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Carolyn Fairburn Edinburgh-based Standard Life has warned that the prospect of higher income tax, imposed by Holyrood, poses an increasing risk to its business.

Greater help is to be offered to small and medium-sized businesses in Scotland, with plans to expand the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB). The move follows the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government commitment to create a Business Development Bank (BDB) to address the gaps in the market for

Two of Scotland's sporting legends, Sir Chris Hoy and Andy Murray, have shown that they are no slouches when it comes to matters financial. Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy saw his company take in more than £1 million last year. The latest figures show the retired cyclist is still capitalising on his spe

Increased turnover and profits at Aberdeenshire-based ice cream maker Mackies will see staff bonuses of 10 per cent paid to the firm's 66 employees. The company, which has 20 per cent of the Scottish ice cream market, highlighted new sales in Taiwan and growth in business with Costco in South Korea

Glasgow law firms Hill Brown and Miller Samuel are joining forces to create one of the city’s largest independent practices. The merger is the latest in a long series of mergers and takeovers since the crash of 2008 and reflects the continuing restructuring of the Scottish legal sector.

The Scottish Government is to invest up to £63.8 million in Dundee’s Waterfront after deputy first minister John Swinney agreed a Growth Accelerator model (GA) with the local authority.

Scotland first ‘hub by Premier Inn’ on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile -Phil Wilkinson Budget hotel chain Premier Inn has invested £35 million into Edinburgh with three new hotels and ongoing refurbishments and extensions, bringing 150 jobs and 10 apprenticeships to the city.

Donald Barlow Wealth management firm, Anderson Strathern Asset Management, has announced the appointment of Donald Barlow to its investment team.

People in China are being encouraged to opt for vertical burial or cremation under new government funeral guidelines aimed at coping with land scarcity. It's hoped the guidance, issued by nine government departments, will promote environmentally friendly forms of burial that take up little or no lan

The Scottish Government has announced measures to accelerate housebuilding via two new funds totalling £75 million.

Aberdeen Asset Management is cutting the fees on three of its funds, just as reports surface that the firm could be relegated from the FTSE 100 this month after seeing its market value more than halve since the shares peaked at 507p last April. They closed down 0.5p at 241.4p yesterday, valuing the

The Orkney Islands has the best quality of life of any rural area in Scotland for the third year running, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Rural Quality of Life Survey. Orkney knocked Aberdeenshire off top spot in 2014 and has remained there ever since.

Jeremy Peat A new report has called for a "step-change" in Scotland's credit industry if financial exclusion is to be tackled.

The Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF), which is managed by Glasgow-based Maven Capital Partners, has invested £320,000 in Emeg Electrical Limited (Emeg), a specialist mechanical and electrical contractor providing services to the owners and operators of rail facilities. The GMLF was set up by the

The latest quarterly barometer that measures the outlook for growth and nationwide levels of business confidence has rallied after a 7.1 percent drop in Q3 2015. Q4 2015 of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management’s (CICM) UK Credit Managers Index (CMI) reported growth in both the Manufacturin