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Prof Gary McEwan Aberdeen City and Shire is once again the top region in Scotland for new business start-ups after breaking the record for a second year.

The third World Forum on Natural Capital will take place later this year in Edinburgh, it has been announced.

Gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £20.1 billion in May, according to latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders, a 12 per cent increase on both April and on May last year, in which £17.9 billion was advanced.

Sandy Begbie Edinburgh insurance giant Standard Life has been ranked as one of the Top 50 employers in the UK’s first-ever Social Mobility Employer Index, entering the new Index in fourth place.

Perth-based Braveheart Investment Group says it has had an ‘exceptional’ year after finally completing its transition from the red back into profit.

Caroline Gardner Scotland's colleges face several financial challenges, and potential difficulties from a declining student population, according to Audit Scotland.

James McIlroy A privately held Scottish biotechnology company run by an undergraduate medical student at Aberdeen University, has raised £500,000 in an oversubscribed seed round of investment.

A crime psychologist who recently completed a study of email fraud has been tricked out of £18,000 — by a gang of computer fraudsters. Professor David Canter's troubles began when he discovered his email account had been compromised, after friends alerted him to emails purporting to be from him

The river Nith, Dumfries A new enterprise agency is to be created to address the economic needs of communities in the South of Scotland.

From left to right: Pat Ramsay, Myles Edwards, Phil Anderson, and Louise Dingwall. A North-east financial services company has helped to provide Kenyan children with opportunities for a better future through a charitable donation.

Edel Harris Edel Harris, CEO of Aberdeen-based health and social care charity Cornerstone was named EY Scotland Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 overall winner at last night's Gleneagles awards ceremony.

Local bus operator First Aberdeen has become the first bus operator in Scotland to roll-out of contactless payments on its services.

(left to right) Craig Martin, Martin Gill and James Paterson (Photo: Malcolm McCurrach.) Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has announced the promotion of two new partners in Scotland.

Around 800,000 UK small businesses have failed to become auto-enrolment compliant, according to new figures released by the Pensions Regulator.

Online lender of property finance to investors and developers LendInvest, has launched the LendInvest Property Development Academy, a non-profit skills initiative with the aim of equiping more of the country’s aspiring housebuilders and property developers with the skills they need to secure fina