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Tax and business advisory specialists EQ Accountants have helped clients secure over £17 million of funding support during the coronavirus pandemic. The firm, which has offices in Dundee, Forfar, Cupar and Glenrothes, has successfully claimed over £15m in government loans and g

Unemployment in Scotland rose to 4.3% between March and May as the coronavirus lockdown restrictions hit the jobs market hard.

The number of people in their 20s and early 30s choosing to invest in the stock market is skyrocketing, analysis of official HMRC data by Scottish Friendly found.

Stirling-based family business The Paint Shed has secured a £2.7 million investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland's most active investor.  The funding will be used to expand the firm's online presence and accelerate the roll-out of five additional stores, with sites planned in Scotlan

Major capital gains tax (CGT) increases could kill the property market according to Apropos, a UK-wide property management platform. The firm believes that the Chancellor’s request to the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) to review the CGT regime could cause homebuyers, investors, and landlor

Anderson Strathern has advised Crown Estate Scotland on the purchase of a sustainable development site near Montrose in Angus. The 123-acre Zero Four site was bought by Crown Estate Scotland from ISLA Developments for £3.7 million and marks Crown Estate Scotland’s first purchase since be

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has announced that it will officially be rebranded as NatWest Group on July 22. In February this year, the lender announced the name change with Alison Rose, the bank's CEO, labelling the change as 'the start of a new era' for the bank.

Renfrewshire Council has unveiled plans for a £1.3 million package of support designed to help local businesses get back on their feet after the coronavirus lockdown. The proposals, including crisis loans, grants and advice services, were based on the results of a detailed survey of local firm

UK banks have backed calls for a student loans-type repayment scheme for firms who have received coronavirus support loans to ensure struggling companies can make loan repayments. 

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based cryptocurrency exchange and platform, has joined forces with waste management charity WasteAid to support community-level action against plastics pollution across several developing markets.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out its expectations for banks, building societies and credit unions when they are considering closing branches or ATMs, or converting a free to use ATM to pay to use.

Barclays has launched a new digital advice service to tackle the UK’s advice gap and give more people the confidence and support to invest their savings. The new service, called Barclays Plan & Invest, will create a personalised investment plan that’s tailored to a customer’s g

Three people have been arrested for running a fake branch of State Bank of India (SBI).

New research from NFU Mutual has found that just 37.6% of adults in Scotland have ISAs, compared to a UK average of 42.1%.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has ordered a capital gains tax review as the cost of the coronavirus pandemic mounts for the UK Treasury.  The chancellor has asked the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) to look at the tax, which comes into effect when assets that have increased in value are sold.