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Rupert Thompson, chief investment officer at wealth management group Kingswood, discusses rebounding global economies and the resumption of value. Equities continued their strong run last week with global markets gaining a further 0.8% to be up 10.7% since the start of the year. The US reporting sea

Bellshill-based Kick ICT, the fast-growing full-service IT company led by technology entrepreneur Tom O’Hara, has acquired Clyde Solutions, a provider of specialist business telecoms, connectivity and IT services. Founded in 2015, the deal is Kick’s fifth in six years as the business mai

Scotland's unemployment rate remained at 4.4% from December 2020 to February 2021, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). 

Dundee-based accountancy firm MHA Henderson Loggie has appointed Jaslin Bhagrath as head of accounting and business solutions. She takes up the role from today as the firm builds on its ambitions to be first choice for owner-managed businesses across Scotland.

Output at small UK businesses rose for the first time in six months during March marking the strongest reading since November 2016, suggesting a swift return to growth as restrictions eased at the end of the first quarter, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland UK Small Business Recover

Scotland’s first and only menstrual cup brand FEMCUP has launched offering an environmentally sound alternative to tampons and sanitary towels, while also pledging to donate £1 from every sale to local women’s charities. FEMCUP is also supporting individuals experiencing period pov

The latest CBRE office market research has revealed a modest performance across Glasgow and Edinburgh cities in the first quarter of 2021 as the country endured lockdown restrictions. Take-up for the Glasgow office market totalled 74,641 sq ft, a 62% drop from the same period in 2020 and 64% down on

The Scottish Government has used its devolved tax and benefit powers to craft a more progressive system than is in place in the rest of the UK, according to the latest study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus Plc, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has seen its share price total return increase by 22.1% in the six months ended 21 January 2021. The company's results have been published in full this morning and revealed that its net asset Value (NAV0 total r

An Indonesian fraudster who scammed wealthy clients by using old bottles and counterfeit labels to make $150 million selling cheap wine, has been deported from the United States.

Businesses in Scotland are at a crossroads as they take stock of the damage caused by the pandemic and face significant hurdles on the way to economic recovery, according to a leading quarterly survey led by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC). The SCC’s Quarterly Economic Indicator (QEI)

Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey Q1 2021 released today reports a record level of business optimism amongst the UK’s finance leaders.

From January to March 2021, the volume of property sales in East Lothian was up 26.1% compared to the previous year, according to the latest figures published by ESPC.

Hiring activity across Scotland rose markedly during March, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

Mark Bell, partner at Anderson Anderson & Brown Consulting (AAB), discusses how business development programmes in Scotland are adapting to help young entrepreneurs cope in a post-COVID world. According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of business creations in the UK in Q3 of 20