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The Scottish Government has announced that trade minister Ivan McKee will meet global industry leaders during a visit to Indonesia and Singapore aimed at unlocking new trade and investment opportunities. At the Global Space and Technology Convention in Singapore he will highlight the success of Scot

The Scottish private sector reported a further fall in total activity during January according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI data. The Business Activity Index - a measure of combined manufacturing and service sector output - fell from December's five-month high of 48.3 to 47.1, signalling

AAB Wealth has appointed senior financial planner Alan Turner as it expands its operations across Central Scotland. Mr Turner has more than 12 years’ experience in financial planning and has previously held positions at Bank of Scotland, Grant Thornton Wealth Advisory and abrdn Financial Plann

Cruise ship calls in 2023 for Forth Ports’ Capital Cruising business on Scotland’s east coast are set to jump by 50%, with around 150 cruise ships, carrying an estimated 225,000 passengers, expected to visit Edinburgh, Fife and Dundee this year.

A Scottish artisan food producer has expanded into international markets and is set to increase sales by 25% after it received support and signposting to over £30,000 of funding from Business Gateway.

Wealth management company, RBC Brewin Dolphin’s Edinburgh and Glasgow offices culminated two years of support for Scottish charity Held In Our Hearts with a donation of £39,000.

Accountancy firm Chiene + Tait (C+T) has promoted two of its senior colleagues to partner and a third to director. Alan Dean has become a partner within the firm’s fast growing tax advisory team, while Mairi Maciver was promoted to partner taking a leading role with the accounts and

Global exports of Scotch Whisky grew to more than £6 billion for the first time in 2022, according to figures released today by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). In 2022, the value of Scotch Whisky exports was up 37% by value, to £6.2bn. The number of 70cl bottles exported also grew b

Scottish salmon sales reached £578 million during the calendar year, making it the UK’s biggest food export in 2022, new HMRC figures have revealed.

The UK technically dodged a recession at the end of 2022, however the outlook is bleak as growth is expected to remain close to zero during 2023, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. In December, GDP fell 0.5% following growth of 0.1% in November which resulting in GD

Last year 35,158 new companies were registered in Scotland, a record high according to Inform Direct's Review of Company Formations. The figure represented a 3% increase on the previous year's formations bringing the total number of registered companies in Scotland at the end of 2022 to 280,990. Dur

Your awful ex can now 'almost literally' be full of rubbish, by having a bin truck named in their honour with the help of a UK waste company.

Acumen Financial Planning has won the New Model Adviser award (Scotland and Northern Ireland) for the fifth time. The awards took place last night (9 February) at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, in London, where the financial planning experts were recognised for the impact they have had on client

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has urged the government to review “unfair” repayment interest rates, with taxpayers facing late payment bills from HMRC up to 17 times higher than what is returned to those who have overpaid. HMRC generally charges interest on late payment at t

Aberdeen house prices have decreased -0.8% in Q4 indicating a slight downward shift in the local market against Q3 2022, but also show a "degree of resilience", according to the latest Aberdeen Housing Market report.