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Ondine, one of Edinburgh’s finest seafood restaurants, has secured a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan from Barclays.

Begbies Traynor Group has acquired a portfolio of 503 Scottish personal insolvency cases, including a team of five fee earners, from Grant Thornton UK LLP. The acquisition is for an initial consideration of £0.25 million and additional contingent consideration of up to £0.25m, subject to

Yael Selfin, KPMG UK's chief economist, highlights how the UK needs to rethink the future of its cities in light of the current coronavirus pandemic.  Recessions are usually a catalyst for change and the sharp economic downturn triggered by COVID-19 is bound to turn some things around. One of t

Prostitutes in Switzerland are allowed to resume working under new coronavirus lockdown rules. 

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that holiday payments for mortgage customers will be extended until the end of October this year in a bid to combat the financial impacts of the coronavirus crisis.  The FCA has confirmed that customers still experiencing temporary payment dif

Inshore fishers who usually target shellfish will now be able to diversify into new markets and access fishing opportunities worth up to £2 million thanks to a new quote introduced by the Scottish Government. The package aimed at helping the industry during the coronavirus, means that Scottish

Leading bodies have issued guidance on the implications of the coronavirus pandemic for pension scheme financial reports and audit. The guide has been prepared jointly by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Institute of Chartered Acc

A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: Smith Anderson's 16% turnover rise, Hope Box Project's distribution of arts and crafts boxes, Glen Mhor Hotel and Apartments' reduced key worker beds, Dundee University's £5 million coronavirus drug research funding, the clo

Property values dropped by 1.7% month-on-month in May across the UK according to the latest House Price Index by Nationwide Building Society. 

Melrose-based housebuilder Rural Renaissance Limited (RRL) has secured a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland to support its working capital, enabling it to continue to pay suppliers and honour its contractual commitments during the coronavirus crisis. RRL is parent company to

Nicola Ross explains the details of new legislation aimed at helping ailing businesses.  The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill was read in UK Parliament at the end of May and is likely to be welcomed by many struggling businesses which are facing potential insolvency due to coronavirus.

A prayer book signed by Mary Queen of Scots is due to go up for auction this summer with an estimated sale price of up to £350,000. 

A third round of funding to increase walking, cycling and sustainable travel has been allocated £2 million from the Scottish Government’s active travel budget for 2020/2021.

Wylie & Bisset's managing partner Donald McKinnon takes advantage of hot weather and hosts socially-distanced meeting with a client on Helensburgh seafront. Taking full advantage of the recent hot spell and the forced inability to meet clients in the usual meeting room, McKinnon instead took ful

Kerrie Murray has been promoted from chief financial officer to chief executive of manufacturing firm Pryme Group. The chartered accountant joined Pryme Group, which has offices in Dundee, Aberdeenshire, North Shields, Lancaster and Altrincham, in June 2018, as CFO, after having worked more than 10