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Women’s pensions at retirement are half the size of men’s, £12,000 versus £26,000, regardless of the sector they work in, according to new research from Legal & General.

A total of 24 projects from across the country have been awarded funding of £110,000 to promote and showcase quality regional produce.

Aquarium employees have been facing difficulties dealing with picky penguins refusing to eat cheaper fish.

University of Edinburgh’s Bayes Centre has launched their annual EIE Scottish Startup Survey today with the aim of gathering data on investor engagement, growth strategy, economic outlook, Scottish ecosystem support, hiring plans, returning to the office and new ways of working post-pandemic.

New measures to stop rip-off agents taking advantage of people and pocketing their tax repayments have been proposed by HMRC. HMRC today launched a 12-week consultation “Raising standards in tax advice: Protecting customers claiming tax repayments” to consider ways to better protect taxp

Research from Grant Thornton UK's latest Business Outlook Tracker shows that over half (52%) are finding it harder to operate their business today, compared to 12 months ago. To manage cost pressures, 61% of respondents said that their suppliers have agreed to more flexible (longer) payment terms, a

The tax paid by residential property owners in Scotland has risen by more than a third over the last three years compared to the same pre-pandemic period according to DJ Alexander Ltd. The firm said that the amount of land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) collected has increased by 36.3% over th

The co-founders of tech firms Freeagent and Made.com will share their secrets of success at an entrepreneurs’ investment summit being held in Glasgow next month. Ed Molyneux, who was the CEO of accounting software firm Freeagent, and Julien Callede, the former COO of online furniture retailer

Caledonia Housing Association has secured a uniquely structured £75 million Private Placement, with support from NatWest, to further its commitment to both building sustainable housing and becoming a carbon-neutral organisation. Caledonia intends to use the proceeds from the transaction to con

A person pursuing a debt can, in certain circumstances, put in place protective measures in order to avoid the possibility of the debtor being unable to meet any eventual order granted by the courts, law firm Lindsays has highlighted. These measures can restrict what the debtor can do with certain a

The EIE Investor Readiness Programme, delivered by the Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh, has announced a list of 36 high growth tech businesses selected for EIE22. EIE, which is supported by the Scottish Government, culminates at the EIE Showcase Conference on Thursday 6th October, where

Aberdeen-based financial advisory firm McHardy Financial has appointed Jonathan Craig as financial planning director. Mr Craig’s appointment grows the firm's workforce to 53 across Scottish offices in the Granite City, Edinburgh, Perth, Kirkcaldy and Galashiels.

The UK government has frozen the assets of five Russian banks in response to the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Part of what has been billed the "first wave" of UK sanctions targeting Russia, foreign secretary Liz Truss said the move would "hit oligarchs and banks close to the Kreml

Venture Capital (VC) investment in Scotland’s scale-up businesses more than doubled in 2021 as global investors continued to look beyond London last year, according to the latest figures from KPMG. Scotland’s scale-up businesses finished 2021 on a high with almost £100 million in V

Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has more than doubled its annual investment into innovative technology businesses, from £12 million in 2020 to £25m last year. This was in addition to a $400m exit on the sale of portfolio company Current Health in October, which continued