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Independent bakeries are benefitting from £125,000 from the Scottish Government to help small food retailers face the challenges posed by bigger chains.

Cluff Natural Resources Plc, the AIM-quoted North Sea exploration firm, has appointed Sarah McLeod as chief financial officer. Ms McLeod has over 20 years' experience in the international oil and gas industry and joins the company from New Age (African Global Energy) Ltd where she held the role

Baillie Gifford's Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust has appointed former PwC partner Caroline Roxburgh and McKinsey alumnus Jonathan Simpson-Dent as non-executive directors. The two will join the board on the 1st of February this year.

Trade credit insurers have helped UK firms cope with a record level of bad debts, according to the latest figures released by ABI. ABI has found that the value of the average claim made has jumped up by over 200%, to just over £67,000, influenced by the collapse of Thomas Cook.

Glasgow-based retail promotions company SpaceandPeople has appointed finance chief Graham Bird as non-executive director. Mr Bird was recently appointed chief financial officer of Escape Hunt Plc, a global provider of 'escape room' experiences. He previously led the Strategic Public Equity Strategy

The number of properties coming to market in Edinburgh, Fife and the Borders has declined as 2019 ends, according to ESPC's latest House Price Report.

Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate team in Scotland has advised on the completion of more than a deal a day across a busy December. The team has provided support on some 30 significant deals including a major investment into telecommunications and ISP provider Commsworld by mid-market private equit

Andrew Sackey, partner and head of tax fraud investigation at Pinsent Masons, discusses the accelerating speed of the crackdown on corporate fraud. As we edge towards the end of the first working week of this new decade, it is worth noting that tax compliance measures first introduced at the start o

UK Finance has appointed Scottish Building Society chief executive Paul Denton to its mortgages board. Mr Denton joins other senior industry figures, including Santander’s Michael Sard, on the product and services board (PSB).

Business sentiment has surged to an all-time high, according to Deloitte’s latest CFO survey. The Q4 2019 survey, which took place immediately after the December UK general election, showed the largest increase in confidence in its 11-year history.

The car which Tupac Shakur was travelling in when he was shot in Las Vegas in 1996 is being sold for $1.75 million.

Neil Norman, the head of Chiene + Tait’s (C+T) entrepreneurial tax team, has been appointed to the board of the global accountancy association AGN. Representing around 200 separate and independent accounting and advisory businesses in over 80 countries, AGN promotes worldwide expertise, best p

The Royal Bank of Scotland has today unveiled a new £7 million programme to help support communities and organisations across Scotland. The Royal Bank 300 Fund has been set up to mark the bank’s 300th anniversary in 2027 and will see the bank invest £1m a year, for the next seven y

Business activity across Scotland's private sector was unchanged during December following growth in November, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI.

The Scottish Government has announced that enterprise projects in Dumfries and Galloway will receive a share of more than £500,000 from the South of Scotland Economic Partnership (SOSEP). This latest tranche of funding includes the following: