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Gregor Colquhoun A six figure funding package from HSBC has provided Alex Colquhoun Ltd, a third generation family owned 840 acre dairy farm in Montrose, with the financial backing needed to purchase ground source heat pumps and a biomass boiler in a move that is expected to save the business tens o

Britain’s workers can expect to receive the worst state pension of any major country, according to a report by the developed world’s leading economic thinktank.

Ed Warner Despite supposedly dropping its European focus 12 months ago, Standard Life Private Equity Trust’s assets continued to be invested in Europe in the year to the end of September.

Martin Gilbert Approval has been granted to Aberdeen Standard Investments to launch funds catering for high-net-worth and institutional investors in China.

Andy Murray (Image: si.robi) Scottish tennis star and former two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has injected cash into two more UK tech start-ups as part of his strategic relationship with funding platform Seedrs.

Cliff Weight Bosses at still 73 per cent taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland are to come under renewed pressure to set up a shareholder committee.

Brian Souter Current pensions policy and the investment approach of many pension schemes is overly cautious, risks leaving us stuck in a rut of low aspirations and is not giving our young people an even chance to succeed, writes ICAS President, Sir Brian Souter

Kirsten Lord CEO PhysioWizard PhysioMedics, the Scottish early stage company that has developed a revolutionary online self-assessment platform for muscle and joint pain sufferers, has raised a total of £1 million of funding from Edinburgh-based business angel syndicate, Archangels, with support fr

A fund to help smaller firms upgrade older vehicles should be introduced at next week’s Scottish Government budget, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Ed Molyneux Edinburgh-based accountancy software solutions firm FreeAgent has reported a net loss of £1 million for the six months ended September 30.

Alison McGregor Alison McGregor, chief executive of HSBC Scotland, has been invited to join the CBI Board as non-executive director.

Jim Bichard A growing number of small businesses say they are looking to interact with their insurers online, according to a new PwC survey of 2,100 small businesses.

Aberdeen City Council has been recognised for “a strong institutional framework” and “strong track record of operating performance” by credit rating agency Moody’s, which has completed its annual assessment of the authority.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG03m5Ufx-s&feature=youtu.be Glasgow-based wealth and business advisory firm Murphy Wealth has launched an app which it claims removes the mystique of investment advice and gives control of finances back to the individual.

Gareth Williams The winners of Entrepreneurial Scotland’s annual awards have been announced at a glitzy celebration dinner attended by than 400 of Scotland’s most successful and respected business and entrepreneurial leaders.