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SIS Ventures, Scotland’s leading ‘profit with purpose’ fund, has appointed David Ovens as it gears up for its next phase of fundraising with the appointment of a new chair. David Ovens, chief operating officer at Archangels and current vice-chair of SIS Ventures, takes over as chai

Beeks Financial Cloud Group has appointed Virgin Money's Graeme Marsh as chief information security officer. Beeks Financial Cloud is a cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced that six new ACCA members have been elected to sit on its council. ACCA has also announced a new council board, which comprises the officers, three council members, two non-council appointees and the chief executive.

The Lanarkshire Women in Business Closing The Female Funding Gap event was the second event in a year-long pilot initiative aimed at boosting female entrepreneurship in Lanarkshire. Over 60 women attended the free event which was designed to help break down barriers and open up access to busine

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has set out a list of actions the newly elected government must take in the days following the opening of parliament to ensure that Scottish businesses regain confidence to hire, plan and invest.

A book collector who purchased a signed Harry Potter book for 1p has found out that the signed copy is worth £2,500.

Majedie Asset Management has replaced Investico as the new investment manager of Edinburgh Investment Trust after an extended "period of underperformance". The decision to change investment manager occurred as the Edinburgh Investment Trust experienced another period of weak investment performance.

Lloyds Banking Group has been forced to reopen a compensation scheme set up for victims of fraud after a report revealed the bank allowed "serious shortcomings" to occur. Scores of small business owners were affected by the £1 billion HBOS scandal where consultants linked with an HBOS facility

Scottish whisky and salmon fillets have been included on a list written by US officials which details the potential targets for an expanded range of goods facing tariffs.

The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data science and artificial intelligence (AI), has appointed two financial figures to its governance board. The appointments come after The Data Lab recently announced its selection by the Scottish Government to lead on co-ordinating a new nationw

Retail sales have seen some festive growth side from Black Friday sales distortions, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG.

Edinburgh-based tech start-up Robotical has announced the completion of its £43,291 Kickstarter campaign, having set an initial target of £30,000. The campaign saw almost 200 backers pledging in return for product bundles of the second version of Marty the Robot (Marty V2) ranging from a

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has said that the burdens on businesses in the tourist industry arising from the implementation of the Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) must be kept to a minimum. The ICAS submission was prepared by the ICAS Tax Board which represents the views o

Work has been completed on the new £25m boutique Malmaison hotel in Edinburgh. Jonathan Livesey, Malmaison’s development director with Steve McManaman from S Harrison

A new £32 million business park is to be built by entrepreneur Robert Morris on the site of his former furniture factory in Glasgow.