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Essential spending in June returned to levels seen in 2019 as the UK continues to emerge from lockdown life, according to the latest data from Lloyds Bank.

Scottish manufacturing and construction firms saw an encouraging boost in business throughout June as the coronavirus lockdown measures began to ease, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland UK Small Business PMI report. 

Scotland’s GDP increased by 1.5% in May, after the sharp falls of 18.9% in April and 5.5% in March, according to statistics announced today by the chief statistician. Although output has picked up slightly in May, it remains 22.1% below the level in February, prior to the direct impacts of the

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Four projects in Fife have received a share of an £83,150 funding package from the Scottish Government's Towns and BIDs Resilience and Recovery Fund to help business recovery after the coronavirus pandemic.  Last month, the funding was announced by Aileen Campbell, cabinet secretary

Chartered accountants Meston Reid & Co has continued to support the next generation of accountants with four new recruits joining the firm next month. The new arrivals include Kyle Gordon and Gemma Spence, who were both third-year placement students at Meston Reid & Co in 2018/19. Both

Finance leaders expect a slow pick-up in activity, with no quick bounce back anticipated, according to Deloitte’s latest CFO survey. The survey found that almost half of CFOs surveyed (49%) do not expect demand for their own businesses to recover to pre-pandemic levels until after the second q

The number of profit warnings issued by listed businesses headquartered in Scotland in the first half of 2020 (H1 2020) increased by 45% year-on-year, with 94% citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings report. EY recorded 16 profit warnings in the

Business groups, trades unions and leaders from local government and the third sector have committed to putting fair work at the heart of Scotland’s economic recovery.

Edinburgh-based private security firm GTS Solutions has appointed finance specialist Stephen Paterson to its board. Mr Paterson takes up the position as a non-executive director and brings a wealth of experience to the role.

More than a quarter (27%) of UK children have said they enjoy learning about money at school, according to a new survey from Beano Studios.

Job vacancies in Scotland dropped drastically by 64.7% during the three months of the coronavirus lockdown, according to the latest quarterly job market report from CV-Library.

Glasgow-based data analytics firm Bellrock Technology has appointed Hugh Lennie as its new chief financial officer. The firm has also appointed Dave McConachie as its new chief commercial officer.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has launched a £50,000 open, ongoing rapid-response funding call to support Scotland’s growing aquaculture sector through the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Student Loans Company (SLC) is misleading graduates by providing a “demoralising, damaging and dangerous” image of their debts, according to the consumer finance expert Martin Lewis.