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Enquiries, instructions, prices and sales all continued to rise in Scotland during August, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, as pent up demand and the stamp duty holiday continue to influence the market.

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group is resuming its restructuring programme which will see it cut 865 jobs across the UK.

Two innovation projects are underway in the Highlands and Islands to develop new ways to support the growth of the food and drink sector.

Alba Bank, the Glasgow-based challenger bank set to launch into the SME business market later this year, has appointed Alastair Christmas as its new commercial director. Mr Christmas has over 30 years of experience within the UK financial sector at the Royal Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) has appointed Stuart Bone as finance director.  Mr Bone joins from CMS Window Systems and previously worked with EICC CEO Marshall Dallas during a seven-year stint as finance manager at Nuffield Health.  

The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) has won a tender from the Scottish Government to launch and deliver the National Cyber Security Centre’s Exercise in a Box to businesses in Scotland. More than 250 organisations – from those in the Highlands and Islands all the way to the Bo

Business Women Scotland has issued a final call for entries for the Business Women Scotland Business Awards before the closing date of Monday September 14 at 5pm. The awards mark the achievements of the growing number of women-led businesses and recognise the

The Scottish labour market 'remained challenging' in August as permanent placements and temp billings continued to fall, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland report on jobs. 

The Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) Financial Reporting Lab is inviting investors and companies to participate in a new project on corporate disclosures on risks, uncertainties and scenarios.   Investors and other stakeholders are increasingly looking for information from companies about ho

All of Scotland’s 32 local authorities and more than 25 individual community regeneration projects will receive a share of £30 million of new investment for regeneration and town centres. The funding will be available immediately through the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and the

A man has found a Chinese teapot worth £100,000 in his attic after having a clear-out during lockdown. 

The Scottish Government has awarded £9.46 million to 10 active travel and low carbon projects across Scotland through the Scottish Government Low Carbon Travel and Transport Challenge Fund.

Scottish-born Jane Fraser has been appointed chief executive of multinational investment bank Citigroup, making her the first woman to become CEO of a Wall Street bank. Ms Fraser is the bank's current president and head of its global consumer division, she will take up her new role when Citigroup's

Willo, a Glasgow-based tech start-up that allows users to easily interview people on video at scale, has raised a £250,000 seed round from Guernsey-based 1818 Venture Capital and board members. The funding will allow the firm, which has grown at least 80% each month since April, to grow the co

Jonathan Smith, Aberdeen-based business coach and facilitator at The Alternative Board, discusses the importance of having engaged employees as the UK recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.  As a new normal emerges in the business world, having engaged employees matters now more than ever