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American venture capitalist Tom Crotty has joined the board of directors at Aberdeen FC, bringing with him a £1.3 million investment in the club. Mr Crotty has spent more than 30 years brokering deals for communications and software firms and helped found the charity Grassroot Soccer with Tomm

Over 40 per cent of Scotland’s tech start-ups and scale-ups are targeting the US market for growth but have found access to finance the biggest barrier to their ambitious plans. That’s one of the key findings from a new survey of 100 data-driven tech start-ups and scale-ups, undertaken a

Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners has led the management buyout (MBO) of CMS Window Systems, an end-to-end provider of premium window and door solutions, and one of Scotland’s fastest growing manufacturing businesses.

After a tumultuous week in politics, a new weekly index run by accountancy firm RSM tracking the impact of Brexit has revealed an almost 30 per cent rise in overall stress levels in the UK economy over just one week.

Property investment and development company, Buccleuch Property has unveiled children’s charity, Seamab as its fundraising partner for the 2019 Buccleuch Property Challenge. Seamab provides care and education for children in Scotland that have experienced significant trauma in their lives and

An event held this month by Aberdeen-based firm Activpayroll saw over 130 women attend Maggie’s Centre in Aberdeen for ‘Fizz Fiesta’, a Mexican themed ladies-only afternoon.

Glasgow-based investment syndicate Kelvin Capital has moved into its tenth year of business by completing its biggest investment year yet. A total of £10.5 million was invested across nine businesses in its portfolio in 2018, made up by eight follow on investments and one new investment.

The overall condition of Scotland's private sector economy was subdued, with key gauges of business health such as output and new orders falling, while employment approached near-stagnation, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI. Brexit-related uncertainty and concerns regarding client

Shan Saba, business development director at Scotland-based recruitment business Brightwork, tackles the legacy of Glasgow's slave trade history and the fight that the second city of empire still faces today Everyone is aware that many of Glasgow’s merchants became rich throughout the 18th

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the key findings of supervisory work to assess the effectiveness of disclosure by asset managers and intermediaries, such as wealth managers, to their retail customers.

Royal Bank of Scotland’s new business programme aimed at driving small business growth is to come to Aberdeen next Tuesday (February 19).

Complying with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations is high on the agenda for the accountancy and legal professions, but the majority are worried about becoming a target for criminals looking to exploit their professional skills and services to enable money laundering, new research has revealed.

A group of the UK’s most promising tech entrepreneurs are heading to Silicon Valley this April for a week-long accelerate programme hosted by Edinburgh-based FutureX.Now in its sixth year, the Silicon Valley Accelerate programme gives founders unprecedented access to top investors and business

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has promoted Colin Anderson and Andrew Whiteley from Maven’s specialist property investment team to partnership positions. The firm said the strengthening of its partnership base reflects its continued commit

Construction work on more than 300 build-to-rent apartments in Glasgow city centre is set to start by the end of this year after Legal & General exchanged contracts on the project. The pensions and investment firm will forward fund Drum Property Group to deliver 324 apartment