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Katherine Garrett-Cox Katherine Garrett-Cox will leave Dundee-based investment firm Alliance Trust today with a redundancy payment of £668,000 and share options worth £5million.

It seems the new French law forcing restaurants to offer ‘doggy’ bags would be welcomed in Scotland with over 60 per cent of Scottish diners saying they'd prefer to be offered one at the end of their meal. A new survey carried out by up market supermarket chain Waitrose, which publishes the Good

Visitors to Scotland celebrating their ancestry generated an estimated £390,000 of net additional spend for the tourism industry in 2015, according to new figures. The Scottish Clan Event Fund, administered by EventScotland, provides clans and clan societies with grants to run and promote events su

Edinburgh-based investment firm Castle Street Investment has securing £19 million of new banking facilities with Royal Bank of Scotland. The AIM-listed company, which was created by Scots entrepreneur Bill Dobbie following the sale of his Cupid online dating business said the resource provides the

The number of business start-ups recorded in Scotland during the fourth quarter of 2015 (2,488) was down by nearly 17 percent on the previous quarter (2,990) and 2 per cent behind the same quarter last year (2,539), according to latest data from the Committee of Scottish Bankers. Figures for the fou

Detached home owners in Scotland looking to downsize could be in line for a potential windfall of over £100,000 if they trade down to a semi-detached property, according to the latest research from Bank of Scotland. Those planning to move from a detached properly to a bungalow could raise an averag

Scotland’s private sector economy slipped into contraction last month, according to latest data released by the Bank of Scotland. Services and manufacturing activity both declined as output levels deteriorated for the first time in three months, driven by a marginal decline in new order levels, th

Gail Gibson Grant Thornton's aim to double the size of its Scottish tax team over the next five years has taken a step forward after the firm added three “key” appointments to its Edinburgh team.

The market capitalisation of Scotland’s oil and gas companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) fell by 31.4 per cent from £387.59m to £265.75m as the sector continued to be hit badly by the falling oil price during 2015, according to latest data. However, this was not as large a

Gillespie Macandrew CEO Chris West congratulates staff on their promotions. (L-R): Lois Browning, Michael Cox, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Chris West, Margaret Day, Judith Joy and Gillian Campbell. Gillespie Macandrew LLP has reported unaudited fees and other income for the year to 29 February 2016 are up

Julie Grieve and Linda Urquhart Members of Edinburgh’s business community gathered last week to hear the highlights, insights and lessons learned from a successful Scottish businesswoman with a distinguished career which has ranged across many leading Scottish firms and organisations.

Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell will address the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) National Conference in Glasgow just days after the UK Government’s Budget this week. In a landmark address to a business audience in Scotland, Mr McDonnell will speak to more than 800 small business ow

Tim Sawyer Over half of Scottish employees dream of starting their own business, but most are too worried by financial commitments to make their ambitions a reality, a new study has found.

Ken Patullo Insolvency and professional services firm Begbies Traynor has won a major insolvency services contract for the Northern Ireland government’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI).

Scottish public transport travellers are clinging to their preference for paper tickets despite the ongoing digital revolution that lets travellers use smart cards, phones and watches to pay for travel. More than half of consumers, 53 per cent, want to use paper tickets while 37 per cent would prefe