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Nearly three in four UK exporters have reported no sales growth in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest data published by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

The Scottish Government has released £12 million in additional funding to health boards across Scotland to support non-Covid emergency care. This immediate action will help put measures in place to reduce waiting times for urgent or emergency treatment, with a focus on boosting staffing levels

Spending by UK businesses is set to surge in the coming months, according to Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey Q2 2021. In a shift away from last year’s top priority of cost reduction, over three-quarters of CFOs (71%) expect rises in capital expenditure and 76% anticipate increases in hiring ove

Scottish private sector firms registered another solid performance during June, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI, as loosening COVID restrictions continued to spur growth. The data for June 2021 showed the second-quickest increase in output since data collection began in 1998. The&

UK house prices slipped 0.5% in June, signalling the first month-on-month decline this year, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.

Scottish accountancy firm Douglas Home & Co has reported steady growth despite the pandemic, insisting that a relentless focus on customer service has paid dividends for the business. As well as recording a 4% rise in turnover to £4 million for the financial year 2020/21 - despite the impa

For the first time in over a year, businesses in Scotland can see the first shoots of recovery as COVID-19 restrictions begin to lift, according to a quarterly survey led by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC).

Companies in Scotland looking to benefit from the global e-commerce boom caused by COVID-19 have been urged to register for a unique series of digital events organised by Scottish Enterprise.

Scotland bucked a UK and European trend by attracting more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in 2020 than in 2019, while the country has reached its highest-ever attractiveness level for investment and bolstered its position as the UK’s most attractive FDI location outside London, accor

Motherwell-based customer service outsourcing company Ascenso has future-proofed its business with a ‘green’ tech investment thanks to £500,000 funding from HSBC UK. The firm has used the funding to lease 700 laptops and upgrade tech equipment for its staff as they continue to supp

Perth-based insurance giant Aviva has posted its highest general insurance sales for a decade and hailed record performance in its savings and retirement arm. Savings and retirement sales soared by 23% to £6.2 billion in the first quarter of this year, with net inflows of cash up 31%, as the c

Nationwide Building Society has seen its profits almost double to £823 million throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as its customers saved an extra £10 billion over the last year. The lender, which is the UK's biggest building society, revealed a huge rise in deposits as customers chose to s

UK retail sales volumes rose 9.2% month-on-month in April, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

SMEs are in a state of paralysis and feel unable to plan their financial future, according to a survey from The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and The Corporate Finance Network (CFN). A total of 77.8% of accountants’ small business clients are not expecting to retur

Business confidence in Scotland has hit its highest level for almost seven years, a new survey from chartered accountancy body ICAEW has found.