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Udrafter, an Aberdeen-based tech start-up which provides a platform for micro-internships, has opened a new Edinburgh office after a successful £300,000 funding round. Udrafter - short for the University Draft - was founded by brothers Luke and Daryll Morrow and launched in Aberdeen last year.

ePOS Hybrid has surpassed its crowdfunding targets by more than 34% (£87,260) as it looks to revolutionise the hospitality industry. The Edinburgh-based tech-start-up launched its month-long crowdfunding campaign last month with the objective of raising £250,000 – a target the

A Scottish business leader has donated £250,000 to help fund major improvements to educational facilities at Harmeny Education Trust which supports some of Scotland’s most vulnerable children. The donor, who does not want their identity revealed, gifted the money to meet the cost of buil

The hunt is on for the most talented and inspirational young chartered accountants (CAs) the Institute for Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) has to offer. The ICAS Top Young CAs competition is an annual showcase of the best and brightest CAs in the worlds of accounting, finance and business.

SIS Ventures is launching a second round of fundraising with the aim of attracting up to £3.7 million to scale up its support for Scotland’s high impact enterprises. The Impact First Fund successfully raised c.£1.3m from 25 UK-based private investors. More than 100 high-growth earl

Glasgow City Council has successfully delivered a challenging project to finance £500 million in equal pay claims. A report by the Accounts Commission, Scotland’s local authority watchdog, found that the council developed and demonstrated good governance arrangements throughout a complex

Scottish companies considering a listing will hear from a panel of experts on how it can work best for their business at an IPO dinner hosted by Pinsent Masons and EY. Gordon McArthur, chief executive of fintech company Beeks Financial Cloud Group, which floated in 2017, and corporate finance expert

Projects for disadvantaged young people will share £19 million seized from criminals through the Cashback for Communities programme run by the Scottish Government. The CashBack for Communities scheme reinvests criminal assets into community projects which support young people into positive des

You & Mr Jones, the global brandtech group founded by former Havas chief executive David Jones, has invested in Edinburgh-based ethical video startup Good-Loop. Having successfully closed a US $1.4m seed funding round, Good-Loop will invest the funds in growing its commercial team in Europe and

Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn is well on the way to building the largest major brewery in Edinburgh for over 150 years as it’s ‘Beer Money’ crowdfunding campaign sails past the crucial £2 million mark.

To celebrate Giving Tuesday this year, RBS will be donating £250,000 to charities which its employees and customers support. Giving Tuesday is an international social media campaign organised by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in the UK. It happens on the Tuesday after Black Friday and Cyber Mo

Women's Enterprise Scotland (WES) has launched a new crowdfunding campaign with RBS Back Her Business to support its new Immaculate 'Classic G&T Non-Alcoholic Spirit'.

Descartes University is facing criminal action for selling bodies and body parts donated for research for over a decade.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced it will ban the mass marketing of speculative mini-bonds to retail customers. Ahead of the upcoming ISA season, the FCA is introducing the restriction without consultation, using its product intervention powers. The restriction will come into

Wealthy UK individuals are being targeted by The Single Malt Fund to invest in rare malt whisky. The fund is the world's first regulated and publicly listed fund to invest in single malts.