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Scottish Government advisors are calling for ministers to levy more tax from Scotland's higher earners to boost the country’s economic recovery and relieve the burden on lower-paid Scots. 

Martyn Paterson, financial planner at AAB Wealth, discusses the intricacies of ESG investing. June 5 2020, marked World Environment Day, with World Oceans Day, National Bike Week, and World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought all taking place in the same month. What can they teach us about how

Edinburgh-based Shoply has been named on the Startups 100, the UK’s longest-running index of disruptive new startups. The firm has been listed at number 67 and is just one of two Scottish start-ups included in the index with Snag Tights listed at number 59. 

Cash generation of businesses in Scotland was worryingly low heading into the cash crunch triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. BDO’s analysis of UK businesses shows that those in Scotland converted just 2.7% of the

Total sales in Scotland decreased by 27.6% compared with May last year, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) & KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.

The UK's inflation rate has hit a four-year low as the coronavirus lockdown restrictions pushed the rate down to 0.5% in May.

Scottish companies offering online training and e-learning opportunities are seeing a significant increase in enquiries since coronavirus emergency measures were introduced, according to accountancy and business advisory firm MHA Henderson Loggie. The firm has said that companies offering such

Investment bankers in Paris have become the latest to join the post-lockdown cycling craze in the city, as USA bank Morgan Stanley has given bikes to 45 of its staff to use on company business.

A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: PWR's Bellshill move, Loch Duart's investment in fish processing facility, IMERAI's new ground-breaking sensor, Cortex's rebranding and board appointments, Foodmek's six-figure order for virus test kit vessels, 

Permanent job placements and temporary billings continued to fall sharply across Scotland in May, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland's Scottish Labour Market Report.

Business advisory firm FRP Advisory has appointed Chad Griffin as its new partner to be based in Scotland.   Mr Griffin joins FRP Advisory from FTI Consulting in London, an independent practice that he helped launch and grow for the last 15 years. 

Kinloch Lodge, an award-winning luxury hotel on the Isle of Skye that has lost over a thousand bookings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has secured its future thanks to a six-figure CBILS loan from Bank of Scotland. The family-run 19-bedroom hotel relies heavily on revenue from international touri

Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s largest financial mutual, has today announced record sales of Investment ISAs (also known as Stocks and Shares ISAs) following another strong financial performance in 2019. During a period of sustained market uncertainty, Scottish Friendly 

Scotland has established a comparatively strong position within the UK in terms of attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) having recorded an increase in both the number and share of UK projects in 2019, according to the EY Scotland Attractiveness Survey 2020.

Retail sales in the UK throughout the month of April have dropped by 18.1%, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).