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Edinburgh has leapfrogged Glasgow in the latest Global Financial Centres Index, a ranking of the world’s financial centres published by the consultancy Z/yen and China Development Institute.

Andy Willox New small business research shows that Scottish business confidence grew in the first quarter of 2018, but firms north of the border remain substantially less optimistic than their UK counterparts.

Kenny, Alison and Colin Blair Scottish hospitality group Buzzworks is set to expand into new venues across Scotland following a £3 million refinancing deal with HSBC, which has supported the creation of 100 new jobs.

Travis Sinclair Travis Sinclair, a consultant in HRC Recruitment’s accountancy and finance team explores a Scottish accountancy labour market characterised by limited supply and high demand

Sir Ian Wood (Image: Ross Johnstone) Funding for private sector economic development body Opportunity North East (ONE) is being more than doubled and extended to 10 years to support action and investment in pursuing ONE’s renaissance strategy for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

Sales stars of the future have gone head-to-head in a prestigious national competition co-hosted at Edinburgh Napier University with partners Abertay University.

Michelle Young (Image courtesy of BBC/Century Films/Camilla Greenwell) The poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury this month has led police to reopen the case of the death of former Dundee businessman Scot Young, who died aged 52 after plunging f

MPs investigating the collapse of Carillion have accused the company’s Board of being “focused on their own pay packets” at the expense of its perilous financial situation as it emerged that the firm had set out “highly restricted circumstances” in which bonuses could be clawed back from

A Scottish accountancy firm has reached the final stages of Human Resources awards for its investment in its growing workforce.

The world’s first Blockchain-based investment product has been launched by a UK fintech firm using Microsoft’s cloud technology, the global technology giant has reported.

Rain Newton-Smith Optimism in the financial services sector fell for the fourth consecutive quarter at the start of 2018, surpassing the gloom that enveloped the sector during the financial crisis, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey.

Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael is helping to develop the nation’s next generation of entrepreneurs through a mentoring programme with Young Enterprise Scotland (YES).

Andrew Taylor Edinburgh-based R&D tax relief specialist Jumpstart has appointed Chartered Accountant Andrew Taylor as its new finance director.

West Telferton Buccleuch Property has expanded its commercial property portfolio in Edinburgh with the purchase of four industrial units in West Telferton, totalling 27,500 sq ft.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published new rules on pension transfer advice and is seeking views on additional changes, including adviser charging structures.