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Ash Denham A cheesemonger, a local café, a knitting store and a gift shop have been named as favourite local firms by MSPs ahead of Small Business Saturday.

Dundee-based bespoke joinery manufacturer and interior fit-out specialist, Bentleys Shopfitting Ltd, has announced it is the latest Scottish business to adopt an employee ownership model, with 50 staff now given the opportunity to become owners.

Scotcash has won a £300,000 grant from Virgin Money Foundation's Ripple Fund in order to expand into Edinburgh. Social enterprise Scotcash, which opened in Glasgow in 2007, offers a range of services to individuals in financial difficulty, including affordable loans, money advice and white goods pa

Rod Ashley Rod Ashley, the chief executive of Airdrie Savings Bank, will today answer questions from MSPs over the demise of the 182-year-old, and last remaining UK independent savings bank.

Miles Celic A new report has underlined the important role UK-based financial and related professional services play in underpinning prosperity in Britain’s nations and regions and the danger to it posed by uncertainty.

Jo Iwasaki The UK government would be well-advised to address the corporate governance issues raised in this week’s report from the Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee, but must avoid overly prescriptive compliance-driven measures to tackle corporate culture, according

Bertie Hunt (Chair, Y People), Derek May (CEO, Brightwork) and Joe Connolly (CEO, Y People) One of Glasgow’s oldest charities has continued a period of development and growth with the addition of accountant and CEO of Scotland-wide recruitment business, Brightwork, Derek May, to its board.

Ross Wilson By Ross Wilson is director and head of east agency at the Edinburgh commercial department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors

A financial intelligence platform spearheading the agenda of sustainable and inclusive finance has announced that it will convene the second edition of its Global Ethical Finance Forum (GEFF) on September 13th and 14th in Edinburgh.

Tom MacLennan FRP Advisory partners Tom MacLennan and Iain Fraser have been appointed joint administrators of Hamilton Burns WS Limited, the Glasgow-based immigration, criminal, matrimonial and civil practice law firm.

L-R: Jim Porter, partner in Johnston Carmichael’s Inverurie office; Jane Mitchell; Graham Leith, partner in Johnston Carmichael’s Inverurie office, at Inverurie’s Thainstone Centre. Accountancy and Business Advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its agricultural team with the appoi

Martin Gill Growth in the services sector has slowed to a standstill and is on the brink of shrinking, according to accountants and business advisers BDO’s latest Business Trends Report.

Derek Mackay Scottish firms looking for significant investment will now be able to access an additional £200 million through the Scottish-European Growth Co-investment Programme.

Perth-based Braveheart Investment Group says it has had an ‘exceptional’ year after finally completing its transition from the red back into profit.

Sarah Deas Employee ownership in Scotland is continuing to grow and could account for 5 per cent of all Scottish businesses, according to Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS), which is celebrating EO Day (Employee Ownership Day) today by urging more business owners to explore it as a viable succe