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UK Finance’s Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign is warning UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to be alert for scams targeting their companies.

Game4Padel, the Edinburgh-based padel business backed by tennis star Andy Murray, has been valued at £18 million in its latest investment round, during which the company raised £3m from retail and institutional investors. The company’s fourth successful fundraising round in less th

Business leaders will gather tomorrow in Glasgow for the first major conference dedicated to stimulating the growth of the fintech industry across the UK. Hosted by FinTech Scotland, the clus­ter organisation representing the sector north of the Border, the event welcomes members of a fintech &l

Scottish law firm Burness Paull has posted profits of £33.3 million - a rise of 39% - despite the economic upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic. Burness Paull said an intense programme of client listening and rapid response during the pandemic has been the foundation for strong revenue perform

Richard Douglas-Home, senior associate at Turcan Connell, discusses the additional recommendations the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has made to the Chancellor for the simplification of Capital Gains Tax (CGT). In July 2020 the Chancellor requested that the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) ca

Dundee business leader and entrepreneur Tim Allan has become the founding social sponsor of Women’s Business Station. Mr Allan, owner of Tricorn Capital, chair of V&A Dundee and president of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, is investing £20,000 in the social enterprise which supports w

Angie De Vos, CEO of Women's Business Station, discusses her mission to help businesswomen up their game and change their lives. What is your purpose in life?

Scotland’s tax revenues continued to increase in 2019-20, as overall revenues, including North Sea receipts, increased to a record £65.9 billion.  According to today’s Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) figures, Scotland's Onshore revenues grew by &po

Dawn Reoch, partner at Burness Paull, discusses business debt in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. The Before

Financial services firms Tilney and Smith & Williamson have agreed a revised transaction structure for their proposed merger. The merged group will be known as Tilney Smith & Williamson and will be the UK’s leading integrated wealth management and professional services business.As

John Moore, senior investment manager at Brewin Dolphin, highlights the company's predictions for the year ahead. After a choppy 12 months for markets, investors will be hoping 2020 will be the year for resolutions – not necessarily in terms of promises kept, but conclusions to a variety of lo

SNIPEF CEO Fiona Hodgson outlines Section75 pensions issue facing some plumbers. The road to hell is paved with good intentions which, in the case of the current situation with the Plumbing Pensions Scheme, is having a devastating impact on our industry and many of the people within it across the UK

The health of the Scottish economy weakened considerably in the first quarter of this year against the backdrop of an uncertain global environment and the cloud of Brexit hanging over the UK economy, the latest Scottish Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Indicator survey for Q1 of 2019 shows. T

The UK remained the top destination for fintech investment activity in Europe with over $20.7bn in deals in 2018, though, the UK lost its global crown from H1 with the activity tailing off in the second half of the year, according to the latest KPMG Pulse of Fintech report.

Global investment manager Schroders and Lloyds Banking Group have announced that they are entering into a strategic partnership to create a new wealth management proposition.