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Uncertainty around Brexit has resulted in performers at the Edinburgh International Festival to ask for their fees to be paid in euros or US dollars instead of sterling, the event’s director has said.

The Scottish Government has today announced the appointment of Alliance Trust chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin as chair of the board of Scottish Enterprise. One of the UK’s most experienced Chairs, having led organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors, Lord Smith of Kelv

Still more than 60 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is handing the Treasury around £1bn in dividend payouts following a surge in profits, according to the lender’s first half results out today. They showed a special award of 12p-per share was being handed to investors, o

Anderson Anderson Brown (AAB) has announced the appointment of Philip McGrath as corporate finance manager in their specialist equity funding team. The accountancy firm said Mr McGrath brings significant experience supporting clients in raising Seed and Series A funding rounds across a wide ran

East kilbride-based Goals Soccer Centres, which runs outdoor football centres in the UK, has said the "improper behaviour" in the preparation of its financial accounts stretches back "at least" to 2010.

The newly-opened hotel at Hamilton Park Racecourse has marked a milestone for Allied Irish Bank (GB)’s hotels and leisure team as they clocked up £55 million of investment in Scotland’s tourism sector in the past 12 months. The £10 million Hampton by Hilton at Hamilton P

Scottish Chartered Accountants Wylie & Bisset say that current government taxation policy leaves GPs and hospital consultants confronting a moral dilemma: whether to assist Out Of Hours (OOH) departments and waiting list initiatives or to avoid increased tax charges. This week&nbs

Scotland’s Fintech Festival will welcome guests from around the world with its focus on "new financial innovation and inclusive collaboration opportunities" when it takes place over three weeks in September (between the 9th and the 27th) celebrating the nation’s thriving fintech co

Rodney Whyte, partner and specialist in residential land development at Pinsent Masons, looks at how Scots law is holding back "later living" developments  

Insurance risk and commercial law specialist BLM has marked the beginning of its new financial year with 55 promotions across the UK, including two promotions in Scotland. Kirsty Yuill has been promoted to partner and Kirsteen Picken has been promoted to associate.

Office take-up in Aberdeen showed significant improvement in the second quarter, with a rise to 106,579 sq ft from 36,898 sq ft in Q1 2019, according to CBRE research. There was a total of 19 transactions, bringing the total take-up for H1 2019 to 143,477 sq ft – 20 per cent short of

CaixaBank has launched the world's first ATMs to allow withdrawals using facial recognition and without having to enter a PIN.

David Baxendale and Zelf Hussain of accountancy firm Pricewaterhousecoopers (PWC) have been appointed joint administrators of Havelock International after the Fife interior fit-out specialist collapsed into administration. Nearly 250 jobs have been lost at the Kirkcaldy-based firm which special

An investment specialist has extended its reach by opening a further office in the Perthshire town of Blairgowrie following a strong period of growth for the business. Scott James Wealth Management (SJWM), a representative of St James’s Place Wealth Management, was founded four years ago and i

The Financial Conduct Authority has given its approval for the sale of Glasgow-based fintech business Castlight allowing a takeover by consumer-credit giant Experian to complete. Castlight, which was founded in 2014 uses technology to combines bank account data with credit scores to give a rounded v