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All 23 members of staff have been made redundant at the Borders branches of Leven Car Company after Leonard Curtis Business Rescue and Recovery was appointed as administrators last week.

The UK Government has agreed a rescue plan to save troubled airline Flybe.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has today launched a new £6 million fund to support projects helping small and medium-sized business (SMEs) take advantage of the global transition to a low carbon economy.

The UK’s tech sector is outperforming all the others in Europe, and even those in the US and China - in terms of the increase in venture capital investment it saw in 2019, according to the latest data collected for the Digital Economy Council. The data reveals that investments in the UK tech s

Wellness and stylish city living are amongst the key focuses for Glasgow's commercial real estate market whilst and further overseas investment is expected for Edinburgh, according to the 2020 Commercial Real Estate Forecast from Avison Young.

Aberdeen’s office market is now entering recovery mode, after experiencing the strongest year of demand for offices since the Energy sector downturn of 2014, according to Savills. During 2019, Aberdeen saw total office take-up of 513,525 sq ft, (47,708 sq m) compared with 388,277 sq ft (36,075

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) have both written to MSPs expressing their views on the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill.

SSE Plc is today completing the sale of SSE Energy Services Group Limited, its household energy and services business in the UK, to OVO Energy Limited for £500 million.

A professor at the University of Toronto has made it a requirement for students to purchase his book and follow him on social media in order to receive participation marks.

Deloitte has appointed Hayley Barker and Alister Taylor to lead its global employer services team in Scotland. Hayley Barker, based in Deloitte’s Aberdeen office, has been promoted to director following 11 years with the company. Meanwhile, Alister Taylor, based in Deloitte’s Glasgow off

MHA Henderson Loggie has been appointed liquidator of GSASA Limited, the bar and music venue which trades commercially as 'The Art School'. GSASA Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the independent charitable Glasgow School of Art Student’s Association, which is unaffected by today’s ann

Scott Lindsay has joined the Law Society of Scotland as executive director of finance and operations. Mr Lindsay, a chartered accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), has most recently run his own consultancy business, SLL Business Consultants. Prior to tha

Martin Johnston has joined Armstrong Watson LLP, Accountants, Business and Financial Advisers’ Glasgow team as audit and assurance director. Mr Johnston was latterly a senior manager at KPMG, having previously worked for both EY and PKF (now part of BDO) earlier in his career. He has extensive

Consumer Credit Solutions (CCS) has announced the appointment of Colin Macpherson as business development manager for Scotland. Taking on account management responsibility for home improvement retailers across Scotland, Mr Macpherson has over 40 years’ experience in consumer finance, work

Ultimate Finance, which has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has provided more than £1.6 billion of funding to SMEs across the UK in 2019.