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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

Company executives should expect to “share the pain” of COVID-19 market turbulence and avoid awarding themselves substantial bonuses or share awards. The warning from remuneration expert and solicitor at Pinsent Masons James Sullivan-Tailyour, comes after The Investment Association (IA),

RBS owner NatWest is hosting a Facebook Live session to highlight how criminals are taking advantage of the coronavirus to scam customers. The innovative session is in response to Action Fraud reporting a 400% increase in coronavirus related frauds and scams in the last month.

A rare 10th-century coin found on the Isle of Wight has been sold for £9,000 at an auction today.

From today the spending limit for contactless card payments has increased from £30 to £45 across the country, UK Finance has announced.

Kirsty Paton, tax specialist from the entrepreneurial tax team at accountants Chiene + Tait, discusses how Advanced Subscription Agreements (ASA) could save the day for company investors amid the coronavirus uncertainty. The tax relief offered through the UK Government’s Enterprise Investment

Labour MP Ian Murray has urged the UK Government to ensure that pubs, restaurants and clubs do not miss out on compensation from insurance.