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The UK has witnessed a rapid rise in the number of start-ups in recent years. But the number of new female entrepreneurs in the UK has risen far faster than men in the past decade.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a series of new pledges to help businesses export for the first time, improve their digital skills, and fulfil their growth ambitions.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has welcomed today’s announcement by HMRC that businesses will be able to continue to use spreadsheets for record keeping under the new quarterly reporting regime, and confirmation that no penalties will be levied for late submissions in the new regime�

Alan McIntosh Scottish consumers are not getting a fair deal. Their homes are being placed at risk because they are being denied solutions that are enshrined in legislation. Alan McIntosh, project manager of Govan Law Centre’s Personal Insolvency Unit, explains why.

Converge Challenge Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) : Dr Olga Kozlova, Director, Converge Challenge (front row second from left) Sandy Finlayson, Chair, Converge Challenge (front row middle). Converge Challenge, Scotland’s creation competition and entrepreneurship development programme for students,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi94a2xxG5E The UK economy has shown greater resilience than many had anticipated since the EU referendum vote, but a slowdown in consumer spending on the back of higher inflation and falling business investment will result in much slower growth rates over the next co

(Image: The Car Spy) They may be better known as 'Chelsea Tractors' because of their incongruous ubiquity in plush west London, but new research has revealed that 4x4 cars are now more popular in Aberdeenshire than anywhere else in the UK.

Scotland’s economic growth is set to hit the skids next year following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, in a slowdown that will see business investment slashed and house prices tumbling, according to PwC.

Gavin McEwan Gavin McEwan is a partner and head of charities at Turcan Connell.

Over half of Scottish farmers surveyed by Johnston Carmichael are pessimistic about the outlook for 2016 and beyond, in contrast to the accountancy firm’s 2015 survey which revealed a broadly upbeat mood. Of the farm businesses who responded to the questionnaire, 69 per cent highlight output price

Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners has supported the management buy-in of Prime Document, a specialist provider of outsourced document management services. Maven said its backing for the move will help the Prime team strategically grow the sales and marketing capability of the

The number of business start-ups recorded in Scotland during the fourth quarter of 2015 (2,488) was down by nearly 17 percent on the previous quarter (2,990) and 2 per cent behind the same quarter last year (2,539), according to latest data from the Committee of Scottish Bankers. Figures for the fou

Lin Homer Lin Homer is to stand down as HM Revenue and Customs chief executive in April after four years in the role.

Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Carloway A scheme involving payments to various trusts set up in respect of executives and footballers employed by the former Rangers Football Club amounted to “a mere redirection of emoluments or earnings” and was accordingly “subject to income tax”.

Five stores a week closed across some of Scotland’s largest towns and cities in the first six months of 2015, according to latest research from PwC. According to the analysis, 121 stores owned by multiple retailers shut-up-shop, with only 95 opening – a net reduction of 26 stores.