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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the proposed £500 million sale of SSE's Energy Services to Ovo. In October, the CMA launched an enquiry into the £300m purchase of the retail arm of SSE after the firm announced its intention to buy SSE the month prior.

Ted Baker CEO Lindsay Page and chairman David Bernstein have resigned as the fashion retailer issues a profit warning amid accountancy issues. Ms Page was only appointed as CEO in April this year.

A pensioner accidentally sent £193,000 to the wrong person after typing one digit of the sort code wrong whilst sending his banking details to his solicitor to receive an inheritance payment.

HMRC has cut a further £5 million from its claim against the company which owned Rangers Football Club, according to the latest report from BDO. The dispute between HMRC and Rangers FC concerns the manner in which some players were paid by the club from 2001 to 2009 and the lack of tax being p

Andrew Bell, chief commercial officer at Hampden & Co discusses the importance of balancing new tactics for growth and maintaining the qualities which drew current clients to the firm.  When financial services companies move through a series of growth phases, opportunities and challeng

Dundee based charity Launch It, has toasted success after directly supporting 10 businesses in the eight months since opening its doors in the city. The charity supports young entrepreneurs aged between 18 and 30 and was formally opened by the chairman of software firm 4J Studios, Chris van der Kuyl

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has said that the burdens on businesses in the tourist industry arising from the implementation of the Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) must be kept to a minimum. The ICAS submission was prepared by the ICAS Tax Board which represents the views o

Majedie Asset Management has replaced Investico as the new investment manager of Edinburgh Investment Trust after an extended "period of underperformance". The decision to change investment manager occurred as the Edinburgh Investment Trust experienced another period of weak investment performance.

Edinburgh-based tech start-up Robotical has announced the completion of its £43,291 Kickstarter campaign, having set an initial target of £30,000. The campaign saw almost 200 backers pledging in return for product bundles of the second version of Marty the Robot (Marty V2) ranging from a

Work has been completed on the new £25m boutique Malmaison hotel in Edinburgh. Jonathan Livesey, Malmaison’s development director with Steve McManaman from S Harrison

The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data science and artificial intelligence (AI), has appointed two financial figures to its governance board. The appointments come after The Data Lab recently announced its selection by the Scottish Government to lead on co-ordinating a new nationw

Retail sales have seen some festive growth side from Black Friday sales distortions, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG.

Scottish whisky and salmon fillets have been included on a list written by US officials which details the potential targets for an expanded range of goods facing tariffs.

Small and medium-sized businesses in Glasgow are being given the chance to learn vital digital skills for free as BT is working with Google Digital Garage to deliver the training.

Lloyds Banking Group has been forced to reopen a compensation scheme set up for victims of fraud after a report revealed the bank allowed "serious shortcomings" to occur. Scores of small business owners were affected by the £1 billion HBOS scandal where consultants linked with an HBOS facility