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The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Highland Wildlife Park has secured £1 million of funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

The government of the British Virgin Islands has officially committed to introducing public registers of the real ownership for companies incorporated in the territory. The announcement comes after years of tax evasion and money laundering scandals in which shell companies incorporated in the Britis

Edinburgh-based biotechnology firm IntelliDigest is primed to scale up its efforts in tackling food waste thanks to support from Royal Bank of Scotland’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator programme. Combining the latest developments in biotech, deeptech, agritech and foodtech, the company, which was

The announcement that the UK Budget will be delayed until 2021 – with an expectation it will be in March – combined with the expected dissolution of the Scottish Parliament ahead of the elections in May next year, could leave MSPs with just a couple of weeks to agree on Scotland’s

Peer-to-peer support and advisory organisation for business leaders, The Alternative Board, is to expand into Edinburgh – with former senior executive Andy Todd at the helm. Andy Todd is a former senior vice-president at Wood Mackenzie, the global research and analysis consultancy, and will le

A company that benefited from unlawful tax exemptions and was ordered to pay over £1 million to HM Revenue and Customs has lost an appeal challenging a payment order made to that effect.  John Gunn and Sons Ltd argued that they should only have to pay the amount which represented the

A Glasgow-based company which has led efforts to improve the early detection of cancer has secured £2.4 million in its latest funding round.

Scotland's economic growth is expected to contract by 9.1% in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the global economy, according to KPMG UK's latest quarterly Economic Outlook.  The firm’s latest analysis further downgrades forecasts for Scotland’s economic prospects

Four-fifths of businesses (84%) in Aberdeen would support a new Eat Out to Help Out scheme for the city, according to a new poll conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland.

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments, has been seen its net asset value (NAV) fall by 6.5% in sterling terms in last six months, according to the fund's interim results.  The decline in NAV is compared to the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex-Japa

Scotland's finance minister Kate Forbes is being urged to match England's stamp duty tax cut for house buyers.

Following the reopening of construction sites in Scotland, Sean McGinness believes the picture should start to become clearer for rural landowners who are in discussions with housebuilders and developers regarding potential new developments and land sales. Many individuals will have spent time durin

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that a private hospital group and seven consultant ophthalmologists broke competition law by taking part in illegal price-fixing. Following an investigation by the CMA, Spire Healthcare Limited and Spire Healthcare Group plc has admitted tha

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based cryptocurrency wallet and exchange platform, has taken its first step towards the creation of a seamless fiat-to-cryptocurrency payments system with the launch of a sterling (GBP) functionality, powered by Modulr, the digital payments platform. From mid-July, the partnershi

The business and accountancy profession is facing increasing operational challenges, thanks to the expanding social and economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)'s new global COVID-19 survey.