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The number of Scottish businesses in financial distress has soared by 80%, according to the latest data from Begbies Traynor.

Andrew J.P Wilson, dispute resolution partner at Wright Johnston & Mackenzie, discusses the recent changes to the coronavirus job support scheme. On 22 October 2020, The government published a Policy Paper which provides additional details in relation to the Job Support Scheme, which is due to o

Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC, a company managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments, has posted its annual results, revealing a net asset value (NAV) drop of 13.6% in sterling terms. For the 12 months to July 31 2020, Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus's share price also dropped by a similar 13.2%. In co

Across Scotland, cash machine withdrawals between April and September fell by 52% compared to the same time last year, according to new data published by LINK - the UK's main cash machine network. From April to September, consumers took out £2.5 billion less than they did in the same peri

Scotland's life science sector has attracted more than £600 million of investment in the last three years, according to new data analysed by Savills.

Mortgage approvals reached a thirteen-year high of 91,454 in September, according to new data from the Bank of England.

Forty of Scotland’s most talented, innovative and ambitious entrepreneurs are joining Scottish Enterprise's flagship entrepreneurial development programme, Unlocking Ambition.

Young people's energy and enthusiasm, technological skills and creativity will help boost Scotland's COVID-19 economic recovery, according to new research released today by Barclays' LifeSkills.

Demand from occupiers and investors for office and retail property in Scotland continued to fall sharply in the third quarter of the year, but there are at least signs that the industrial sector is stablising, according to the Q3 2020 RICS Commercial Property Survey.

A Star Wars collection of over 500 items went up for auction yesterday with a price estimate of £250,000.

KPMG UK has appointed a new partner, three associate partners and four directors in Scotland as it prepares for further growth. The firm, which employs more than 1,200 people in Scotland, has promoted a total of 77 people across its offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, including Alistair McAl

FRP Advisory has appointed Emma Turnbull as a new restructuring advisory director in Scotland. During her 15-year career, Ms Turnbull Emma gained extensive restructuring experience working with a wide range of firms across the retail, oil and gas and real estate sectors on both consensual and non-co

Steve McCullough, business development and marketing director at Armstrong Watson LLP, Accountants, Business and Financial Advisors, has been promoted to the role of partner. This marks the first time anyone from the business development and marketing team has been promoted to this senior level in t

Christine Convy and Angela Paterson of Dunedin Advisory Ltd have been appointed joint liquidators of Dundee hotspot Clarks on Lindsay Street. The liquidation is a result of prolonged closure of the premises due to government COVID-19 restrictions in the hospitality sector.

Non-bank or direct lending saw a decrease of 29% in the first half of this year, according to the latest Alternative Lender Deal Tracker from Deloitte. The tracker found that a  total of 140 European deals were completed in the first half of 2020, compared to 197 for the same period last y