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A trio of Scottish fraudsters have been jailed for total of nine and a half years as a result of prosecutions in the Scotland’s first ever ‘cuckoo smurfing’ fraud case. Muhammed Zeeshan Abdul Hameed, Shahid Aslam,and Saleem Mohammed Shikari, have been sentenced to a total of nine and a half ye

Gordon MacDonald New figures have revealed that Scotland has the lowest proportion of workers paid below the Living Wage of any nation in the UK and lower than any region in England outside of London and the South East.

Ernst & Young has announced that it will remove the degree classification from its entry criteria, saying there is "no evidence" success at university correlates with achievement in later life. The global accountancy firm, which is one of the UK's biggest graduate recruiters, is scrapping its po

Scottish recruitment consultancies recorded a further rise in staff placements in August with Dundee leading the way, though the latest increase in permanent appointments was the slowest in four months, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs. Aberdeen was the worst performer in Scot

Almost 40 per cent of first time buyers expect to take over three years to save a deposit for their first home, according to a new study. Annual First Time Buyers Research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks found that the largest percentage (46 per cent) anticipated taking between one and three yea

A severe shortage of skilled workers and a “slow planning system” are hindering efforts to tackle the housing crisis in Scotland, according to a new research. A report from Lloyds Bank into the state of the UK housebuilding industry found real concern over the effect of the sector’s skills sho

Scottish staff of the Lidl supermarket chain are to receive the ‘living wage’. The move means Lidl will become the first UK supermarket to implement the minimum wage as recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.

A Chinese court ruling in favour of Scotch Whisky against a packaging firm in the Anhui province of the country is being heralded as a legal breakthrough and a warning to other potential counterfeiters.

Harvey Wheaton CodeClan, Scotland’s first digital software skills academy, today announced the appointment of Harvey Wheaton, as its first chief executive officer.

Businesses can suffer serious loss if insurance companies delay paying claims. But under Law Commission reforms introduced into Parliament yesterday, insurers will now be obliged to make prompt payment or face a claim for damages.

As many as 2,000 jobs could be lost at Edinburgh Council as the authority considers a number of proposals to address a £126 million budget shortfall over the next four years. A report to the council’s finance and resources committee on Thursday will propose cost-saving actions such as encouraging

Saltire Foundation Scholars Emily Graham and Frederick Alexander, who have just finished an internship at Edinburgh Airport, bid farewell to host John Watson, Chief Commercial Officer. They were among 137 students who took part in the prestigious entrepreneurial programme around the world. Ten futur

A Scottish firm – which last year bought a New York rival to become the world’s largest low latency cloud provider for algorithmic forex trading – is on the US acquisition trail again. Beeks Financial Cloud, which helps institutions trade foreign exchange securely and quickly through the cloud

Patrick Harvie The Scottish Green Party is to commission detailed research into the process of how Scotland would set up its own currency should it become an independent country in the future.

John Swinney Deputy First Minister John Swinney has called for dialogue with the UK government over the Scotland Bill and a fair fiscal framework for Scotland.