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Yvonne Dunn The strength of Scotland's universities in producing and commercialising technology can help encourage new financial technology companies to set up in the country, an industry expert has said.

Jayne-anne Gadhia The head of one of Scotland’s biggest banks has warned that Edinburgh’s status as a major financial centre would be thrown into jeopardy and the nation as a whole would face higher shop prices, mortgages, credit card bills and flights, in the event of so-called ‘Brexit’ fro

Petar Cvetkovic DX, an independent parcels, mail and logistics operator, has announced the acquisition of the trade and assets of Legal Post and First Post from First Scottish.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has identified £68 million in arrears for over 313,000 workers since April 1999, according to a report today from the National Audit Office.

Susannah Simpson PwC is eyeing up locations for a new office in Dundee, more than a decade after it left the City of Discovery.

Most of Scotland’s small businesses have voiced concerns over any plans harboured by the new Scottish government to hold a second referendum on independence at the cost of a renewed focus on economic growth, according to a new industry poll. The Federation of Small Businesses found the majority of

The number of houses repossessed across Scotland during 2016 will be low, if interest rate rises are further postponed as anticipated, according to mortgage service company HML. In its annual forecast, HML said that it expects a total of 830 repossessions – or 0.08 per cent of all residential mort

Expansion into the London market and the growth of online ordering through backing from HSBC has enabled Highland fish and seafood supplier, Coast and Glen, to net significant growth with turnover rising from £690,000 in 2015 to £1.1m in 2016.

Kai He Standard Life Investments and Bosera Asset Management have today announced the launch of the Bosera-Standard Life Investments Emerging Opportunities Bond Fund.

Royal Bank of Scotland has begun offering a fast-track promotion from analyst to associate after two, rather than the traditional three, years in a bid to retain its juniors. The move means the Edinburgh-based bank has followed other investment banks in providing such incentives after Goldman Sachs

Ray Gribben Ray Gribben is a partner in Burness Paull's health & safety team

Scotland’s leading lender to the third sector, Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has won a prestigious award from the Cabinet Office for its pioneering work on the SIS Community Capital Fund. SIS scooped the New Social Investors Award at the Cabinet Office Social Investment Awards, which took place

Support for European Union membership remains strong in the North-east in Scotland, as three in four business leaders in the region say they will vote to remain in the union. The figures, revealed in an Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce survey released today, are consistent with previous s

An absence of clear guidance from HMRC has created significant uncertainty for contractors and other companies which use corporate structures for legitimate business reasons following tax changes brought in last month, according to experts at Johnston Carmichael. From April 6, Members’ Voluntary L

More than £1 billion pounds worth of Scotch whisky exports could be at risk from an industry supporting 40,000 jobs if the UK leaves the EU, according to Scotch whisky chiefs. Outside the EU, top British producers could face bureaucratic barriers when trading with Europe, leading the industry’s t