MHA Henderson Loggie has appointed Diana Penny as audit partner in its Edinburgh office. Ms Penny's focus is to drive further growth in the firm’s audit business, and she brings over 25 years’ experience to the role, the majority of it with Grant Thornton where latterly she was a directo
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Following the announcement made by the Living Wage Foundation that the real living wage in the UK and London has increased, Jenny Stewart, head of infrastructure, government and healthcare at KPMG discusses what increasing the real Living Wage means for Scottish workers. Today, the real Living Wage
Precision Tooling & Castings Ltd has secured £4.47m of funding from Barclays for a management buyout (MBO) with aspirations to grow the business and implement new technologies. The deal, which combines invoice and asset finance and term and property loans, has allowed current group operati
The Scottish Investment Trust PLC has been named ‘Best Investment Trust’ at the Shares Awards 2019 for the 2nd consecutive year. The awards, created to celebrate the best of the UK financial services industry, are determined by the votes cast by readers of Shares magazine.
Apple is currently facing an investigation by New York's financial regulator after complaints were filed that its Apple Card gives men more credit than women.
Ahead of the January 2020 launch by ScotlandIS of a new strategy to turn Scotland into a digital nation, chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset is urging SMEs to review their business processes and procedures to assess opportunities for realising efficiencies from the adoption of digital technologi
Tourist sites in Scotland’s rural areas can now apply for a share of £3 million funding aimed at helping them meet the demand of growing visitor numbers.
City Property has completed a series of three complex funding arrangements totalling £646 million having been advised by the banking & finance team at law firm Harper Macleod. City Property is ultimately controlled by Glasgow City Council, which required the funding to meet its obligations
Edinburgh-based CCTV specialist Indigovision has purchased Portuguese security software firm Agorasys SA for €2,300,000. Based in Lisbon, Portugal, Agora was a spin-out from Instituto Superior Tecnico, part of the University of Lisbon.
Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden of KPMG LLP have been appointed as joint administrators of Corporate Road Solutions 24:7 Limited. Based in leasehold premises at Redmill Industrial Estate in Bathgate, the company was incorporated in October 2005 operating as a road haulage contractor and freight f
Over a third of female entrepreneurs in Britain are not saving any money for retirement, a new report by Scottish Widows has found.
Private bank Hampden & Co has hired Andrew Bell as its chief commercial officer. Most recently employed as commercial director, Europe at Aegon Asset Management, Mr Bell will bring broad financial services experience in wealth management, asset management and private banking from senior rol
Over the past three months, average selling prices across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders rose by 2.5 per cent to £253,552.
Edinburgh-based technology company PureLifi has successfully raised $18 million to enable it to launch its technology to mass-market mobile devices and lighting manufacturers. Funding was provided by the Scottish Investment Bank and Temasek, an investment company headquartered in Singapore.
DSL Business Finance has said that there is no evidence of a decline in the number of new companies being set up in Scotland, despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit. Stuart Yuill, executive director, said the company's pipeline of business leads remained unshaken, despite the increased political u