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Founder of Locavore Reuben Chesters with Darrin Nightingale, chief customer officer, Social Investment Scotland Responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has reached a significant milestone by lending to Locavore, marking its 300th investment in Scottish social enterprises.

Glasgow’s Buchanan Wharf Opportunities to invest in nine projects worth more than £2 billion to Scotland’s economy have been announced by economy secretary Derek Mackay.

Nora Senior The Scottish Government's Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board has published a 20-year plan to drive greater productivity and inclusive growth through the enterprise and skills system in all parts of Scotland.

Scottish retailers will face at least an extra £16 million on their annual business rates bill from April 2019, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has said. The retail body warned that the figure could be even higher if the Scottish Government resumes using RPI to calculate inflation, instead of

Stephen Martin Stephen Martin, head of office at Brewin Dolphin Glasgow, warns against investing in technology that's been developed for its own sake.

Nick Thomas Global investment firm Baillie Gifford has pledged £5 million to support research into the ethical challenges posed by the growing use of data and artificial intelligence.

Faith Simpson Faith Simpson has been recognised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) as its UK advocate of the year.

The average price of a property in Scotland reached £153,309 in August 2018 – an increase of 4.1 per cent on the previous year and an increase of 0.3 per cent when compared to the previous month. The latest publication of Registers of Scotland's monthly UK House Price Index shows that the volume

The City of Edinburgh Council has launched a citywide consultation on proposals to introduce a "tourist tax", officially known as the Transient Visitor Levy (TVL). The local authority said it is seeking views from "all city stakeholders but, in particular, the hospitality and tourism sector, plus ci

Peter Coghlan Peter Coghlan has joined law firm Gilson Gray as finance director.

Dan Grandage Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) has pledged to procure 100 per cent of electricity in its global offices from renewable sources by 2020 as it marks the first ever Green GB Week.

Pictured top (l-r): John Paul Sheridan, Howard Beach. Bottom (l-r): Andrew McCowan, Donna TLT has acquired Glasgow-based commercial real estate firm Leslie Wolfson & Co.

Marcel van Poecke Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire Aberdeen-based EnerMech Group Ltd, an international services company providing critical asset support to the energy, infrastructure and industrials sectors, from Lime Rock Partners.

A no-deal Brexit would have "horrific" consequences for the Scottish financial sector, according to experts briefing Westminster's Scottish affairs committee. Alastair Ross of the Association of British Insurers told MPs that financial transactions currently carried out in Europe by UK firms could b

Tens of thousands of Lloyds Banking Group customers may have had their credit cards cancelled without notification following the Ticketmaster data breach, The Scotsman reports. Around one per cent of Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Bank and Halifax credit card customers were affected by the breach earlier