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Left to right: Nikola Piper, Joanna Blair (Flower Power), Richard Barron (Chairman of The Merchant Company Initiative Prize), Louis Moore, Pat Denzler (Master of The Merchant Company), Logan Ross, Meg Wishart, Alex Park, Katie Chapman and David Martin (Project Magale) A young entrepreneur aged fourt

Mike Dailly A group of activist lawyers has called on the Scottish government to clamp down on the insolvency industry which it claims is causing excessive hardship to the lives of many indebted Scots.

Converge Challenge Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) : Dr Olga Kozlova, Director, Converge Challenge (front row second from left) Sandy Finlayson, Chair, Converge Challenge (front row middle). Converge Challenge, Scotland’s creation competition and entrepreneurship development programme for students,

A company director who participated in “bribery offences” has had an appeal rejected after he challenged a court order compelling him to sell millions of pounds of holdings in a business for less than their true market value.

Scotland’s economic growth is set to hit the skids next year following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, in a slowdown that will see business investment slashed and house prices tumbling, according to PwC.

Scottish businesses are waking up to the stark reality of leaving the European Union today, despite 62 per cent of voters north of the border backing ‘Remain’. The result prompted First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to declare Scotland had delivered a "strong, unequivocal vote" to remain in the EU.

Cat MacLean Cat MacLean, a partner at MBM Commericial, about achieving cultural change in the banking sector and understanding how a new financial system could work.

The liquidator of a multi-million pound hedge fund who sued the company’s solicitors alleging that the firm “breached its fiduciary duties” to its client has had an action for payment of £7.3 million dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that while the pursuer had made a relevant c

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has initiated an assessment of nine firms, particularly concerning their savings products, in light of mounting concerns over unjust savings deals.

Recent TSB data analysis revealed a significant increase in gambling transactions among its customers between 2020 and 2022. The number of customers making more than four bets a day surged by 45%, with 8,100 customers engaging in this behaviour. The number of people gambling for more than four days

Emergency funding schemes launched in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic led to gross bank lending to small and medium-sized companies rising by 82% last year to £104 billion, fuelling concerns amongst UK firms about business debt.

UK consumers are taking a ‘pick n mix’ approach to how they make payments, with mobile banking, mobile payments and contactless all becoming increasingly popular, research by UK Finance has revealed.

Last year saw a sharp rise in £1 million-plus house sales in Scotland, according to new research from property firm Rettie and Co. The estate and letting agent said it had seen strong demand at the luxury end of the market, which saw a 25 per cent increase in activity year-on-year and a total

The number of overseas visitors from Europe increased sharply by 22 per cent in the 12 months to the end of September 2018, according to official statistics released today. In the same period, spending by European visitors in Scotland also registered an increase of 7 per cent, jumping from £1.

The commercial market for drone technology applications across the electricity, gas, mining and agriculture sector could spark a £1.1 billion boost to UK GDP by 2030, according to new research from PwC.