes and vehicles of Coatbridge-based

James Paterson Mid tier accountancy firm BDO has expanded its Scottish tax team with the transfer of James Paterson from its London to its Edinburgh office.

The Financial Reporting Council’s Conduct Committee has today instructed its Executive Counsel to launch a fresh preliminary investigation into the conduct of KPMG in its role as auditor of HBOS prior to the group's collapse and subsequent £25 billion taxpayer bailout. The probe will invoke the F

Despite setting their alarms for 6:30am and leaving the house by 7:23am, the average British worker does not feel fully awake until 9:40am on the average weekday, according to a new survey. Most Brits will be in work for a full 40 minutes before they feel able to function while the average worker cl

Alan Davis Alan Davis (51) has been appointed chairman of Henderson Loggie, the Scottish business services and accounting firm with offices in Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.