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Derek Pierce. MD, J&D Pierce Contracts was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2018 Summit Entrepreneurship Awards (Image: Robert Perry) Last night saw the winners of the inaugural Summit Entrepreneurship Awards at a stellar celebration dinner in Glasgow.

Darren Cairns (Imiage: Paul Chappells) Edinburgh-based fintech lending platform LendingCrowd has appointed Darren Cairns as the company’s new chief marketing officer (CMO).

180 West George Street Global business services specialist, Peninsula has taken the 8,324 sq ft fourth floor of 180 West George Street.

Roseanna Cunningham Community ownership should become a normal and realistic option for communities to acquire land and assets, according to recommendations on community ownership published today Friday 23 November, 2018.

Owner of the Ecocleen company Andrew Alleway (right) and David Moncur (left) Operations Commercial cleaning business Tidy Green Clean has taken ownership into the family, after completing a management buy-out with backing from Barclays.

Glasgow-headquartered New Vent Solutions Ltd, a wholesaler of chimney and flue supplies, has secured £119,000 from Santander Business Banking to move to larger, more suitably located premises. The funding will also allow the firm to install a showroom for walk-in retail customers, to showcase the

Grant Fitzner (Image: Twitter) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today announced the appointment of Grant Fitzner as its new chief economist, following the departure of Nick Vaughan who has moved to become the Chief Economic Adviser with the Government of the States of Jersey.

While the UK’s growing gambling obsession has been described as “a public health emergency” afflicting more than 2 million people, the co-founder of one online betting firm has announced that her bank balance has never looked in better shape after paying herself a staggering £265 million. Bet

Alan McIntosh Senior Money Adviser Alan McIntosh looks ahead to a future without the Common Financial Tool

In the year to April, around 125 senior finance executives were fined £5,000 for “failure to account properly for their businesses’ income and expenditure for tax purposes”, according to new figures compiled by law firm Pinsent Mason.

Kirsten Partridge Kirsten Partridge, partner and real estate specialist at law firm CMS assesses the significance of the new retail event for an embattled British high street

Tim Cooper The proportion of Scottish companies at elevated risk of insolvency fell slightly between October and November, by 1.3 per cent – the first monthly fall in nearly two years, according to research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

Scottish consumers are preparing to spend an average of £217 on Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals this year, with 41 per cent of consumers expressing an interest in the promotional events, up from 38 per cent last year, global accountancy firm PwC has projected.

A new restaurant and bar is set to open in Aberdeen thanks to a six-figure funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland, creating up to 50 jobs.

Miles Celic New national research commissioned by TheCityUK reveals that while two thirds (68 per cent) of people are proud to live in their local area, only one third (34 per cent) are positive about the future of their region.