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HSBC has announced that its profits before tax have dropped by 48% to $3.2 billion as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the global economy.

Scottish businesses are missing out on thousands of pounds of unclaimed tax credits, according to new figures from innovation funding consultancy Leyton. Leyton’s clients – 85% of which are SMEs – claimed an average of £78,000 in R&D tax credits last year.

UK lenders have given over 1.6 million mortgage payment holidays as of Friday 24 April 2020 to support customers facing financial difficulties due to coronavirus, UK Finance has revealed.

Edinburgh-based startup Trickle has secured a series of business wins and made three new hires in line with its increased business activity. A number of NHS regional boards in Scotland including NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Forth Valley have now signed up to Trickle's wellbeing, e

Up to 30,000 jobs could be lost in the oil and gas industry as the sector faces a bleak future, according to a new report from Oil and Gas UK (OGUK).

The lockdown measures implemented in the UK to stem the spread of coronavirus have stalled £82 billion of home sales, according to Zoopla.

Marketing Edinburgh, Edinburgh's tax-payer funded tourism marketing company, has been fined for failing to file its accounts on time.

Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) has appointed Mark Tennant as its new chairman. Mark Tennant and his family run the Innes Estate in Moray. He is a former chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise and former deputy chairman of the Scottish Government’s financial services advisory board.

The small Italian town of Castellino del Biferno has started printing its own currency to help businesses and locals during the coronavirus pandemic. The town is located in the Molise region of southern Italy with a tiny population of just 550 residents.

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has appointed Andy Shaw as a partner. Mr Shaw, who will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, will lead AAB’s public sector and not-for-profit audit business across Scotland. He will also use his expertise to work closely with the AAB

Wheatley Group has drawn down £72 million of funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) – at a highly-competitive rate – to build and improve more homes across Scotland. The funding deal – at a rate of under 1.70% fixed over 22 years – will enable the UK’s la

Shona Campbell at MHA Henderson Loggie has been appointed to wind up children’s epilepsy charity Muir Maxwell Trust. After 17 years of successful fundraising, enabling a significant contribution to improved diagnosis, treatment and understanding of complex childhood epilepsies, the team at Mui

A new industry report conducted by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) reveals that the government’s current proposed aid package does not work for the horticultural industry and that a third of UK growers claim they will be insolvent by the end of June because of the impact of coronavi

Results from the latest British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Coronavirus Business Impact Tracker reveal that the majority of UK businesses did not intend to seek financial support through CBILS bank loans and most of those who had applied were awaiting a decision or had been unsuccessful.

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