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Overall business confidence rose for the fourth consecutive month in December, with Scotland reporting an increase to 11%, according to the latest findings from the Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Business Barometer.

Beeks Financial Cloud, a cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets, has secured two significant contracts, signing a $1 million annualised contract with a global financial markets technology provider and a £1.1 million contract over three years with a cloud-based pay

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has submitted a plea to save the Uniform Business Rate to Holyrood's Local Government & Communities Committee. The SRC has said that the headway being made on rates reform is at risk if MSPs remove control over the setting of the business rate from the Financ

Johnston Carmichael's new chief executive Andrew Walker has outlined the firm's plans to expand its presence in Glasgow on the back of its rise in growth and profits this year. In an exclusive interview with The Herald, Andrew Walker hailed 8% growth in revenue to almost £50 million,

Dundee Airport will offer direct flights to and from London City from early next year. Loganair is switching its existing Dundee service from Stansted to London City and increasing the number of seats available.

The third decade of devolution will see Scotland - and its business community - wrestle with an unprecedented period of change, according to Andrew McRae, policy chair at the Federation of Small Businesses Scotland. Mr McRae said: “Over the last two decades, Scotland’s sma

Permission has been granted for a £32 million Nyx Hotel to be built in Edinburgh, making it the brand's first hotel in the UK.

One in five items of jewellery inspected by Trading Standards officers in Scottish shops has been identified as fake or incorrectly hallmarked.

A young footballer has pranked his friend by convincing him that he'd won £100,000 on a fake scratchcard he bought as a secret Santa gift.

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO is set to recruit a number of new trainees in Scotland next year. Applications are now open for 25 new roles which will be based across the firm’s Glasgow and Edinburgh offices and split across three key programmes: graduate, apprenticeship and summer

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has teamed up with Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) to offer a head start and a fast track for their students on their journey to becoming chartered certified finance professionals. The ‘University for the Common Good’ –

Royal Bank of Scotland Group's investment arm bosses Chris Marks and Richard Place have stepped down as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of NatWest Markets Plc (NWM) respectively. Mr Marks has also stepped down as chair, and Mr Place as a member of the NatWest Markets N.V (MWM.N.V

The Sir Donald Brydon CBE Assess, Assure and Inform: Improving Audit Quality and Effectiveness report has recommended that auditors should be made independent from the larger accountancy profession. The report has emphasised the need for such a move in an effort to "stimulate improved quality and ef

Abellio ScotRail's contract to operate Scotland's train services will end three years early, transport secretary Michael Matheson has announced. Abellio has been running the franchise since 2015 but has faced increasing levels of criticism over cancellations and performance levels.

Mid-market private equity house LDC has completed an investment of an undisclosed amount in Commsworld, the Edinburgh-headquartered telecommunications and ISP provider.