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Stimulus cheques which are due to be sent out to US residents may be delayed after Donald Trump ordered that the US Treasury prints his name on them. The US Treasury Department ordered the Internal Revenue Service to mark the cheques with President Trump's signature on Monday evening.

Alistair Greig, the financial services chief behind a £13 million Ponzi scheme, has been jailed for 14 years. 

The Scottish Government has announced that it will make a further £220 million of grants available for businesses including those with multiple branches after business objections that Scotland did not match the English support scheme.   The new package of measures includes £120

Business activity across Scotland's private sector declined at the quickest rate since the survey began in January 1998 during March due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI.

Kingdom Housing Association has appointed Ken Tudhope as its new director of finance. Currently director of finance at Weslo Housing, Mr Tudhope will take up his new role on July 1 and brings with him a wealth of experience in the sector which will prove invaluable in his work to secure funding for

Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Infinity Partnership has been shortlisted for a prestigious UK tax award. The business has been named a finalist in the Best Single Office Tax Practice category at the 2020 Tolley’s Taxation Awards.

ESPC has studied some of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the property market, looking at how the market and agents have adapted to the current circumstances and what the future may hold.

Gordon Deane, a partner with legal firm Balfour+Manson, discusses the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) guidance on temporary consumer protection in the face of the current coronavirus crisis. The Financial Conduct Authority has implemented temporary measures to offer support to consumers imp

Results from the third British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Coronavirus Business Impact Tracker have revealed that the majority of businesses responding to the survey have now furloughed a proportion of their workforce, and are awaiting funds from the government’s Job Retention Scheme to enable

Glasgow-based fintech Beeks Financial Cloud Group acquires network monitoring and analytics firm Velocimetrics in £3 million deal. Beeks Financial Cloud said that the acquisition will allow the firm to expand its product offering into network automation and trading analytics. 

Business optimism across the UK fell by its largest-ever margin in March, thanks to the current coronavirus crisis, according to figures from the latest BDO Business Trends report.

The Scottish Government has announced a £3 million support package for the Scottish aquaculture sector to help businesses threatened by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

British high street retailers Oasis and Warehouse are expected to appoint Deloitte as administrator this week. The move would put 2,300 jobs at risk for the staff who work at the 90 stores operated by the two firms across the UK.

Dundee-based Jute Properties will be more able to help its worst affected Business Centre tenants while they deal with the coronavirus crisis, thanks to new financial support from Bank of Scotland. Jute Properties purchased the Dundee One office block in 2017 and has subsequently developed the

A Swiss private bank has increased its multi-million-pound bet on Irn Bru maker AG Barr to fail during the current coronavirus crisis.