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Thousands of SMEs across Scotland are set to benefit from vital free support after economy secretary Fiona Hyslop announced that it was trebling funding for Business Gateway’s DigitalBoost skills programme.

Business leaders in Scotland have called for the government to replace Business Rates with an online sales tax similar to Digital Services Tax, according to a new poll conducted by accountancy and advisory firm BDO LLP. A significant majority (81%) of Scottish respondents indicated that with busines

1.9 million mortgage payment deferrals have been offered to customers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in the three months since the support scheme was launched, according to the latest figures released by UK Finance.

Scottish businesses hit by the coronavirus lockdown could be ready to hit the ground running once they are given clear guidance from the Scottish Government on returning to work, according to a new survey by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.

Dundee-based Red Kite Oilfield Services, a company providing crucial radial cutting torch services to the oil and gas industry in the North Sea, has secured vital funds to navigate the coronavirus lockdown and recovery, thanks to a £100,000 Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) from Ba

Simply Solutions (Europe) Ltd, an international facility management firm, has secured a quarter of a million-pound CBIL loan from Bank of Scotland to help continue its operations during the COVID-19 outbreak.

It is estimated that there are around 1.6 million pension pots worth £19.4 billion unclaimed because homeowners rarely contact their pension providers when they move home, according to the latest research commissioned by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). 

Insolvency practitioners across Scotland are preparing for an upsurge of insolvencies stemming from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic which is likely to accelerate the demise of companies that were struggling in any event. And they are warning that cash will be king in the coming reces

Eric H Curran, managing partner at DM Hall steps up to participate in our Just a minute feature. Name: Eric H Curran FRICS

Edinburgh has come out top amongst Scotland’s 32 local authorities in securing Research & Development (R&D) tax relief claims, according to a new table released today by ABGI UK. A total of 475 successful claims for R&D tax relief were made by Edinburgh companies in the l

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has announced a new £15 million commitment to Edinburgh-based Par Equity allowing the partnership to deliver over £75m of new funding for businesses.  The funds from British Business Investments

Johan Belfrage, technical development manager at the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), discusses building and growing Scotland's bioeconomy. The Nordic countries demonstrate a strong model for sustainable growth in the integrated processing of renewable feedstocks into a

Financial support for seafood processors to help them through economic pressures related to the coronavirus pandemic will be available through a new £10 million scheme announced by the Scottish Government.

Glasgow-managed commercial landlord Regional REIT has announced that it will maintain its Q4 dividend despite the coronavirus crisis. The regional real estate investment specialist has confirmed that its dividend for Q4 2019 of 2.55 pence per share, declared on 27 February 2020,

Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust Plc, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments, has posted strong full-year results for 2019 with the company’s net asset value having increased by 34.3%. The trust’s share price total return also stood at 578%, this compares with a total ret