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Edinburgh tech business Neatebox has raised more than £180,000 from investors as it continues to capitalise on the huge market for its Welcome app, which gives businesses and venues advance notice of customers' disability requirements.

Fair-trade accredited clothing business, Earth Squared has opened new premises, thanks to a six-figure funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland. Established in 2001 by husband-and-wife team, Alison and Simon Henderson, the business has grown over the years to employ seven members of staff.

A homeowner who was unable to maintain his monthly mortgage payments has successfully challenged his lender’s bid to repossess the property after appealing against a sheriff’s decision that the bank had validly served a calling-up notice. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that a &

Edinburgh-headquartered fintech firm FNZ has made a significant expansion into Australia after announcing an agreed takeover of fellow financial software company GBST. The deal values GBST at £152m - more than twice the average share price in the month to 11 April when it receiv

The pound has continued to fall on currency markets as the UK government continues to insist Britain is prepared to leave the EU without a deal.

Accountancy firm Grant Thornton has informed the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) that it will quit as auditors of the controversial businessman Mike Ashley's sports chain after the business revealed a £616m tax bill from Belgian authorities just hours before it was due to sign off its accoun

An American dark web drug dealer has pled guilty to participating in a multi-million dollar Bitcoin-enabled drug dealing conspiracy that saw him launder his illicit fortune via vast sums of the now defunct Zimbabwean currency.

Stuart Clubb, a partner at law firm Shoosmiths highlights the significance of a recent decision of the Inner House of the Court of Session regarding the insolvency of Scottish companies carrying out business in India.  

After a subdued start to 2019, Scotland’s economy is expected to grow more slowly than last year, echoing trends seen across the wider global economy, according to the EY Scottish ITEM Club’s summer forecast. The report says Scotland’s economy is expected to achieve non-oil GDP gro

A new Scottish fintech business that provides corporate financiers with fully verifiable data on private company valuations is set to double in size over the next six months, having secured new investment. MarktoMarket, a Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) specialist based in Edinburgh, has rai

Craig Villa Guest House in Argyll is under new ownership, thanks to a six-figure funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland. The popular guest house was purchased by husband and wife team and first-time business owners Ewan and Taryn Diven in March. Craig Villa Guest House has been a long-stan

Credit card giant Capital One has revealed that the personal details of about 106 million of its customers across the US and Canada were stolen in a hacking assault believed to be one of the largest in banking history.

The latest research from global real estate consultancy CBRE shows that recovery of the industrial sector in Aberdeen is continuing following on from a record number of transactions last year. The performance of the Aberdeen industrial property sector is inextricably linked to the oil sector and las

The owner of Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and Virgin Money has seen its bottom line hit by lots of mortgages being paid off. CYBG signalled its full-year interest-rate margin would be at the lower end of previous guidance as it reported a dip in its mortgage book during the third quarter of its f

Murray Capital Group, the family investment vehicle chaired by former Rangers Football Club owner Sir David Murray, is set to sell a prestigious Edinburgh office building for close to £54 million, according to reports. The Edinburgh-based group is poised to complete the sale of Exchange Plaza