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Over 10,000 UK SME owners have applied for a single £10,000 Business Boost grant from insurer Simply Business, as the coronavirus continues to take its toll financially on small businesses. 

Glasgow Prestwick airport, which is owned by the Scottish Government, was back in profit after making a £1 million loss, before the coronavirus pandemic struck. 

Three young accountants with Aberdeen-based chartered accountancy firm Meston Reid & Co are celebrating a series of exam successes. Abbie Watson, who joined the chartered accountancy practice in August 2019, became the latest member of staff to bolster her qualifications when she passed two midd

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on future public spending decisions to protect equalities and human rights in Scotland is to be considered by a Holyrood Committee.  The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights (EHRi) Committee has issued a call for views on the financial i

A team of Nationwide NOW personal finance consultants from Nationwide Building Society’s office in Dunfermline undertook a gruelling fundraising challenge during July to support local charity, Andy’s Man Club. The team from Dunfermline managed to complete 3582km and raised £325 for

A Chinese mobile phone number ending with five eights has sold for 2.25 million yuan (£250,000) in an online auction.

Persimmon has announced an interim dividend on the back of an “excellent” start to the second half.

Around 23,000 low income households without proper internet access will be helped to get online with the assistance of £15 million of Scottish Government funding. The investment, part of the Connecting Scotland programme, will prioritise disadvantaged families with children and young people le

Scottish company IndiNature, which makes ‘carbon negative’ insulation, has received an £803,000 grant from Zero Waste Scotland. The firm is the latest to receive a share of £8 million in funding for circular economy businesses administered by Zero Waste Sc

Over 1.23 million UK businesses have secured almost £53 billion of credit through the UK Government's emergency coronavirus lending schemes.

Small businesses across the UK reported a pick-up in activity in July, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland UK Small Business PMI report. The increase in activity is a further sign of operating conditions gradually improving following the lifting of lockdown measures. However, th

Total retail sales in Scotland decreased by 8.3% over the four weeks from July 5 to August 1 compared with July 2019, when they had decreased by 0.1%, in what KPMG has described as 'a recovery of sorts, but at a worryingly low pace'.

The EY Item Club has estimated that UK inflation will reach 2.0% by the end of 2021. 

Edinburgh’s office market is in a strong position to weather the UK’s first recession in 11 years, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

An Inverness building let to Bank of Scotland is being marketed for sale by Shepherd Chartered Surveyors.  The property occupies a prime retail position on Eastgate at the High Street and Inglis Street junction directly opposite the Eastgate Shopping Centre.