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Drug users have joined the growing list of those with a gripe against new polymer bank notes after it emerged that they are cutting their noses while snorting cocaine with them.

Fraser Sime Scotland’s private sector made a positive start to the second quarter, according to April’s Bank of Scotland Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which showed growth pick up slightly from the relative stagnation experienced in the previous month’s survey.

Footfall in Scotland grew by 3.2 per cent in April, the third fastest growth rate of all the nations/regions and the fastest growth in Scotland itself since July 2014, according to latest data from the Scottish Retail Consortium.

Margo McLenan Business recovery specialist Claire Middlebrook has added to her Middlebrooks Advice team by appointing insolvency practitioner Margo McLenan.

Paula Skinner Harper Macleod has advised a Glasgow-based fintech business on a six-figure investment, the first to be completed with the help of a new Glasgow City Council scheme designed to help SMEs scale up.

Martin Beck The UK labour market is set to face a rockier period over the next few years with unemployment rising as the consequences of a slowdown in economic growth bite and pay growth remaining subdued, according to the EY ITEM Club special report.

Kelburn Castle and Estate, one of the oldest family owned estates in Scotland, has secured £1 million of funding from Barclays to support the expansion of its luxury camping site.

Steven Cameron Since new pension freedoms were introduced two years ago, nearly half a million Scots are saving more for their retirements, according to new survey findings from Aegon UK.

TSB Uddingston (Google) While the prevailing trend for high street banks its increasingly one of closure these days, one Scottish branch of the TSB was left left very much open over the weekend after staff forgot to lock its doors.

The brewer also last week opened the latest and biggest so far of its Beer Kitchen gastropubs in Glasgow's Aston Lane. With over 50 per cent sales growth, an injection of equity investment and a stated objective of doubling turnover by 2020, Edinburgh-based craft brewer Innis & Gunn has announce

Fiona McBain Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has announced plans for non-executive director Fiona McBain, formerly chief executive of mutual Scottish Friendly, to become its next chairman at its June 29 annual meeting.

Stephen Boyle Last month saw UK inflation rise to its highest rate since September 2013, according to official figures.

Jane-Frances Kelly Edinburgh-based economic think-tank The David Hume Institute has appointed Jane-Frances Kelly as its next director.

Robert C Dewar Leading US Attorney Robert Dewar recently spoke at an event at Scottish accountancy firm French Duncan on ‘Doing Business in the US’. Here, the Scot who completed his law studies at Edinburgh University and is now an Attorney with American law firm, Williams Mullen in Richmond, Vi

Jamie Younger Chartered Accountants Saffery Champness has urged the rural sector to take note of rules covering Register of People with Significant Control which are due to be extended from June.