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Construction companies, engineering firms and other businesses active in the infrastructure sector stand to lose out on funding, investment and major government contracts around the world unless they take a more active role in the fight against climate change. A growing imperative for infrastructure

Scottish fintech Miconex is expanding from its Perth base with new contracts to deliver gift card programmes in Canada, the USA and Ireland, in association with international payments technology solutions provider EML Payments. Miconex operates 13 Town and City Gift Card programmes across

Property management firm apropos has attracted its highest ever monthly number of new properties during September. The firm, which operates as D.J. Alexander Ltd in Scotland with apropos as its UK-wide property management platform, has recorded an increase of 139 properties to its business

Stonehaven-based distillery Gordon & MacPhail has launched the second of four commemorative whiskies to celebrate its 125th anniversary.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has announced that a new cohort of academic entrepreneurs has been awarded prestigious Enterprise Fellowships. Six innovators, each with a unique business proposition, will now benefit from an equity-free support package worth up to £100,000, to aid them in

The UK new car market declined -4.4% in September, according to figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

A former City of London banker has opened a pop-up crazy golf venue in Edinburgh. 

National homeless charity Bethany Christian Trust has been awarded a grant of £100,000 by Barclays to help serve 3,000 households through Scotland with emergency supply packs including items such as food, toiletries and cleaning products. In April, Barclays announced a £100m Co

HSBC has halted issuing COVID-19 loans to new business customers as it struggles to meet the demand for Government-backed financial support.

Homes for Good (HFG) has secured £3 million of investment from Big Issue Invest (BII). The investment allows early stage investor Impact Ventures UK (IVUK) to successfully exit three years early.

Self Assessment customers can apply online for additional support to help spread the cost of their tax bill into monthly payments from yesterday without the need to call HMRC.                                   

From July 1 to September 30, the average selling price in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £266,149, up 5.2% compared to the same period last year, according to property consultant ESPC. This is also an increase compared to the first quarter of the year, during

Scotland must encourage investors into its property market up to investors as a way of supporting its economy once the coronavirus recedes according to a  property management firm Apropos. The firm, which operates as DJ Alexander in Scotland and apropos is its UK-wide property managem

Plans to build 300 new homes and a park and ride site in Monkton in Ayrshire will bring an essential economic boost to Ayrshire, according to Barratt Homes West Scotland. The project will support the economic ambitions of South Ayrshire Council and the Ayrshire Growth Deal.

Roddy Macleod will be one of the speakers at the forthcoming WS Society and STEP Scotland’s Private Client Conference. The conference is an online event which will be held on Thursday 8th October 2020 from 10am to 12 noon.