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Christine McGuigan Granite City accountancy practice Infinity Partnership has made a key appointment as the business targets further growth.

Scotch Whisky has received legal protection in 17 African countries after an intellectual property organisation on the continent gave it geographical indication (GI) status.

Standard Life Employee Services Limited, the intellectual property holding arm of Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life, has been confirmed as the latest entrant to a new innovative league table ranking the UK’s companies by the value of their intellectual property (IP). The entry comes i

The number of unemployed people in Scotland remained unchanged during the second quarter of 2015 at 164,000. According to official figures, between May and July, the unemployment rate stood at 5.9 per cent, compared with 5.5 per cent for the UK as a whole.

In a nation where lottery winners are so fearful of security risks and demands from family and friends that they dress up in masks and costumes to claim their cheques, one chinese man who scooped 4.6 million yuan (£500,000) has attempted to divorce his wife the day before claiming the money. Liu Xi

Sir Tom Hunter One of Scotland’s leading entrepreneurs has called on the nation “move on” from last year’s independence debate and concentrate on “coming together” to build a more prosperous Scotland within the UK.

Royal Bank of Scotland, the still more than 70 per cent government-owned bailed-out lender, has agreed to pay $129.6 million to America's National Credit Union Administration to resolve claims that it sold toxic residential mortgage-backed securities to corporate credit unions Members United and Sou

David Menzies Figures for 2014/15 have revealed that funds returned to creditors increased while there was a 'sharp drop' in the number of personal insolvencies north of the border.

Sharon Hamilton With its dual talents for finance and technology, Scotland is increasingly becoming the location of choice for businesses says Sharon Hamilton, international sector head of financial services at Scottish Enterprise.

Staff from Johnston Carmichael's Forfar office, have raised nearly £900 for the Angus Foodbank, following a year-long fundraising campaign. From June 2014 to May 2015, the Forfar office participated in a series of fundraising initiatives which raised £861 for the Angus Foodbank, and included donat

John Blackwood Scottish landlords met with senior UK government officials in London yesterday to urge them to rethink planned tax changes for private landlords.

A new survey conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed that 70 per cent of its Scottish members are currently likely to vote to remain in the EU. The figure, which was arrived at when those who were undecided about how they would vote were taken out, was the highest proport

John Swinney Deputy First Minister John Swinney has called for dialogue with the UK government over the Scotland Bill and a fair fiscal framework for Scotland.

Image via Twitter Jeb Bush, the US Republican presidential hopeful and brother of former gaff-prone president George W. Bush, has floated the bizarre idea of putting the face of former UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, on the nation's new $10 bill.

Patrick Harvie The Scottish Green Party is to commission detailed research into the process of how Scotland would set up its own currency should it become an independent country in the future.