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RBS owner NatWest Group has appointed James Close to head up its climate change agenda. James Close, who was director for climate change at the World Bank for four years until 2018, will join the bank in the new year from London Waste and Recycling Board, a partnership between the Mayor of London an

A Scottish housebuilder is transforming a former Edinburgh industrial site into 77 new homes, thanks to a £5.8 million funding package from Bank of Scotland.

Aberdeen-based niche Microsoft365 consultancy, Appetite for Business has agreed a new lease extension at Aberdeen Innovation Park, the commercial premises owned by Moorfield Group, on behalf of the Moorfield Real Estate Fund III. Appetite for Business, which is owned and led by award-winning bu

Aberdeen-based drilling firm MRDS Group has announced the appointment of Craig Yeoman as finance director. With nearly 30 years’ commercial, corporate finance and banking experience, Me Yeoman is well known across the UK and international industry landscape, having previously held positions wi

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based cryptocurrency wallet and exchange platform, is offering entry to a prize draw with £500 of bitcoin up for grabs to anyone who sends a photo or a selfie with the Zumo logo.

The largest 100 companies in the UK paid just £84 billion in tax last year, the equivalent to just over £1 in every £10 received by HMRC, according to an annual survey by PwC.

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group has joined forces with 500 UK retailers to offer cashback services in communities where cash availability is low. The initiative builds on the success of a 2019 pilot, also delivered in partnership with Visa, and could be extended further if successfu

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Charlie Nunn as its new group chief executive officer and executive director. Mr Nunn is currently global chief executive, wealth and personal banking at HSBC. Since joining HSBC in 2011, Mr Nunn has held a range of leadership positions

Glasgow-founded FreeFlow Technologies (FFT), the developers of the world’s lightest power to weight e-Bike motor, has secured £1.85 million from a heavily over-subscribed funding round. The new funding round was led by investment syndicate Kelvin Capital and supported by Equity Gap, Fore

Medium-sized businesses in Scotland predict a strong recovery once a COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out, according to new data from BDO. The latest BDO Rethinking the Economy survey showed that 56% of Scottish businesses predict they will fully recover in less than six months once a vaccine for COVID-19

Coronavirus grants should be provided for suppliers to Scottish hospitality and retail businesses hit by current restrictions, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). In a letter to the Scottish Government and local authority leaders, FSB also urged finance secretary Kate Forbes and C

Scotland’s Chief Statistician has published statistics on the reliefs and exemptions from non-domestic rates that were in place at 1 July 2020.

Average pay in the UK will be £1200 a year lower in the next five years, according to the Resolution Foundation.  Responding to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Spending Review announcement on Wednesday this week, the think tank has warned that the coronavirus crisis is prolonging the UK's 15-yea

Kevin Collie, senior paraplanner at Mearns and Company, discusses the DIY skills individuals may have learned throughout lockdown. It seems like only yesterday that we emerged from our lockdown bunkers ready to face the world again. Some of us were sporting once-in-a-lifetime lockdown tans and other

Barclays Corporate Banking has today announced that it is working with CGI to implement the CGI Trade360 platform. This new platform will provide an industry-leading end-to-end global trade finance solution for Barclays clients in the UK and around the world.