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Glenrothes is the first town in the UK to be awarded recognition for a plan to become a Living Wage Town.

Craig Wright, who claims to have invented Bitcoin, has been ordered to pay $5 billion to his alleged former business partner.

The James Hutton Institute has announced the appointment of Hugh Darby as its new director of finance and company secretary. Mr Darby replaces Derek Leslie, who is stepping down after almost three years in the role at the Institution, a major researcher of food, energy and environmental security.

Brian Williams has joined Edinburgh-based Vert Rotors as an investor director, looking after the interests of investor Equity Gap. Equity Gap, the syndicate of Scottish business investors headed by chairman Jock Millican, holds a 16% share in Vert following its original investment in the firm in 201

Commercial property sales values in Glasgow surpassed those of Scotland’s capital for the first time since 2015, new research has found. Analysis of Q2 2019 data by the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) showed that the total value of commercial property sales in Scotland continued t

The number of people moving house in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in five years.

The Scottish whisky industry has called for intellectual property protections as Britain prepares to leave the European Union. Lindesay Low, deputy legal director of the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), told an event hosted by Lawrie IP that the Scottish whisky industry needed clearer direction to p

The South of Scotland Economic Partnership (SOSEP) has provided over £1 million of funding to various projects aimed at developing rural skills, community enterprises and female-led businesses. SOSEP has awarded a total amount of £1,045,184 to five projects, including an initiative to im

A new campaign has been launched today designed to highlight the disconnect between Scotland's law firms and the SME community – the majority of which lack clarity over fees and advice, according to research by Morton Fraser LLP. The firm's fly-on-the-wall stunt in Glasgow uses humour to

The pipeline of homes in Scotland’s Build to Rent (BTR) sector has increased by a third in the past year to reach more than 7,200, according to a new report. The latest research from property firm Rettie & Co found that 4,000 homes are due to be delivered in Glasgow, with around 2,000 in E

Mastercard has contacted regulators in Germany and Belgium about a data breach affecting details connected to its loyalty programme.

Bolton Wanderers' administrators have said they are hopeful of a "positive outcome" as the English Football League's (EFL) deadline draws near. Concerning the team's threat of liquidation, administrator Paul Appleton, said that the future of the club is "is still in doubt" but hopes there will be a

Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson's share prices have risen following an order for the company to pay $572m (£468m) for its role in the opioid addiction crisis.

Court papers have revealed that Aretha Franklin died with nearly $1 million in uncashed cheques in her possession.

Royal Bank of Scotland has been ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to appoint an independent body to audit its payment protection insurance (PPI) processes. The watchdog announced action against RBS and Santander over failures to comply with a requirement that customers receive a