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Shona Campbell at MHA Henderson Loggie has been appointed to wind up children’s epilepsy charity Muir Maxwell Trust. After 17 years of successful fundraising, enabling a significant contribution to improved diagnosis, treatment and understanding of complex childhood epilepsies, the team at Mui

Edinburgh-based tech start-up ePOS Hybrid is helping businesses in the hospitality sector weather the devastating impact of coronavirus by making the switch to takeaway services. By helping restaurants effortlessly move - in some cases within five minutes - to takeaway services, ePOS Hybrid is enabl

The UK Government has unveiled a £1.25 billion package to support start-ups that are not eligible for existing coronavirus funding schemes.  The new scheme will match up to £250 million of private investment and add £550m to an existing loan and grant scheme for smaller f

Filth star James McAvoy has donated over a quarter of a million pounds to the NHS to help distribute protective gear to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

In the aftermath of the closure of McDonald's restaurants across the UK, people have taken to eBay to sell McDonald's menu items.

Nic Storonsky, chief executive of Revolut, has refuted rumours that the fintech is facing financial difficulties in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. As worries spread over the impact of COVID-19 on stock markets, banks and businesses, Revolut has reassured customers that rumours of its demise a

Galliford Try has been ordered by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to restate its 2018 accounts after an investigation found the company should not have recognised an £80 million claim recoverable from Transport Scotland on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) contract when it did

The number of Scottish Venture Capital (VC) deals agreed last year reached its highest level since 2013, raising a total of £60.9 million, according to a new study by Refinitiv.

It is expected that the UK Government will sell more of its stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland after the bank unveiled strong financial results last week. The bank's chairman Sir Howard Davies raised expectations for the government action when he said that he expected the government to mo

Frontier IP, a specialist in commercialising intellectual property, has raised its equity stake in portfolio company Celerum Limited from 10% to 33.8%. The increase is in return for an investment of £25,000, converting a previous loan of £21,818 into equity, and for providing £50,0

MHA Henderson Loggie has announced that LOVE learning, a charity that supports vulnerable individuals, is to take over the Edinburgh site previously occupied by Gorgie City Farm. Gorgie City Farm went into liquidation in November last year when the farm fell into financial difficulty, with MHA Hende

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has reported on the progress made in tackling the loyalty penalty in which companies penalise longstanding customers by charging them higher prices than new customers. The loyalty penalty can also be when found when companies penalise those who renegotiate

Stirling-based care home investor Target Healthcare has announced its new £9.7 million acquisition in Cheshire. The company also announced that it has completed on three previously announced acquisitions in Yorkshire and Wales. The completion of the construction of the group’s care home

The UK’s tech sector is outperforming all the others in Europe, and even those in the US and China - in terms of the increase in venture capital investment it saw in 2019, according to the latest data collected for the Digital Economy Council. The data reveals that investments in the UK tech s

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is today proposing to reform the easy access cash savings market.  Under new rules all firms will have to set a single easy access rate (SEAR) across all easy access accounts. Firms will have flexibility to offer multiple introductory rates for up to 12 mon