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Business funding contest Scottish Edge has launched its latest round by sending a custom-designed trophy to the edge of space.

The number of over 50s working for themselves made up 46 per cent of the UKs entire self-employed workforce in the first three months of 2019, according to new research.

David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium issues appeal to new prime minister Boris Johnson  

The average price paid for motor insurance in the second quarter of the year rose slightly on the previous quarter, albeit that the cost of cover fell by £10 on the same quarter last year, according to the Association of British Insurers’ latest Motor Insurance Premium Tracker out today.

A spotlight has been shone on banks and building societies that are offering rates in taxable accounts that pay about a fifth more interest than those on similar tax-free deals.

A Scottish farming business is entitled to repayment of VAT paid in purchasing entitlements to an EU farm subsidy, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. The justices unanimously dismissed an appeal HMRC after ruling that when the respondent incurred the costs of the single farm pa

KPMG has bolstered its private capital and M&A offering in Scotland with the relocation of a tax director. Rianne Lindsay will be based at the firm’s Edinburgh office and work across the Central Belt, providing a range of advice to owner managed and PE-backed clients, particularly supporti

Santander looks set to beat Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group to scoop the £3.7bn bundle of mortgages that are to be sold off by Tesco Bank. Tesco Bank has about 23,000 customers in its mortgage book.

A  Glasgow office manager has been found guilty of embezzling almost £200,000 from her employer which she then spent on her wedding reception and holidays. Maria Weir, 62, admitted to Glasgow Sheriff Court to stealing the cash while in her role as as operations manager at Glasgow-based Sc

The number of homes sold more than once within a 12-month period (i.e. flipped) has fallen dramatically since its peak in 2004. Last year 18,630 homes were flipped in England & Wales, 69 per cent less than the 60,340 homes flipped in 2004. However, between 2017 and 2018 the number of flipped hom

Businesses in Scotland are once again seeing escalating instances of advanced or ‘critical’ distress’ with levels here rising more than in almost any other part of the UK in the second quarter of 2019 when compared with the same period the previous year. The growing financial distr

A collective action under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 will be filed today in the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) by Scott+Scott Europe LLP against five banks who illegally manipulated the foreign exchange (FX) market between 2007 and 2013. The representative of the claimant group, 

Castlecary House Hotel, near Glasgow, has unveiled new facilities and increased its workforce after completing a renovation with the support of a significant six-figure funding package from Barclays.

Glasgow and Edinburgh, along with other regional office markets, have boasted on trend take-up over Q2, with activity skewed towards larger deals and city centre markets, according to the latest Big Nine update from Avison Young. The key office letting deal in Glasgow city centre during Q2 was to ho

Buccleuch Property has expanded its commercial property portfolio with the purchase of Lloyds Court & 52-60 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne for £12.45m, reflecting a net initial yield of circa 6.4 per cent. Lloyds Court & 52-60 Grey Street is situated in a prime location in the heart