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Northern Light Microscopy Limited (NLM), has raised more than £1 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round to accelerate the commercialisation of a microscopy system to make advanced imaging more accessible. The investment, led by DSW Ventures with participation from Scottish Enter

Listing activity on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in the first quarter of 2026 was muted, with just two listings, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest IPO analysis. One listing raised £8.8 million on the main market, with the other raising £4m on the Alternative Investment Market (

Andy Gray shares financial planning guidance for professional footballers, urging them to prepare for career uncertainty, income volatility, and life after the game while their earning potential is at its peak. As the domestic football season moves into its final stretch, and contracts, transfers, a

VAT and indirect tax advisor (VITA) has accelerated its information and support campaign for the accountancy profession with a new initiative aimed at upskilling the sector and raising awareness of the complexities of one of the UK’s most important taxes. The Glasgow-based firm has launched a

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed it will proceed with an industry-wide redress scheme to compensate motorists who were mis-sold car finance, following a finding by the courts that lenders broke the law by failing to disclose key information to customers.

A Tesco supermarket in Kirkwall, Orkney, has been giving away thousands of bananas after an ordering error resulted in a delivery of 38,000 pieces of fruit – 380 boxes of approximately 100 bananas each. A spokesperson for the supermarket said that colleagues had been inviting local schools and

A man who developed a gambling addiction at the age of 13 has been sentenced after embezzling nearly £96,000 from his employer by exploiting a security flaw in the company's financial systems. Jack Duthie, 27, was working in a financial role at Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO North Sea PLC,

Customs duty and indirect tax expert Andrew Thurston looks at how a US Supreme Court ruling against IEEPA-based tariffs could allow businesses, particularly UK firms with transatlantic operations, to recover duties previously paid. The recent ruling by the US Supreme Court that tariffs cannot be imp

New research from the University of St Andrews Business School has shown that national elections are linked to changes in financial system stability. Using data from banks across 22 advanced economies such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, France, and Canada between 2000 and

Edinburgh-based healthtech company Bioliberty has raised £7.7 million over the past ten months to advance its AI-powered rehabilitation technology, with the most recent funding comprising a £6.2m Series A round led by a £3m commitment from the Scottish National Investment Bank. The

Businesses in Scotland are being urged to meticulously track the heartbeat of work in progress throughout its lifecycle. Monitoring, managing and making changes to reduce mission creep, improve efficiencies and maximise cashflow are critical steps which can improve a business’s health and grow

In recognition of International Women’s Day on 8 March, the President of Turkmenistan has authorised a one-time holiday payment of 60 manats for women across the nation. This annual tradition, now in its seventh consecutive year, applies to a broad demographic including employees of all enterp

An appeal by a party to a share purchase agreement who stopped making payments under the agreement after forming a view that he had been fraudulently induced into entering the SPA against a sheriff’s decision that he had pled no relevant defence to an action for payment has been refused by the

A former employee of PwC who brought an age and disability discrimination case against the company with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland will receive a £150,000 settlement. The woman had worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers Services Ltd for more than 40 years and held the

An app designed to help employers engage young jobseekers in the Glasgow City Region has been downloaded more than 30,000 times.