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Shaun Barton, partner at Company Closure, highlights the warning signs of a company insolvency. When it comes to the impending, or actual, insolvency of a limited company, taking swift action is critical. Seeking the services of a business turnaround expert such as a licensed insolvency practitioner

Sir Tom Hunter, businessman and founder of The Hunter Foundation, has hailed “another year of solid progress” at his business empire as it continues to support a number of companies, including a Scottish restaurant operator and a cancer treatment specialist. Posting accounts for his West

The Scottish Government has been faced with a £1.5 billion shortfall in funding for next year due to increased spending pressures and new announcements, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde. This represents one of the most challenging fiscal backdrops

A number of Scotland's finance and business industry bodies have signed an open letter addressed to the Scottish Government ahead of next week's Scottish Budget due on 19 December. They have articulated their collective stance and concerns regarding the upcoming Scottish Budget, emphasising th

KPMG has entered discussions to merge its UK and Swiss operations in a move that could significantly impact the firm's growth and profitability.

As the private sector in Scotland braces for a wave of wage and benefits discussions in early 2024, businesses are being cautioned about the risks of losing staff to insufficient pay increases. Jane Watson, head of prism HR, the human resources consultancy operated by Scottish legal firm Lindsays, i

Chartered accountant Stuart Wallace is to be the next group chief executive of Forth Ports after Charles Hammond OBE announced he will step down from the role next summer. Over the next six months, Mr Hammond will work closely with Mr Wallace, currently the company's chief operating officer and a bo

The University of Glasgow has unveiled its latest addition, a £85 million state-of-the-art building dedicated to the Adam Smith Business School, marking a significant milestone in Scottish academia and business education. The new Adam Smith Business School Building and Postgraduate Taught (PGT

Johnston Carmichael has announced a significant bolstering of its leadership team with seven senior promotions in Scotland and the North East of England. The seven senior promotions are among 55 promotions effective across the business this month and brings the total number promoted at Johnston Carm

EY has intensified its redundancy efforts in the UK with the planned the termination of an additional 150 jobs, bringing the total number of redundancies this year to 300.

Councils are key to unlocking both the potential and the best outcomes for local communities but require proper funding to do so, COSLA has said today.

Scottish TV presenter Kaye Adams has won a nine-year battle with HMRC over her income tax and national insurance contributions while working for the BBC. The First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber yesterday ruled that Ms Adams was correctly classed as a self-employed worker rather than as a BBC employee.

Johnston Carmichael's chief people officer Martin Osler discusses career progression at the firm, and how it is working hard to promote social mobility in the profession. Given all of the conversations about how allegedly challenging it is to engage millennials in the workplace you’d be forgiv

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has led an €83 million investment in Braincube, a manufacturing data software platform with specialist industrial applications. Braincube’s industrial-internet-of-things (IIoT) platform helps manufacturers increase their profits using data insights to improv

Scottish property portal ESPC has revealed that property sales in Scotland fall through far less frequently than in England, according to the latest data, which shows one in four sales collapsing in England, compared to around one in 12 across Scotland.