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Tim Cooper Just over half of all technology and IT companies in Scotland are at higher than average risk of insolvency in the next 12 months, according to new research from insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

Allan Barr Employees of Scottish PR firm The BIG Partnership are to share in a £250,000 bonus pay-out after the agency reported its best-ever year.

Richard Masters International law firm Pinsent Masons, which employs 540 staff in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, has today revealed its unaudited results for 2017-18 which shows global turnover increased by 6 per cent to £449.8 million.

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, the Baillie Gifford-managed fund with around £195 billion under management, has posted results which show net assets value per share have risen 4.4 per cent, beating its benchmark following good performance in the underlying portfolio.

Carol Flockhart Chartered Accountants Chiene + Tait is today celebrating after a brace of wins, including Large Accountancy Firm of the Year, at the Scottish Accountancy Awards.

Police in Italy are looking for the source of more than £31,000 (€36,000) found inside a church confession booth, possibly from a repentant crook.

Andrew McRae New official statistics published today show unemployment in Scotland remained unchanged between February and April.

More people in Scotland are now putting money aside for later life, as the 14th annual Scottish Widows Retirement Report reveals the number of Scots saving for retirement has risen sharply to 84 per cent.

Begbies Traynor has been appointed liquidator after award winning and highly regarded Scottish independent retailer Games Centre ceased trading after more than a quarter of a century in business.

A rehab clinic in the Scottish borders is now offering a treatment for crypto-currency traders who cannot stop speculating with the volatile investment.

Antonio Horta-Osario Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group faced a shareholder rebellion yesterday when more than a fifth of investors voted against the boardroom remuneration report at its AGM.

Insurance giant Aviva, which employs 2,500 staff across hubs in Perth and Bishopbriggs, has had to inform 50,000 of its customers that they were overcharged for their premiums and promised to refund them.

Malcolm Hurlston The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish companies sharply rose during the first quarter of 2018, according to figures released today by Registry Trust.

Carol Flockhart Edinburgh-based Chartered Accountants Chiene + Tait has been nominated as a finalist in two categories at this year’s Scottish Accountancy Awards.

London’s top flight closed above 7,800 points for the first time ever yesterday as fears of a trade war between the US and China dissipated and the pound continued its downward trajectory.