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Jeff Lynn Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs is preparing to launch a secondary market which is due to go live by this summer and will allow investors to trade shares in growing businesses before they go public.

Stewart Pennington, business advisory director at Johnston Carmichael, and Liz Casely, founder of Slim Lizzie. An Edinburgh entrepreneur whose slimming aid recently won a top funding prize is working on a new version that could soon be stocked in High Street pharmacies, with support from business ad

Calum Macaulay The Highlands’ leading housing association and developer of affordable homes, Albyn Housing Society, is poised to deliver on its pledge to build an additional 750 new homes for the region by 2020 after netting £30 million in new funding, arranged by NatWest Markets.

Angela Constance A scheme to encourage the launch of new companies that benefit and involve communities has seen annual funding double to £1 million for each of the next three years.

Faye Chua UK business confidence rebounded in the quarter ahead of the triggering of Article 50, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants' Global Economic Conditions Survey.

James Watt (Image: Twitter) Scottish craft brewing giant Brewdog has paved the way to becoming a listed business within the next three years after securing a private equity cash injection that has valued the Aberdeenshire firm at £1 billion.

Tim Allan The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has announced the appointment of Tim Allan as its new President, taking on the role from Nora Senior who stands down after four years in office.

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Scotland’s golf coast is one of the gems of East Lothian and action for Scotland’s national business golf tournament got underway at the stunning Craigielaw golf club. Players from Edinburgh's Professional Services sector gathered in the new clubhouse which offers panoramic views over the Firth

Andy Murray Scottish tennis world number 1 Andy Murray has invested in three more UK businesses as part of his strategic partnership with crowdfunding platform Seedrs.

56 Queens Street, Aberdeen. Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) has moved its 15 strong Aberdeen workforce to a new location within the city’s traditional business quarter.

Gary McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has extended its support for the Elevator Awards for both this year and next.

Michael Watson Michael Watson, head of finance and projects group at Pinsent Masons, discusses an innovative approach by Aberdeen City Council to raising cash.

West Lothian Council has become the fourth local authority in Scotland to announce a voluntarily freeze of the basic rate of Council Tax while neighbouring East Lothian decided to increase Council Tax by the full 3 per cent.