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Nick Pollard has been appointed group finance director at housing, care and property-management organisation Link Group Ltd. Currently director of finance and digital at Kingdom Group, Mr Pollard will join Link Group in April 2020.

The United Kingdom ranked second globally (and number one in Europe) for the $4.9 billion of investment provided to the fintech industry, according to a new report by Innovate Finance.

Expectations for Scottish commercial property during the year ahead have improved following last month’s election result, according to the Q4 2019 RICS Commercial Market Survey. Scottish surveyors, on balance, expect commercial rents and capital values to rise overall in the 12-months ahead, h

Workloads for small building companies in Scotland fell in the final quarter of 2019 with the political uncertainty in the period up to the General Election having a marked effect, according to the Federation of Master Builders Scotland (FMB Scotland).  

Scotland’s international exports increased by 3.4% in 2018 while exports to the rest of the UK also increased, up 2.5%, according to data released today. The Export Statistics Scotland 2018 provides estimates of the cash value of Scotland’s exports of goods and services, by industry

House prices in Edinburgh grew at a faster rate than any other British city in 2019, according to a new report by Zoopla.

Ahead of the Scottish Budget, CBI Scotland has called on politicians of all parties to put the economy at the front and centre of the political debate in Scotland and focus on policies that will strengthen the economy and encourage investment.

High Street banks have slashed financial support for SMEs in Scotland by £465 million, a decrease of 5.8% between 2014 and 2018, according to Iwoca.

BNI Scotland North, a business network in the North of Scotland, is following a remarkable year which saw its members generate more than £19 million worth of business. The latest figures reveal BNI Scotland North members passed business leads to each other that were worth £19,205,390 in

The short-term outlook for the Scottish housing market has improved markedly following the General Election result with price and sales expectations for the three months ahead increasing sharply, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Bruce Stevenson, Scotland’s largest independent insurance broker, has welcomed record results as the company reported revenue of £7.6 million for the year to 31st August 2019. Bruce Stevenson, which is a chartered broker and a founding member of the industry UNA Alliance, now has 100 peo

Neil Norman, the head of Chiene + Tait’s (C+T) entrepreneurial tax team, has been appointed to the board of the global accountancy association AGN. Representing around 200 separate and independent accounting and advisory businesses in over 80 countries, AGN promotes worldwide expertise, best p

Edinburgh-based biotech start-up MiAlgae has secured an investment of £1 million from Hillhouse Capital, Equity Gap, Scottish Investment Bank and Old College Capital. Hillhouse Group is the newest organisation to join the group of investors.

Scottish businesses are benefiting from record levels of trade with Japan, as UK exports totalled £14.8 billion in the year to September 2019, up by over 7.6% on the previous 12 months. Latest figures from the Department for International Trade show that Atlantic salmon exports to Japan w

The UK's six biggest banks and building society Nationwide are braced for today's results of the most exhaustive test of their ability to stand firm against 'Armageddon'.