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Scottish businesses and their employees are paying millions in extra tax for fossil fuel powered company vehicles when a switch to Electric Vehicles could save ‘breathtaking’ amounts, according to a Scottish company tax expert who will showcase the benefits at seminars being held next we

A school principal in Japan has been fired for stealing coffee, and denied retirement pay.

Dunfermline-based construction business Riddell PM has commenced the transition to its next chapter as company directors Dave and Doreen Riddell step down from their active roles. After an illustrious career spanning more than five decades, company founder Dave has decided to hang up his hard hat an

A former Morgan Stanley banker was allegedly given a fake job title in an attempt to deceive EU regulators. In a recent Frankfurt court hearing, the senior banker accused his former employer of fabricating his job title, "head of loan trading", due to relocation requirements of key staff post-Brexit

The UK may have already emerged from recession, with signs of an upturn, according to the Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey. In a recent appearance before a committee of MPs, Mr Bailey indicated the possibility of interest rate cuts even before inflation reaches the 2% target. The b

HSBC Group has increased its CEO Noel Quinn's pay package to £10.6 million, almost doubling his earnings from the previous year, despite a Q4 profit drop. The hit came from the bank's exposure to China's real estate downturn, resulting in a 78% decline in quarterly profits, falling to $1 billi

Edinburgh hospitality business Surgeons Quarter Ltd (SQ), is marking its 20th anniversary with high expectations of achieving its most successful year to date. The commercial arm of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), SQ is set to surpass a £12 million turnover milestone, drive

Edinburgh-based payment orchestration provider BR-DGE has announced today its integration with PayPal to offer merchants greater payment choice and flexibility at online checkout. This collaboration between the two companies offers the latest integrations for BR-DGE merchants with PayPal’s com

Law firm TLT has strengthened its future energy practice with the reappointment of real estate expert Nick Shenken as a partner. Mr Shenken, who initially joined TLT in 2018 from Pinsent Masons, has returned after a year as the group legal and operations director at The Bureau Group, focusing on the

Company incorporation and registration fees are set to rise in May following new legislation. The fee for incorporating a company online is set to rise from £12 to £50, while the fee for a postal application will increase from £40 to £71.

Highland-based female and non-binary entrepreneurs are invited to participate in the Inverness Hackathon, an event organised by AccelerateHER in collaboration with Techscaler. Scheduled for 7 March, at the Kingsmill Hotel in Inverness, the free-to-attend event is tailored to address technology chall

A Dundee-based letting agent has been caught embezzling over £40,000 from her employer BS Properties Ltd. Amber Milne, 42, who worked as a letting agent for the company managing a portfolio of 150 properties, allegedly pocketed sums in the tens of thousands on several occasions between October

Barclays, in its first strategy update in a decade, has revealed plans to cut £2 billion in costs as part of a corporate shake-up aimed at boosting shareholder payouts by £10bn within the next three years.

Alliance Trust PLC has declared a fourth interim dividend of 6.34p per share, marking the Dundee-headquartered fund manager's 57th consecutive annual increase. The increase is up 5.7% on the equivalent dividend of 6.00p paid in the same period in the last financial year. This brings the total divide

Bus company McGill’s has announced it will significantly increase the scale of its partnership with global travel tech company FlixBus this year.