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Kelso-based accountancy firm Douglas Home & Co has developed a new coronavirus resilience scheme to help businesses manage the impact of COVID-19.

Staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland are being offered the opportunity to take part in specialist training and support sessions as part of the bank's partnership with carers’ charity VOCAL. Recognising the need to support staff who may be caring for family and loved ones during lockdown, t

BDO is now the second-largest auditor of listed companies in the UK, according to new data from Adviser Rankings.  The firm is the UK’s fifth-largest accounting firm by revenue as it has gained 35 listed clients in the 12 months to May. As a result, BDO now audits 297 listed companie

The UK Government borrowed £55.2 billion last month, hitting a new record high as the coronavirus lockdown weighed heavily on its finances.

New figures released by the Scottish Government has revealed a small 2019-20 underspend is helping the country fight back against the coronavirus outbreak.

The Scottish Government has launched a £230 million return to work package which will see £51m allocated for business support. The package has been unveiled to help stimulate Scotland’s economy following the coronavirus pandemic.

David Beveridge, managing director at Macdonald Henderson, discusses how corporate deals are being completed during COVID-19. “Always be Closing” – the old mantra, made famous by Alec Baldwin’s speech in Glengarry Glen Ross has resonated in the corporate world in the 20 years

Aberdeen-based design agency Dunclyde has been awarded more than £42,000 to develop its platform for helping local businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Dunclyde provides strategy-led brand and web design services to north-east and UK clients.

The UK's inflation rate has hit a four-year low as the coronavirus lockdown restrictions pushed the rate down to 0.5% in May.

A total of 60% of Scottish SMEs are experiencing drops in revenue and 73% have put the brakes on investment decisions, according to a survey conducted by Newable, a business advice and funding service.

Nationwide Building Society has offered around 200 redundancy packages to its staff in an attempt to avoid compulsory lay-offs. The lender, which is the UK's biggest building society, currently employes around 17,000 staff and hopes that enough employees will sign up for the redundancy programme, or

The government must introduce a new ‘jobs guarantee fund’ and expand apprenticeship, college and university places to protect the ‘COVID class of 2020’, according to research published today by IPPR Scotland.

Glenrothes-based accountancy firm Empowered by Cloud has changed its operating model to become a permanent remote operation.  The strategic switch to a 100% remote service came after a refocusing of its business strategy and has seen the Cloud accountancy specialist’s client base dou

Go Ape, the UK outdoor adventure company and visitor attraction has secured funding from the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) through Clydesdale Bank, owned by Virgin Money, to help it through the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis.

The coronavirus crisis has spurred many Scottish smaller firms to sell more online; to introduce new products and services; and to use digital technologies to better manage their operations, according to research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). A survey of almost 800 Scottish business