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French Duncan has paid tribute to payroll worker Jenny Bairner who this Sunday is running the London Marathon to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer UK after her mum, Fiona, sadly died from the disease last year. Jenny has already raised over £7,500 so far for the cause and competed in the

Liz Cameron, director & chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce has been named as the 'Scottish Business' representative to advise the UK Government on strategic trade policy issues, including future trade agreements. SCC's participation in the group is part of its commitment to rai

The Law Society of Scotland, The Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) and Co-operative Development Scotland are joining forces to promote employee ownership amongst Scotland’s professional advisers. The partners are coming together to host a unique series of events on employee ow

Millions of people in Uganda are boycotting the internet after a new social media tax was imposed in the African nation.

Scotland’s capital has taken another step towards becoming the first UK city to charge a tourist tax after the move was approved by Edinburgh city councillors.

Triple Point Social Housing REIT has secured a new £70 million revolving credit facility (RCF) with Lloyds Bank. The floating rate RCF has an initial term of four years expiring on 20 December 2022 which may be extended by a further two years.

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