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Warren Bader Lanarkshire-based eco-innovation business Plan Bee has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Business Green Leaders Awards in London.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI) has been fined £13,285,900 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for incorrectly reporting more than 35 million transactions and failing to report another 120,000 transactions between November 2007 and November 2014. The FCA said the size of the fine – the hig

Controversial payday lender Wonga has reported a pre-tax loss for last year of £37.3m. The news comes amid a major overhaul of the controversial company a major customer compensation scheme.

Liz Cameron The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has reported a hesitant start to the year but remains optimistic for the rest of 2015.

Fred Goodwin, the disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive has been ordered by a High Court judge to hand over personal e-mails he sent in the run-up to the bank’s 2008 share sale. At a hearing last week, Mr Justice Hillyardapproved the request to have the correspondence made public

Top dentists' incomes have gone up by more than a fifth as more people spend on cosmetic dental treatment, according to new research. Top dentists' incomes have gone up by more than a fifth as more people spend on cosmetic dental treatment, according to new research.

Latest Office for National Statistics figures have revealed UK retail sales grew more strongly than expected in February. Sales were up 0.7 per cent compared with the previous month, according to the ONS.

Innovation in Scotland’s salmon farming sector has surged to almost £200 million, an independent review has found. In total, 268 publicly supported projects worth more than £183m have been delivered since 2018 by salmon producers, supply chain businesses, universities, and public f

The Scottish budget announced on 13 January has sharpened the focus on how tax policy changes influence behaviour in the workplace and the people consequences employers have already witnessed since the UK Budget in November 2025, writes Sarah Jackman. Following the UK's Budget announcement, much att

On 31 October last year, reports emerged that Rockstar North, the well-known games developer, had dismissed more than 30 staff in the UK – sparking headlines for all the wrong reasons, writes Robin Turnbull. The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain moved quickly to tell media that

Johnston Carmichael's Alex Docherty calls on Rachel Reeves to kickstart the economy by using her Budget to support businesses. After weeks of speculation over the Autumn Budget, and an unprecedented early speech by the Chancellor, it is anyone’s guess as to what will be in her famous red box.

A wish-list of seven policies to boost hard-hit SMEs has been sent to the Chancellor by accountancy and business advisory firm Azets, which advises more than 80,000 SMEs. Praveen Gupta, Azets’ UK head of tax, called for Rachel Reeves to “encourage and enable SMEs to invest, innovate and

Liz Ziegler Around £2 million pounds in card chargebacks have been claimed back by Lloyds customers following a rise in dodgy websites, according to the latest data from the bank. 

When Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her Autumn Budget later this month, her primary focus will be on how to deliver on her pre-election promise of growing the UK’s economy, writes Jak Henderson. While much of the recent discussion has revolved around speculation as to whether she will break

Scotland’s charity sector is in a fragile state. Financial strain is widespread, future funding uncertain, and services and roles are at risk, writes Emma Marshall. Research from the third sector in Scotland, stark admissions from those at the helm – and anecdotes from our own clients &n