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Dr Ross Brown A team of Scottish academics have revealed that increasing numbers of new firms are turning their backs on traditional methods of financing like banks and business angels in favour of internet crowdfunding.

Scottish staff of the Lidl supermarket chain are to receive the ‘living wage’. The move means Lidl will become the first UK supermarket to implement the minimum wage as recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.

Staff from Johnston Carmichael's Forfar office, have raised nearly £900 for the Angus Foodbank, following a year-long fundraising campaign. From June 2014 to May 2015, the Forfar office participated in a series of fundraising initiatives which raised £861 for the Angus Foodbank, and included donat

Deputy First Minister John Swinney A number of capital projects under the Hub programme run by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) cannot reach financial close until EU statisticians complete a review into the classification of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).

Aberdeen Asset Management has announced the completion of the acquisition of FLAG Capital Management. The purchase of the diversified private markets manager with offices in Stamford and Boston in the US and Hong Kong comes hot on the heels of the purchase of SVG Capital’s stake in the joint ventu

John Swinney Scotland’s Finance Minister and Deputy First Minister John Swinney has appealed to 73 per cent taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland to reconsider its decision to close its branch in the town of Alyth in his Perthshire North constituency.

Jeremy Corbyn The frontrunner in the Labour leadership election has stated that he could force public assets such as Royal Bank of Scotland that have been sold-off by the current UK Conservative government to be renationalised with "no compensation", should he become prime minister.

Accountancy firm Baker Tilly is warning that new rules introduced in this year’s Finance Bill could jeopardise the growth plans for tech businesses in Scotland. The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are government initiatives which offer attractive tax

The pricing of two issues of contingent convertible bonds, or Cocos, has raised just under £2 billion to bolster Royal Bank of Scotland’s capital position. They will trade on the Irish stock exchange.

The UK Government has been forced to defend its decision to begin the sell-off of its 80 per cent stake in bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland for a loss of £1 billion. Overnight the government announced that it had sold 5.4 per cent of its near 80 per cent stake in the Edinburgh-based lender at 330p

Scots accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael welcomed a canine visitor this week following its fundraising efforts for the charity Guide Dogs Scotland.

A 400-metre-long pedestrian bridge described as the "world's first crowdfunded public infrastructure project" has opened in Rotterdam.

The UK taxpayer’s stake in bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group, which was at one point more than 43 per cent state-owned, has now dropped below 15 per cent. The latest milestone was reached after the government sold another 657 million shares in the Edinburgh-based lender.

Every home in Scotland is set to receive a letter explaining how the new Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT) will work. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is preparing to issue reminders to all households that they will need to provide up-to-date details of their address to tax officials so they can make

Senior figures from the Aberdeen and Houston oil and gas communities will be representing Scotland at the second annual Swing4Saltire Golf Fundraiser next Friday at the River Ridge Golf Course in Houston, Texas. The event, in support of the Saltire Foundation, whose mission is to "find, fuel and spa