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Polysol, a Missouri-based plastisol manufacturer, has opened a new production facility in Livingston following a £75,000 investment from Business Loans Scotland.

A Dutch checkers team has been held captive in a hotel in the Ivory Coast due to a dispute over the bill.

Permanent staff appointments have fallen for the third consecutive month in September, and at the fastest rate in nearly three years, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has taken over the audit role for Dunedin Enterprise Trust after KPMG was axed. Johnston Carmichael won the contract for the major private equity investment organisation following changes to guidance over the independence of auditors.

EQ Accountants LLP has appointed Bryan Johnston as its new consultant. Mr Johnston is an experienced business adviser from Fife, who has supported the local business community for over 30 years.

Mr David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium Agenda, urges MSPs to support business rate reform to mitigate the decline of the Scottish high street. On every Scottish high street, there is visible evidence of how retail is changing. Successful shops are embracing technology and well

Fife-based fintech company Ingenico saw a 14% decline in profits last year. The payment solutions group based in Dalgety Bay has over 32 million terminals spanning across more than 170 countries, with its chip and pin contactless technologies adopted by several major banks, retailers and financial s

Only 13% of Scottish people who have a pension actively chose their own investment portfolio, a new Yougov poll has revealed. The poll of over 1,000 adults in Scotland also found that almost a third of those who participated don't have a pension at all.

Kingdom Housing Association’s Nick Pollard discusses whether the law regarding Mid-Market Renting in Scotland is outdated, counter-productive and detrimental to the affordable housing sector and its tenants and participants. The Housing (Scotland) Acts provide for the development of Mid-Market

PwC's latest consumer sentiment survey has found that Scots are becoming less worried about the impact of Brexit on their spending, but more believe they will be worse off in 2020 with retail and socialising expected to take the brunt of the cutbacks as operators ramp up their festive plans.

H&H Care Homes Limited has agreed a £12,750,000 deal with Clydesdale Bank to refinance debt on three of its largest care facilities, as part of wider plans for new expansion. The group, which owns Handsale Care Homes, has refinanced its Caledonia, Westerfield and Sŵn-y-Môr developme

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has appointed Simon Dingemans and Sir Jon Thompson as its new chairperson and chief executive respectively. Simon Dingemans replaces Sir Win Bischoff, who steps down after six years in the post. Sir Jon Thompson succeeds Stephen Haddrill who held the role of chi

Johnston Carmichael’s construction and property incentives team advised on a record £290 million of commercial property projects last year. Among the notable projects it supported were the Radisson RED Hotel in Glasgow, the Glenrinnes organic gin and vodka distillery near Glenlivet and a

James Gibb Property Management Ltd has acquired the factoring division of Graham and Sibbald, one of Scotland’s premier chartered surveyors and property consultants, expanding its business into Dundee.

Invizius, the University of Edinburgh spin-out whose technology could help reduce the high death rates amongst dialysis patients, has raised £2.75 million from a consortium of investors. The funding round was led by Mercia and included Downing Ventures, the University’s Old College Capit