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Chiene + Tait (C+T) has announced a new partnership with Converge to help support Scottish-based spinout and start-up businesses maximise their investment in research and development (R&D). Through the new alliance, C+T will provide specialist advice and guidance on R&D tax relief to the coh

UK entertainment and media companies are holding their nerve despite the worsening economic outlook, and putting their trust in their digital investment strategies, according to a new report from PwC.

Santander UK is to launch Santander Navigator, a digital subscription platform to support UK companies as they explore international expansion options.

Gearing up for a maiden launch from British soil, Edinburgh-headquartered rocket company, Skyrora, has appointed industry veteran Lee Rosen as chief operations officer. Mr Rosen is a retired US Airforce Colonel and former vice president of mission and launch operations and customer operations and in

Impact investor SIS Ventures has secured £1 million for its investment fund – Impact First - from Chroma Ventures. Chroma Ventures was created in 2021 by technology entrepreneurs Paddy Burns and Chris van der Kuyl as a broad-spectrum investment arm of their video game development studio,

Target Healthcare’s growth plans have received a healthy boost via a £20 million funding package from Santander UK. The funding provides the Glasgow-headquartered pharmaceutical manufacturer and supplier with working capital in support of its plans to grow organically and through acquisi

Clyde Munro Dental Group has been given a further £25 million war chest for acquisitions – after getting the green light from its biggest backer for a new funding package. Already Scotland’s biggest independent dental group, the firm will now embark on a period of further growth th

Scottish shopper footfall dropped by 22.8% in December (Yo2Y), a 3.0 percentage point decrease from November, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and Sensormatic IQ Footfall Monitor.

HMRC is urging businesses to take steps to prepare for Making Tax Digital for Value Added Tax (VAT) before it becomes mandatory for all VAT-registered businesses from 1 April this year. Making Tax Digital is designed to help businesses eliminate common errors and save time managing their tax affairs

As the new year gets underway, Johnston Carmichael’s experts look ahead with some optimism, despite the challenges, predicting continued opportunities as the firm adopts a low carbon economy, and increased adoption of technology creates efficiencies. 2021 was another challenging year for Scott

Mental health stigma and discrimination remain an issue in the financial and professional services sector in Scotland, a new report suggests. The new report from Scottish Financial Enterprise Young Professionals in partnership with SAMH and See Me has underlined both the achievements and areas for i

The growing awareness around mental health in sport has led to two new client wins for Glasgow-headquartered wellbeing technology start-up Frog Systems. The company's software was selected by United Leicester and Switch the Play for two significant projects - a free digital wellbeing hub for sports

Carlisle-based H&H Insurance Brokers has welcomed two new apprentices as Victoria Twentyman and Tom McGaffin join the team. Ms Twentyman is the youngest apprentice to have ever been appointed by the firm, at 16 years old. She takes up the role of apprentice admin assistant at the firm's Car

Thorntons Investments, the Dundee-headquartered wealth manager, has removed VAT from its AIM Inheritance Tax and Managed Portfolio Service (MPS). While numerous firms have omitted VAT from their MPS proposition as a result of a recent industry review from HMRC, Thorntons Investments is among the fir

New figures from LINC Scotland, the national angel capital association, indicate that investment levels from Scotland’s business angel community into promising young companies are in line for a record year in 2021. The association’s research found that Scotland-based angel investors led