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The closure of Thomas Cook highlights the woes the High Street faces as traditional bricks and mortar businesses are being squeezed out by online competition, says Apropos by DJ Alexander. The property management business believes that Thomas Cook was a victim of a failure to adapt to the changing m

Last weekend, the number of daily subscribers to our sister publication Scottish Housing News broke through 7,000 on the back of record website traffic for August with 69,209 unique visitors accessing the website. The number of Twitter followers for Scottish Housing News, which was established in 20

Written by Stephen Cowan, managing director Yuill + Kyle. Charles Dickens is a British institution. His serial writings had a significant impact on the social consciences of the day, often highlighting the poverty and other hardships which existed in the early part of the 19th century. This may be h

A proposed local inheritance tax would affect nine in ten Scottish estates. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Scotland – a think tank – has suggested the tax in order to raise up to £200 million per year for public services.

Susan Anderson discusses progress in closing the gender gap in finance. We're all in need of some positive news these days and here it is. The gender diversity gap in finance and investment is closing. Granted, it would be a stretch to say that the pace of change is rapid but, to its credit, in the

A Norwegian fintech company is to set up a base in Edinburgh after securing a six-figure grant. Eedenbull is to become the latest firm to join Scotland's growing fintech sector and create 20 new roles in the process.

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.