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Dundee-based distillery Verdant Spirits has swapped from distilling gin to producing hand sanitiser following an appeal from local care groups in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak.

UK economic growth is expected to slow sharply in 2020 amid disruption caused by the impact of Coronavirus, according to the latest economic forecast by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

Jenny Simpson, partner and head of Wylie & Bisset’s charities team, has said that if anyone ever wondered why charities need reserves, then the situation we face with Covid-19 is the answer. Ms Simpson, who was recently re-appointed to the SORP Committee, the advisory committee t

Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has been accepted to join the Law Society of Scotland’s panel of approved accountancy partner firms. The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for all Scottish solicitors. As part of the partnership programme, the Law Society seeks approved ac

Fashion retailer Laura Ashley has filed for administration, with PwC appointed as administrators.  The move comes after rescue talks for the firm were scrapped by the outbreak of Coronavirus.

The UK employment rate in the three months to January 2020 was estimated at a joint record high of 76.5%, 0.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier and 0.3 percentage points up on the previous quarter, according to the latest Labour Market Statistics from the Office for National Statistics (O

Glasgow-based loyalty and marketing business Swipii has secured a new £1 million investment from its existing stakeholder, Par Equity. Swipii has said it will use the funding to add further features to its customer loyalty app which earns cashback for users as they shop. The firm said it would

Motorola Solutions has bought Edinburgh-based CCTV camera firm IndigoVision in a £30.4 million deal.

Dixons Carphone has announced that it will be closing all 531 of its Carphone Warehouse phone stores in the UK in a move which will cut almost 3,000 jobs.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Allinial Global have announced a brand new partnership. Their new collaboration highlights a new stream of opportunity for legally independent accounting and consulting firms to further increase their knowledge and skills within the finan

A celebratory event was held in Edinburgh to mark a £600,000 investment and business support into 12 Scottish social ventures by Big Issue Invest. Danyal Sattar, CEO of Big Issue Invest, Dave Gorman, director of social responsibility and sustainability at The University of Edinburgh, Zakia Mou

The University of Strathclyde's Fraser of Allander Institute has said that due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, we should expect a significant impact on the economy.

Edinburgh has seen a 67% increase in Venture Capital (VC) investment in 2019, according to a new report from Tech Nation.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has received criticism for failing to provide a concrete date for the implementation of Confirmation of Payee (COP) technology, which is designed to prevent one of the most common types of fraud.

Jon Wigget, a golf professional who pocketed over £150,000 in VAT, is facing jail time.