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The world’s oldest building society has made a first today as they become title sponsor of two Scottish women’s senior football leagues.

5 Advocates Close Edinburgh's 5 Advocate's Close was last night named among the best workplaces in the UK at the British Council for Offices (BCO)'s annual National Awards, having been recognised as Highly Commended in the Projects up to 1,500 sq.m. category.

Alice Blackwell, Glenmorangie Research Fellow at National Museums Scotland holding one of the 9 massive silver neck chains. The 9 surviving examples are being showcased for the first time in the exhibition. A new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland is to show for the first time how silver,

The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) has today released a new statistical report, ‘Higher Education Student Support in Scotland’ showing the increasing debt burden of Scottish students. The an annual report, details a range of statistics and information around the numbers of students receiv

Sean McGinness Accountancy firm Saffery Champness says that it welcomes the majority of findings made by the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) in its report on the UK VAT system to consider whether or not this was working for businesses and to identify opportunities to simplify the structure.

Liz Field PIMFA, the trade association for the personal investment management and financial advice sector in the UK, has become the latest organisations to sign HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter.

Liz Cameron A new initiative has been introduced by the Scottish Government and Chambers of Commerce to provide more businesses with the opportunity and support to trade abroad.

Nick Scott Brodies LLP has today announced the election of Nick Scott as managing partner, succeeding Bill Drummond.

(Image: Phil Wilkinson) Borders-based independent brewer Broughton Ales is to significantly increase its domestic and export beer sales after securing a funding boost of £395,000 from HSBC.

A Dundee-based building engineering services company has announced it has completed its transition to become Scotland’s latest employee-owned business, with 56 members of staff becoming owners via a process managed by accountancy firm Henderson Loggie.

Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is expected to call on the South of Scotland Enterprise Agency to help tackle the region’s low productivity, wages and growth and for it to be granted many of the same powers as Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

An independent inquiry into the performance of employee-owned businesses and their impact on the economy has praised Scotland for leading the way in its approach and commitment to growing the popularity of employee ownership as the nation celebrates EO Day (Employee Ownership Day) today.

Liz Cameron Scottish Chambers of Commerce chief executive Liz Cameron OBE yesterday received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) at its graduation ceremony at Paisley Abbey, in recognition of her distinguished career at the forefront of Scottish business.

Maggie McGhee Women in finance and accounting take seven more years, on average, than their male counterparts to reach executive level, as they battle with a ‘two-tournament gender system’ throughout their careers, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has found.

Stefan Pryor Stefan Pryor, Secretary of Commerce for the American state of Rhode Island, is to head up a trade mission comprising seven US businesses and a team of commerce and tourism officials which is set to visit the UK in September with Edinburgh and Glasgow named among the key target cities.