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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.

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