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Angus Lamont, HHP’s chief executive, and Dena Macleod, HHP’s director of resources, sign the new agreement Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has approved plans to increase its funding facility with Royal Bank of Scotland from £10 million to £15m.

Nick Pollard, KHA finance director, and Marc Bates from THIS Housing signing the new contract. Kingdom Housing Association Limited (KHA) and Kingdom Initiatives Limited (KIL), the wholly owned trading subsidiary of the Registered Social Landlord, have awarded a new general insurance contract to THIS

Alliance Trust has announced that Chris Samuel and Karl Sternberg have been appointed non-executive directors at the Dundee-based wealth manager. The pair will join the firm's board with immediate effect, with both appointments made following consultation with the firm’s largest shareholders, some

Helen Jones The Brightwork Group, the fast-growing Scottish recruitment specialist, has appointed Helen Jones as its new financial controller.

David Ferguson Edinburgh-based financial “wrap” provider, Nucleus, has this week posted its best-ever first-half results, with operating profit swelling by 140 per cent year-on-year to reach £2.4 million.

Dr Ross Brown A team of Scottish academics have revealed that increasing numbers of new firms are turning their backs on traditional methods of financing like banks and business angels in favour of internet crowdfunding.

Scottish manufacturers are overwhelmingly in favour of the UK remaining a member of the European Union ahead of next year’s referendum on the issue, according to a Scots accountancy firm. Only 4 per cent of Scottish respondents to the latest annual manufacturing and engineering survey conducted by

Aberdeen Asset Management has been granted a business licence which will make it easier to operate in China. The licence – issued to a newly-created Aberdeen subsidiary by the State Administration of Industry & Commerce in Shanghai – will enable the company to set up an office in China under

Rents adjusted for inflation have fallen in the majority of Scottish towns and cities since the onset of the credit crunch in 2008, according to new figures from lettings portal Citylets. Of all towns analysed, only the Fife town of Kirkcaldy saw rents for 1 and 2 beds almost keep up with inflation,

British SMEs are owed £67.4 billion in unpaid invoices with manufacturing and construction among the sectors owed the most, according to new figures.

Scotland’s largest city has emerged among the top five UK urban centres for bar and restaurant openings in the last 12 months.

A former commercial director of global drinks giant Diageo has launched the world’s first online whisky trading market that allows investors to buy and sell Scotch whisky while it is still in the barrel.

The total number of interest-only loans outstanding in the UK has fallen by over a quarter over the last 24 months, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

The sole director of a company which provided consultancy services to the oil and gas industry has been disqualified for a period of six years over his failure to pay tax. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that Russell Stewart, who was the director of Rusler Engineering Limited, was “unfit to

Scottish towns make up a third of the 30 areas of Britain that have seen the biggest improvement for personal insolvencies over the past year.