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More than half of UK entrepreneurs (51 per cent) expect to increase their revenues by 50 per cent in 2019, yet many are facing an uphill battle when it comes to funding the growth of their businesses, according to EY’s latest Fast Growth Tracker published today. Business leaders of some of the

Fundraisers for Save the Children have donned Christmas jumpers with a contactless reader built into the sleeve by VISA as part of the charity's annual festive appeal for donations.

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay's decision to freeze the threshold for the higher rate of income tax at £43,430 with the effect of widening the so-called "tax gap" with the rest of the UK, could put some people off coming to work in Scotland, the Scottish Fiscal Commission has said. W

Scotland's finance secretary Derek Mackay said "now is not the time to cut tax for the highest earners at the expense of our public services" as he unveiled a Scottish budget yesterday in which he ruled out a tax break for higher earners similar to that handed out earlier this year by the UK c

Plans to launch a Scottish stock exchange next year have moved forward after the company behind the project, Bourse Scot Ltd, agreed a partnership with an established European stock market operator. Under a partnership with Euronext, one of the world's largest stock exchange operators, the proposed

Aviva, Britain's biggest insurer, which employs 2,500 staff across hubs in Perth and Bishopbriggs, has submitted to mounting pressure to provide customers with a policy that does not penalise those who pay monthly. Following the claims that Aviva had been punishing loyalty, the firm has this week un

Finance secretary Derek Mackay has said he “sensed” that there is further scope to increase rates on Scots middle earners while high earners could be in line to receive the big tax cut.

TSB workers are to get a £1,500 Christmas bonuses to reward them for handling its disastrous IT meltdown this year, the bank has said. The bank is expected to report a loss this year and has yet to to resolve 66,000 out of 184,000 customer complaints lodged in the wake of a botched IT pla

Glasgow-based chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is advising Scottish taxpayers to ‘mind the gap’ as it forecasts that the tax gap between Scotland and England could widen even further in the wake of Finance Secretary Derek Mackay’s Scottish Budget on 12 December. T

Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced that it is to be a corporate sponsor of Sleep in the Park, a nationwide sleep out organised by social enterprise Social Bite, aimed at ending homelessness in Scotland for good. This year’s event is

Eileen Blackburn HMRC will be made a preferred creditor in insolvencies, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his budget yesterday, but the decision could lead to an increase in corporate failure numbers, according to a leading Scottish insolvency practitioner.

The Government is being urged to freeze Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) at the forthcoming Budget, after HMRC figures revealed that taxpayers are now paying record amounts of the tax.

Dan Grandage Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) has pledged to procure 100 per cent of electricity in its global offices from renewable sources by 2020 as it marks the first ever Green GB Week.

Martin Gilbert Edinburgh-based global wealth manager Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has been named as manager of the new Global Sustainability Trust, which will invest primarily in private market investments that are expected to have a positive environmental and social impact.

They might spend most days sealing important deals, but this Friday (5 October), Edinburgh’s top business leaders and influencers will instead spend a day in the dog house.