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Fergus Ewing Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland are being urged to put resource efficiency at the top of their agendas with a supporting loan of up to £100,000.

Stephen Robertson Data Conversion Systems, a Cambridge-based pioneer in consumer digital audio equipment, has taken the top place in Britain's first ever Intellectual Property (IP) league table, compiled by Metis Partners.

Food bank use in Scotland has increased to record levels, with more than 60,000 referrals over a six-month period, according to the Trussell Trust which said on average people needed 1.7 referrals, suggesting 35,000 individuals received help. From April to September its food banks gave out 60,458 th

John Swinney Scotland’s first conference focused on social finance will be held at Edinburgh’s Roxburghe Hotel today, with delegates discussing how money can be better used by the country’s third sector to create a fairer society and to benefit people and our environment.

Scotland’s high street stores have reported a disappointing October, according to figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC). While total sales across the UK were up by 0.9 per cent on the previous year, figures for Scotland showed a drop of 2.4 per cent.

Livingston-based gas meter supplier Energy Assets has expanded its funding facility with Royal Bank of Scotland by £10 million. The Edinburgh-based lender's asset finance division Lombard is now making the total amount of funds available to Energy Assets £70m.

Aberdeen Asset Management’s Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) – a specialist owner and manager of prime airport related industrial warehouses in the UK – has exchanged contracts with dnata to deliver an industry leading air-cargo handling warehouse of 6,160 sq m (66,300 sq ft) at

activpayroll has scooped a brace of gongs at two prestigious award ceremonies.

Allison Gibson Scott-Moncrieff has announced the immediate appointment of a new partner in its Glasgow office.

The number of new business start-ups has grown faster in Glasgow and Edinburgh over the past twelve months than in London, according to new figures. Data published by office space firm Instant Offices show that in the last year 33 per cent more businesses were set-up in Edinburgh compared to last ye

Controversial businessman Mike Ashley, has taken a five per cent stake in East Kilbride-based Goals Soccer Centres. Mr Ashley, an investor in Glasgow football team Rangers who is currently at loggerheads with chairman Dave King over the retailer’s influence on the Ibrox club, has acquired 2,890,00

The Government-backed National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is to reduce the rate paid on its Direct ISA from 1.5 per cent to 1.25 per cent in a move that will affect about 400,000 savers UK-wide. The move will be a blow to Scottish savers and likely exert additional pressure on many elderly p

Annabelle Ewing Latest figures released by Eurostat covering the period April to June 2015 show that Scotland’s female employment rate is second only to Sweden, with less than four percentage points separating the countries.

All Scottish businesses should look at the dramatic changes in retail and media to understand how digital technology could transform their industries, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Publishing a new study, FSB is urging Scottish firms to use technology to unlock markets, deve

Mark McCluskey Scottish companies may face serious tax and accounting implications for their businesses if they do not act immediately to implement the new FRS102 accounting standard, according to accountants BDO LLP.