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Results from Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew released today confirm the business has achieved a seventh consecutive year of growth for the year ended 28 February 2019. With an increase in revenue of 8.3 per cent to £13.0m, the firm’s year end cash position was also strengthene

Think-tank IPPR Scotland has today called for urgent action to deliver inclusive growth in Scotland by tackling low pay, which would boost the economy and increase tax revenues. In a report published today, supported by the Scottish Policy Foundation, researchers at Scotland’s progressive thin

Demand for permanent accounting & finance professionals in Scotland increased by 17 per cent year-on-year in May 2019, according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Castleforge Partners has announced four new tenants at 58 Waterloo Street, Glasgow with finance provider White Oak UK taking the sixth floor, extending to 3,827 sq ft, whilst global insurance firm, Allianz has also secured 3,817 sq ft on the seventh floor. The deals come in quick succession to the r

The UK's automotive sector manufacturers continue to play an outsized role in the trajectory of regional economies and the outlook for international trade, according to the new Royal Bank of Scotland UK Automotive PMI® report published today.

Scott Henderson, Managing Director at Edinburgh-based R&D tax relief specialist Jumpstart  

Over a third of Scottish workers who run out of money before payday have gone without food for their household at least once over the last year, according to new figures published today by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

Scottish accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael is ready to get behind the lens at this years’ Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), after agreeing a partnership. Taking place from 19-30 June, the EIFF is the world's oldest running film festival and celebrates the very best of

Senior leaders from Deloitte and Morton Fraser have combined forces to call on corporate teams to pitch their brightest business ideas to them, as part of the Children 1st Dragons’ Glen charity challenge. Graeme Carmichael, senior manager, advisory at Deloitte LLP and Austin Fly

Two men allegedly tried to use a blowtorch to break into an ATM – but instead welded it shut.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Bank of Scotland £45.5 million for failures to disclose information about its suspicions that fraud may have occurred at the Reading-based Impaired Assets (IAR) team of Halifax Bank of Scotland. The scandal resulted in corrupt staff at the branch

Scotland continues to be the most attractive location for international investment into Financial Services outside London, according to EY’s 2019 UK Attractiveness Report. The number of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the FS sector remained at the same level as the previous ye

British businesses could have £593 billion locked up in excess working capital, potentially hampering growth and leaving them exposed to economic uncertainty, according to new research from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. The Lloyds Bank Working Capital Index combines the bank’s propriet

Fife fintech company PaySend has already smashed through the crowdfunding target it set earlier this month in a capital raising round that valued the firm at £125 million. The crowdfunding campaign, launched with platform Seedrs, saw Kirkcaldy-based PaySend aim to rais

The British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme has lent £500 million to UK small businesses since it was set up in 2012, according to newly published official figures. New data from the Government-backed scheme shows it has issued a total of 63,920 loans to fund small business acro