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A new initiative by the UK tax authorities to encourage smaller companies to claim for research and development tax relief is almost certain to disappoint them, according to a Edinburgh-based tax credit specialists. Jumpstart, which has been at the forefront of raising awareness of the R&D Tax C

Royal Courts of Justice Holder’s of high-yield Lloyds bonds issued at the time of the financial crisis have been ordered by a court to sell them after agreeing that the lender had made a mistake.

Authorities at Kuala Lumpur International Airport have been forced to place an ad in a newspaper seeking the unknown owner of three Boeing 747 planes to speak up for them after they were left abandoned on the tarmac at the Malaysian capital’s hub.

A online prankster has put the Forth Road Bridge up for sale on auction site ebay following Friday’s news that the link between Edinburgh and Fife will be closed for the remainder of the year.

David Menzies The UK Government response to a call for evidence on collective redundancy consultation in insolvency situations provides little clarity on the way forward, writes David Menzies Director of Insolvency at ICAS.

A City worker who had parked his car for just six hours in central London has been handed a £3,731 parking ticket, despite pre-booking a £5 all-day parking deal. Manish Wadhwani was charged the astonishing amount after the machines at the car park thought he had been parked for four months based o

Controversial businessman Mike Ashley, has taken a five per cent stake in East Kilbride-based Goals Soccer Centres. Mr Ashley, an investor in Glasgow football team Rangers who is currently at loggerheads with chairman Dave King over the retailer’s influence on the Ibrox club, has acquired 2,890,00

A finance director who took almost £8m from businesses owned by Scottish entrepreneur and TV personality Duncan Bannatyne has been jailed. Christopher Watson, who claimed he was exposed to a “culture of undoubtedly corrupt company management”, pleaded guilty to defrauding the Bannatyne Group of

Still 73 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland Group has reported a third-quarter net profit of £952m, up from £896m year-on-year on the back of a £1.1bn one-off gain from its sale of US subsidiary bank Citizens. The news comes a day after RBS announced that it is selling its remaining 20.9

The Moray Council needs to “significantly increase” the pace of change and improvement if it is to build on the progress made over the last two years, according to the Accounts Commission. A report published by the watchdog today looks at developments since a 2013 audit on how the council was me

Midlands-based investment group Mercia Technologies has opened an office in Edinburgh as it bids to target emerging early-stage Scottish businesses. The firm’s Scottish drive will be headed-up by investment manager Paul Devlin and the operation has already forged partnerships with Dundee’s Abert

The Competition and Markets Authority, the UK's competition watchdog, has ruled out a break up of the UK’s biggest banks. The provisional findings of the CMA’s investigation, which examined the supply of personal current accounts and of banking services to small and medium-sized enterprises, had

The ubiquitous RS McColl’s newsagent chain is to slash the number of its outlets on Scotland’s high streets after announcing plans to sell 100 of its “less profitable” shops. McColl’s Retail Group said the move was part of a strategy to its switch to convenience stores.

Starting salaries for professional roles in Scotland including finance and accounting, financial services, information technology and administration will grow by an average 3 per cent over the next 12 months, according to the Robert Half 2016 Salary Guide. The hike would mean a higher increase than