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Supermarket giant Asda has teamed up with Social Investment Scotland (SIS) to launch the UK’s first Social Enterprise Supplier Development Academy, with the aim of increasing the availability of social enterprise products for ethically-minded consumers on retailer’s shelves. Funded through the p

Lloyds Banking Group is calling in £3bn of special bonds after their holders were ordered by a court to sell them after agreeing that the lender had made a mistake when issuing them. In December, the Court of Appeal ruled in Lloyds’ favour after the bank argued it had made an error in its contrac

Marion Fellows Motherwell and Wishaw MP, Marion Fellows, this week secured an Adjournment Debate in the House of Commons to highlight the mis-selling of pension schemes to hundreds of Anderson Mining Group employees in 1997.

ESPC, the east central Scotland estate agency, has released its annual review of 2015, and a forecast for 2016. Looking back on the property market over the last year, 2015 proved to be more buoyant than previous years since the 2008 crash, despite experiencing uncertainties due to the effects of th

Edinburgh-based Sigma Capital has seen an 11 per cent rise in its share price after revealing that it is due to issue a positive trading update. The group, which specialises in development of the private rented sector (PRS) in urban regeneration, said its second half has progressed ahead of schedule

Kezia Dugdale First time buyers will be given £3,000 towards the purchase of a property under new plans unveiled by Scottish Labour.

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