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Scottish Enterprise has revealed that its investment arm, the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), invested £52.4 million into 133 Scottish companies during 2015-16, supporting growth companies at various stages, from seed through to those scaling up for international expansion.

Susie Walker PwC, Johnston Carmichael, KPMG and industry body ICAS have all issued warnings to Holyrood ministers that their current plans for newly-devolved tax powers north of the border could spark an exodus of Scotland’s highest earners.

Standard Life Investments, the fund arm of Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life, has announced plans to reopen its UK Real Estate Fund at midday on Oct. 17, after trading on it was suspended in the wake of June’s Brexit vote.

Hugh Little Hugh Little, the former head of acquisitions and private equity at Aberdeen Asset Management, has joined a north-east cancer charity to be its new finance director.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76isQLZ8LM PwC has this week launched an interactive cyber breach game for senior executives.

Rosalie Chadwick Scotland is lagging behind the rest of the UK in the number of companies represented on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), an Edinburgh conference has heard.

The Collaboration Prize 2016/17 is now open for businesses in Scotland’s construction sector with aspirations to collaborate.

Professor Graeme Roy The Scottish Government should prepare for further real-term cuts of up to £1.6 billion in its resource budget by 2020-21, according to a major publication launched by the influential Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde Business School.

A charity that runs a watersports centre for children has lost a £135,000 VAT case to HM Revenue & Customs in a decision that could have significant implications for the rest of the charity sector.

New research from Citizens Advice Scotland has revealed that Scots living in flood-risk areas are often unable to get affordable insurance protection for their homes and businesses.

Scotland’s buoyant food and drink sector is set to increase employment, investment, exports and research and development spending in the next five years, according to a new survey from Bank of Scotland published today.

Control over VAT should be devolved to Holyrood after the UK leaves the European Union (EU), a think-tank has suggested.

Rosalie Chadwick By Rosalie Chadwick, partner and head of corporate finance at Pinsent Masons LLP

Daniel Broby Scotland’s financial sector needs to accelerate its adoption of technology to avoid a future banking crisis, experts at Strathclyde Business School have warned.

People on low incomes pay more than most for essential goods and services in Scotland, according to new research published today by Citizens Advice Scotland.