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Entrepreneurial Scotland’s annual summit is taking place today at the Gleneagles Hotel with organisers expecting the event to be an inspiring occasion. The business membership network has assembled a world-class line up of international entrepreneurs to share their knowledge, experience and in

Sector conditions in Scottish commercial property remain highly varied, with industrial property and office space seeing solid growth and retail continuing to show little sign of improvement, according to the Q1 2019 RICS UK Commercial Property Market Survey.

Scammers are taking advantage of music fans searching for tickets to sold-out events by setting up fake ticketing websites and social media personas, according to new research from Barclays.

Climate activists blockaded the London Stock Exchange today by gluing themselves across the entrances.

The overall number of Scots facing insolvency in the first quarter of 2019 rose 29.2 per cent compared to the first quarter in 2018, according the latest Accountant in Bankruptcy figures released today. The AiB figures reveal that personal insolvencies rose from the 2,533 recorded in the first three

Accountancy firm Saffery Champness has appointed a new VAT senior manager on the same day Sean McGinness is promoted to VAT partner. As of today's announcements, Saffery Champness now has 13 partners across its Scottish offices.

Jim Tomaney, chief operating officer at Dunfermline-based Renovite Technologies has issued a stern rebuke to the UK’s biggest banks for what he says has been their failure to invest in new ATM technology in order to mitigate the effects of their wide-ranging branch culls. Mr Tomaney, said many

Brexit, a global slowdown, and confusion over fuel type have caused a sharp fall in the number of drivers opting to buy a new - rather than used - car in Scotland, according to new research by Close Brothers Motor Finance.

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it is offering £175 to new and existing customers switching their main bank account. The time limited offer launches on 23 April 2019 and runs until 28 June 2019.

Aviva has announced that head of UK insurance Andy Briggs has stepped down from the role as well as as a director of its board. He will remain with the group until 23 October 2019 to support an orderly transition, with Angela Darlington, currently Aviva’s group chief risk officer, wi

By Paul McGonigal, Tax Senior Manager at Johnston Carmichael's Inverness Office  

The digital technologies sector in Scotland remains firmly in ‘growth mode’ despite fierce competition for top talent and ongoing political uncertainty, according to the latest annual industry survey conducted by ScotlandIS.

New analysis from independent wealth management company Succession Wealth has revealed that as many as 550 UK couples each with net financial wealth of £1 million or more, will divorce this year. It estimates that collectively they have around £1.91 billion of net wealth, or £

Nationwide Building Society has selected seven FinTech companies to take part in its Open Banking for Good challenge. The FinTech firms will develop Open Banking based apps and services to help financially vulnerable people.

An Italian businessman had to watch €40,000 go up in smoke after his girlfriend used the oven he had stuffed with illicit cash to bake a strudel.