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Edinburgh-based fintech lending platform LendingCrowd has been named Best P2P Business Lender at the inaugural Growth Finance Awards. The awards, which recognise the role of the finance community in supporting the growth ambitions of SMEs across the UK, were held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in Lond

Mitie Group has been awarded an extension to its contract to provide integrated facilities management (IFM) services to Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) which will see the firm paid on its results.

European digital innovation organisation EIT Digital has attracted €2 million of new investment to drive the commercialisation of Scotland's tech sector since opening a satellite office in Edinburgh five months ago. EIT Digital’s Scottish presence is based at the Bayes Centre in Edinburgh

Independent wrap platform provider Nucleus has announced a 7% increase in assets under administration to total £15.3 billion at the end of June. The Edinburgh-based company yesterday announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2019.

Business education and membership organisation Entrepreneurial Scotland (ES) has announced the appointment of Sara Cook and Sean McGrath as directors. Ms Cook has been promoted to the new position of director of talent programmes, while Mr McGrath has been appointed as ES's new finance director.

Small and medium enterprises in Scotland have remained resilient in the face of continued political and economy uncertainty, according to a quarterly measure of performance and outlook which saw a small recovery in the second quarter of this year. The SME Health Check Index, published by CYBG in par

Sellers of The Big Issue across the UK will now have access to cashless technology in a bid to boost sales.

Apropos by DJ Alexander has announced the appointment of Nick Maunder and Matthew Garstang to its board of directors as the firm builds up to the launch of its new property portal next year. The firm said the appointments reflect its desire to grow its senior management team to deliver on its expand

New figures revealing that more than half of all Scottish goods exports were sent to Europe in the last quarter have raised concerns about the potential impact of Brexit. According to the latest HMRC regional trade statistics, the value of Scotland’s total annual goods exports increased by 14.

Scottish insolvency expert R3 has called for company directors to face identity checks to help reduce business fraud.

HRC Recruitment has hired Margaret Richmond as director and Lynne Macdonald as principal consultant. As experienced recruiters, Margaret Richmond and Lynne Macdonald will allow HRC Recruitment to strengthen its offering across the full accountancy and finance market.

New HSBC UK research has revealed that over half of Scottish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe that fraud attacks are becoming more frequent.

Research from KPMG UK has revealed that house prices in Scotland risk a six per cent drop if Britain leaves the EU without a deal at the end of next month. KPMG warned that a decrease of 10-20 per cent is "not out of the question" if the market reacts more strongly than expected.

The average prison time for money laundering offences rose to a record high of 27 months last year after the introduction of new sentencing guidelines, the Financial Times reports. Research undertaken by Thomson Reuters showed that the average length of jail sentences for offenders convicted of mone

A group of MPs have called for new legislation to stop banks abandoning Scottish towns.