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Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has revealed that businesses and communities supported by the agency in 2022/23 are set to create or retain more than 1,400 jobs across the region over the next three years, including 159 in fragile areas. HIE surpassed almost all of its set targets for the yea

Techscaler, the start-up support programme run by CodeBase, embarks on a nationwide investor roadshow for Scottish startups next week, with the Unlocking Opportunities: VC Insights for Scottish Tech Founders series visiting Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Inverness between 21-25 August. Tech founder

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has called for public spending restraint rather than tax increases to form the bulk of the action needed to plug the Scottish Government’s projected £1 billion spending gap next year. The gap in the devolved government’s finances is forecast to

Scotland's financial health has seen improvements in the past year, with particular emphasis on the country's growing fiscal balance, revealed in the latest Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) figures)

Recent data emerging from Scotland's labour market has placed the Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) next interest rate decision in a challenging position.

Recent government research has highlighted a waning faith amongst UK companies in the benefits of new free trade deals post-Brexit.

The July Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey points to a fall in house prices in Scotland for the first time in over three years.

During May-July 2023, the average selling price of property across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders held steady in comparison to the same time last year. A marginal increase of 0.4% took the average to £287,820, showing that the property market overall has retained composure durin

One is 11 SME businesses have said their priority for the next three to six months is survival, with 77% rating current government support as "poor". These are two of the key findings from the latest survey by the Association of Practising Accountants (APA). The survey, which collated responses

Mackie's of Scotland has achieved record sales of more than £20 million in the last financial year. Over the past decade, the Aberdeenshire-based family-owned business more than doubled its ice cream sales, selling over 13.3 million litres in the financial year 2022-23 alone.

July saw house prices fall 0.2% month on month, according to the latest annual house price index from Nationwide.

Industrial leasing activity in Scotland reached an 18-month high in the second quarter of 2023, with take-up figures reaching 1.3 million sq ft. This surge was driven by five major transactions involving properties larger than 50,000 sq ft. In comparison, there was just one such deal in the precedin

UK ministers are considering the benefits of 40-year fixed mortgages for first-time buyers who can't afford short-term mortgages. Long-term fixed-rate mortgages offer borrowers the chance to pay at one interest rate for the entire term of the loan ensuring buyers can afford their mortgage payments d

Scottish businesses have witnessed a surge in confidence, registering in positive territory for the first time in a year, despite the ongoing challenges, according to a survey by ICAEW. The Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) index, published today, rose to +6.4 in the second quarter of 2023, up from

In the risk-crazed world of crypto a new 'meme coin', named Evil Pepe Coin, has launched its presale event attempting to woo investors following the meteoric growth of similarly-named Pepe Coin earlier this year. With increasing popularity, investors have been betting on new cryptocurrencies, taking