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The Scottish Land Fund has awarded the Langholm Initiative charity £1 million towards the purchase of 10,500 acres of Langholm Moor in the south of Scotland, which would see the local community creating a vast new nature reserve.

Nationwide, the UK's biggest building society, has tripled the minimum deposit it will ask for from first-time buyers.

Edinburgh craft beer subscription firm Beer52 has succeeded in meeting an exceptional increase in demand thanks to funding support from Royal Bank of Scotland. During lockdown, an unprecedented surge in customer demand resulted in a landmark 200,000 subscribers for the firm. The company has since do

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a webinar on family investment companies and their use in estate, succession and tax planning on 24th June 2020 at 1pm. The speakers will be Ronnie Brown and Claire Macpherson of Burness Paull LLP.

HSBC has lifted the three-month pause on its restructuring plan which will see the bank cut up to 35,000 jobs.  

More SMEs are changing their credit terms with their suppliers due to coronavirus, according to the latest results from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) UK and The Corporate Finance Network (The CFN) SME Health Tracker. The survey of accountants, representing nearly 19,000 S

RSM has expanded its Scottish audit team with the appointment of Katie Morrison as partner in the firm's Glasgow branch. Ms Morrison joins from KPMG where she worked as an audit director. She has over 18 years of experience working in corporate audit, ranging from owner manager to fully listed compa

A man has been fined €500 (around £450) for deliberately farting in front of police officers.

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has raised £522 million from investors as it seeks to take advantage of a lockdown-related easing of market competition for development land.

The latest patent, trademark and design data from the UK Intellectual Property Office shows an impressive performance from Scotland in 2019, according to IP specialists Marks & Clerk. Scotland filed 1,168 registered design applications in 2019 compared with 757 applications the previous year &nd

The Bank of England has announced that it will inject an extra £100 billion into the UK economy whilst maintaining interest rates at a record low of 0.1%.

Yesterday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced further changes to lockdown restrictions with all retail premises with outdoor entrances and exits allowed to re-open from Monday 29.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that credit card, store card, catalogue credit and personal loan customers will be allowed to defer repayments for a further three months. 

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced that Simon Fraser has been appointed as the chair of the Pre-Emption Group (PEG). Mr Fraser has been a longstanding member of the PEG and has a long and distinguished career in investment management and corporate roles, including his current role a

Robin Beer, the new CEO of Brewin Dolphin, has assumed his new role. Mr Beer succeeded David Nicol after he announced plans to retire in January this year.