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HM Revenue & Customs may have paid out up to £3.5 billion in furlough money on fraudulent or mistaken claims, it was revealed on Monday.

Iain Masterton, head of VAT at accountants Chiene + Tait, discusses the complications a No Deal Brexit will create for UK businesses.  As the global economy continues to grapple with the huge challenges presented by the impact of Covid-19, here in the UK we face the additional threat which has,

Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group has posted strong interim financial results with a 0.7% increase in net revenue despite the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic.  For the six months ended 30th June 2020, the firm's assets under administration

Hi55 Ventures, a company founded by Scottish fintech entrepreneur David Brown, has launched a new financial services product called Hi that is set to revolutionise company finance and how workers are paid. Payroll is the biggest expense and demand on working capital in almost every business. COVID-1

CMS will stage a free online event with leading retail and commercial figures addressing some of the key challenges facing the high street during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Future of our High Streets is a free virtual event that will take place from 08:45 am on Thursday 17 September. You can find mo

The team behind EIE20, Scotland’s premier technology investor event taking place virtually this year on October 14, has launched its annual Scottish Startup Survey. In association with the Freer Consultancy and TalentSpark, this year’s survey will quiz startup founders from both the curr

More than a fifth of the workforce in Edinburgh and Glasgow is now employed in digital technology, according to new data analysed by Tech Nation for the Government’s Digital Economy Council ahead of London Tech Week.

Shawbrook Bank has chosen Mental Health UK as its Corporate National Charity Partner for 2021.  The specialist bank – a lending and savings bank focused on Property Finance, Business Finance, Consumer Lending and Savings – will raise crucial funds for Mental Health UK for the 2

Police have warned people across the UK to watch out for counterfeit banknotes thought to have originated in Scotland because they are marked "twenty poond".

A Glasgow-based company which has led efforts to improve the early detection of cancer has secured £2.4 million in its latest funding round.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has secured £50 million of funding from the Scottish Government for its Edinburgh Biomes project. The Low Carbon Fund backing covers five years’ work on the development, creating world-class facilities producing climate, economic, wellbeing

Simply UK, the Glasgow-based real estate developer, has secured a further €40 million investment funding package from a European investor to expand and develop its recently launched care home and retirement living division, branded as Morar Living. The funding, which is subject to a non-disclos

Islanders in the Hebrides and Skye have written an open letter warning that rising property prices are preventing locals from buying a home. The letter's signatories includes crofters, development officers, and Gaelic campaigners and they warned that the situation is akin to "economic clearance" thr

Simon Capaldi, office agency partner at Knight Frank Edinburgh, gives his thoughts on what businesses may want from their offices post-lockdown. At the beginning of lockdown, the successful transition of most people and businesses to working remotely brought some serious debate over the future

Neilsons looks at the release of pent up demand for property in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Back in April, we reported that the local property market effectively entered a necessary “sleep mode” to protect the NHS with the pandemic at its peak. We argued against other commentators about