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Successful Converge Challenge Alumni (l-r): Dave Hughes, Debbie Wake & Rotimi Alabi Photographer credit: Lloyd Smith Converge Challenge 2018 closed to the record-breaking news of receiving 223 applications from Scottish University staff and students demonstrating the appetite for entrepreneurshi

Iain Scott Scottish Government ministers John Swinney MSP and Fergus Ewing MSP this week met the South of Scotland Alliance in Galashiels to discuss a range of key economic issues for the area.

Vince Smith-Hughes Three years on from the Pension Freedoms revolution people are saving more for their retirement while the over 55s are working longer to fulfil their retirement plans, new exclusive research from Prudential shows.

Moira Kelly More than two-thirds of taxpayers will pay less on their current income this year under Scotland’s new tax bands which take effect from today, but tax professionals have cautioned Scottish taxpayers will also be exposed to more complexity and potential confusion than ever before.

Scotland’s financial sector has been exposed as having the highest gender pay gaps in the UK.

Industry experts (left to right) Sandy Cairnie, Chris van der Kuyl, Fraser Edmond, Iain Crole and Paddy Burns recently set up Broker Insights in Dundee The number of new technology companies being set up in Scotland rose by 77 per cent last year, outstripping the rate recorded throughout the UK as a

Sarah Addis Commercial property figures for the first quarter of 2018 show there has already been 252,491 sq. ft. of take up in Glasgow city centre this year – an increase of around 145 per cent on the same time last year (103,000 sq. ft.) and above the five-year average of 198,544 sq. ft., though

The ‘Beast from the East’, the snowstorm which resulted in a shutdown of services in Scotland for several days in late February into early March, has also had an impact of a drop in the number of the properties being brought to market, according to estate agent ESPC’s most recent house price

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the latest step in its response to the concerns identified through its asset management market study.

Finding savings is now “increasingly critical” for councils dealing with ongoing reductions in funding while maintaining services for an increasingly ageing population, the Accounts Commission has warned.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland boss Ross McEwan has announced that his staff will provide training to one million people across the UK by 2020 in a new initiative aimed at keeping the public safe from fraudsters.

Andrew Holloway Uncertainty over the renewal of EU State Aid approval for the HMRC approved Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) scheme could impact young and entrepreneurial businesses across Scotland, according to Scottish accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael.

A £150 million hotel and office complex next to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre is expected to be given the green light after a series of alterations were made to the initial proposals.

The Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme is to be extended beyond 2019 after the Scottish Government announced a further £100 million investment over two years.

Leo Johnson PwC has launched a virtual reality (VR) experience for its clients, in a move that it says will allow them to explore and better understand the range of potential future disruptions that could impact their organisation.