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Organisers of the AccelerateHER Awards have launched their 2021 programme today which will be staged online including a virtual finals event celebrating the achievements of inspiring and ambitious female business founders.  The annual awards provide an opportunity for businesswomen who have fou

Scottish telecoms technology company Calnex Solutions is set to be the first Scottish group to float in London for more than two years as BGF announced that it is investing in the company.  The firm intends to place shares at 48p which will raise £6.5 million for the company as well

The Unicorn Preservation Society (UPS), which operates the HMS Unicorn in Dundee, has launched a £30,000 crowdfunding campaign.

South of Scotland Enterprise’s board has announced up to £1 million financial support to the Langholm Initiative charity in its venture to purchase part of Langholm Moor from Buccleuch Estates. The Langholm Initiative is spearheading a campaign to raise enough funds to buy the land and b

Shawbrook Bank has chosen Mental Health UK as its Corporate National Charity Partner for 2021.  The specialist bank – a lending and savings bank focused on Property Finance, Business Finance, Consumer Lending and Savings – will raise crucial funds for Mental Health UK for the 2

Savers in their mid-40s and younger will have to wait a further two years to access their private pensions, it emerged last night. 

Edinburgh-based start-up One Year No Beer has today closed their latest funding round with 125% of the target funds raised.  A total amount of £1,756,563 was achieved through the support of 512 investors.

UK manufacturing activity reached a 16-month high last month, marking the fastest expansion since November 2017, according to the latest IHS Markit/Cips UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI).

Sir Elton John is to feature on a new coin created by The Royal Mint.

Dean Banks, a Scottish Masterchef finalist and restaurateur, has hit his crowdfunding target of £25,000 within just two days. The Angus-born chef, who appeared on BBC’s Masterchef: The Professionals in 2018, announced the fundraising campaign on social media two days ago,

Burness Paull has completed a multi-million-pound fundraising round which saw the firm's top equity partners double their capital stakes to £300,000. Partners chose to inject the cash into the business instead of raise bank borrowings, The Lawyer reports. The firm has also reduced its monthly

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reminding businesses which carry out cryptoasset activity in the UK, that they have to be registered with the FCA to comply with new regulations. To ensure that applications are processed on time the FCA requires firms to submit completed appli

Edinburgh-based software company Sharktower AI has announced the appointment of Brendan Waters as its chief financial officer. Mr Waters spent several years as a corporate finance advisor to technology businesses before joining one of the UK’s highest-profile tech start-ups, FanDuel, as their

Stella’s Voice, a Peterhead-based charity that works to safeguard young people across Eastern Europe from traffickers and homelessness, has received funding from Bank of Scotland to help it support locals amid impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset have outlined how Scots facing financial hardship as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic look set to benefit from the country’s second emergency coronavirus bill. The Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Bill seeks to raise the minimum debt thr