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Swedish Fintech iZettle has appointed Sam Kemp and Sophie Goddard as managers in its Edinburgh office. iZettle is a digital commerce solution for SMEs, with products including a contactless card device through which people can give money to buskers rather than saying they have no change.

Specialist lender and savings bank Paragon has announced the appointment of Fraser Tilley as a new regional asset finance director for Scotland. Mr Tilley joins from Santander, where he spent nine years as Scottish regional director for asset finance, leading the business in growing the commercial l

MHA Henderson Loggie has been named "Best Tax & Accountancy Firm" by Europe’s largest network of independent games developers and publishers. The annual TIGA awards in London celebrate the best in creativity, innovation and business in the video games industry.

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced plans to launch the UK's first "social bond" to address regional inequality and boost economic growth. The new bond, which will be priced later today, will be the first bond in the UK issued under the International Capital Market Association's (ICMA) Social Bond

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged a major review of whisky duty if his Conservative Party wins the general election next month. Mr Johnson announced the move and signalled potential tax breaks for the industry on a visit to the Diageo-owned Roseisle Maltings distillery outside Elgin, The Pres

A university has told students they can reduce their outstanding parking fines by donating peanut butter and jam.

Accountants Chiene + Tait (C+T) have appointed Mairi MacIver as director of its accounts and business support (ABS) division. Based at the firm’s Edinburgh headquarters, Ms MacIver joins from Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP, where she spent the last 15 years developing extensive knowled

Buccleuch Property has sold its Quadron development in Dartford to Aberdeen Standard Investments for £12.1 million.  The 41,500 sq ft buildings, located at the Bridge in Dartford, were fully pre-let during construction to Network Rail.

Aberdeen chartered accountant Kimberley Oliver was awarded the Woman in Finance Award at this year's Business Women Scotland Awards in Glasgow. Ms Oliver is a chartered accountant (CA) and director of Xenith Financial Consulting Limited (Xenith Financial), a business she founded in May 2016.

Private sector business activity declined for the first time in five months in October, as service sector growth eased whilst the manufacturing downturn continued, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI. The PMI revealed that weighing on operating conditions was the fastest fall in

Administrators Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden from KPMG are continuing to clear remaining stock and exploring all options for Scottish retailer Watt Brothers. The fourth-generation family-owned business operated a chain of department stores throughout Scotland, before entering administration on

Alison Rose, the new chief executive of RBS, faces the prospect of government intervention due to its failure to persuade small business customers to move to rival lenders. In response to RBS's failure, the official representative body overseeing the scheme might impose new conditions on the bank to

Scottish turnaround specialist BRS Consulting has launched a new credit management service to help SMEs cut numbers of overdue debtors, improve cash flow and reduce their risk of bad debts. BRS Credit Management is headed up by Paula Smith who joined BRS earlier this year after 14 years managing cre

The board of Phoenix Group Holdings plc, which owns Standard Life Assurance, has announced that Andy Briggs will be its new group chief executive following the retirement of Clive Bannister. Phoenix Group Holdings purchased Standard Life Assurance last year and in the process took on thousands of st

Glasgow-based Brewgooder is calling on hundreds of craft breweries to join its ‘Global Gathering’, a collaborative brewing project on a mission to raise £250,000 to help provide clean water for 100,000 people in developing countries. Launching today, Brewgooder is aiming to partner