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Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is expected to call on the South of Scotland Enterprise Agency to help tackle the region’s low productivity, wages and growth and for it to be granted many of the same powers as Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

A Dundee-based building engineering services company has announced it has completed its transition to become Scotland’s latest employee-owned business, with 56 members of staff becoming owners via a process managed by accountancy firm Henderson Loggie.

(Image: Phil Wilkinson) Borders-based independent brewer Broughton Ales is to significantly increase its domestic and export beer sales after securing a funding boost of £395,000 from HSBC.

Nick Scott Brodies LLP has today announced the election of Nick Scott as managing partner, succeeding Bill Drummond.

Liz Cameron A new initiative has been introduced by the Scottish Government and Chambers of Commerce to provide more businesses with the opportunity and support to trade abroad.

Liz Field PIMFA, the trade association for the personal investment management and financial advice sector in the UK, has become the latest organisations to sign HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter.

Sean McGinness Accountancy firm Saffery Champness says that it welcomes the majority of findings made by the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) in its report on the UK VAT system to consider whether or not this was working for businesses and to identify opportunities to simplify the structure.

The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) has today released a new statistical report, ‘Higher Education Student Support in Scotland’ showing the increasing debt burden of Scottish students. The an annual report, details a range of statistics and information around the numbers of students receiv

Alice Blackwell, Glenmorangie Research Fellow at National Museums Scotland holding one of the 9 massive silver neck chains. The 9 surviving examples are being showcased for the first time in the exhibition. A new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland is to show for the first time how silver,

5 Advocates Close Edinburgh's 5 Advocate's Close was last night named among the best workplaces in the UK at the British Council for Offices (BCO)'s annual National Awards, having been recognised as Highly Commended in the Projects up to 1,500 sq.m. category.

The world’s oldest building society has made a first today as they become title sponsor of two Scottish women’s senior football leagues.

Sarah Deas Employee ownership in Scotland is continuing to grow and could account for 5 per cent of all Scottish businesses, according to Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS), which is celebrating EO Day (Employee Ownership Day) today by urging more business owners to explore it as a viable succe

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

Derek Mackay Scottish firms looking for significant investment will now be able to access an additional £200 million through the Scottish-European Growth Co-investment Programme.

Martin Gill Growth in the services sector has slowed to a standstill and is on the brink of shrinking, according to accountants and business advisers BDO’s latest Business Trends Report.