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Payment orchestration provider BR-DGE has announced a partnership with Vyne, a specialist account-to-account (A2A) payments platform. This new partnership will provide greater choice for merchants who use the BR-DGE platform, optimising the merchant and consumer payment experience. BR-DGE merchants

Chiene + Tait (C+T) has announced a new partnership with Converge to help support Scottish-based spinout and start-up businesses maximise their investment in research and development (R&D). Through the new alliance, C+T will provide specialist advice and guidance on R&D tax relief to the coh

Scotland's businesses can compete in the global technology race, so long their ambition is matched with the support required to create a truly 'digital nation'. That is among the findings of the new Tech Report Scotland 2022 by Addleshaw Goddard, in association with the University of Strathclyde's F

Young business leaders in the Highlands and Islands are being encouraged to apply to a year-long programme aimed at developing the next generation of entrepreneurs. IMPACT30 is led by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and delivered by business skills training consultancy, Skillfluence.

Business Gateway, Scotland’s national business advisory service, is launching a series of free virtual events to support businesses in their continued recovery post-pandemic amid the current challenging climate.

Acumen Financial Planning will offer complimentary consultation surgeries throughout Financial Planning Week (3-9th October). With the cost-of-living skyrocketing across the country, the need for comprehensive, coherent financial planning advice has never been more urgent. This year’s Financia

UK entertainment and media companies are holding their nerve despite the worsening economic outlook, and putting their trust in their digital investment strategies, according to a new report from PwC.

PwC is on track to meet targets for ethnicity and gender representation by grade by 2025, according to the firm's full year Annual Report.

Grant Thornton has released its Scotland Limited Report 2022 identifying the country’s Top 100 private limited companies and exploring what lies behind their position as the nation’s most dynamic and successful businesses. The Scotland Limited Report is compiled using the most recent pub

abrdn's North American Income Trust has released its half year results showing that the company returned 5.5% on a net asset value total return basis in sterling terms for the six-month period ended 31 July 2022. This outperforms the 4.9% total return of its reference index, the Russell 1000 Value I

The Bank of England and HM Treasury released updates as the Pound fell greatly in value following the government's fiscal announcements. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced that he will outline further regulatory reforms to the UK’s financial services in the next mo

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has responded to the Chancellor’s announcement last week, that the UK basic rate of income tax will be reduced to 19p and the UK additional rate of income tax abolished from April 2023. These changes will not apply to Scotland, where the power to set

Scottish independent pharmacy operator Eastwood Pharmacy Group has acquired a new store in Airdrie thanks to a £5.7 million funding package from HSBC UK. The Glasgow-based firm is expanding after it used the funding to acquire McNish Pharmacy in Caldercruix, Airdrie, which has been part of the

A.G. Barr, the maker of Irn-Bru, has reported a 22.8% rise in pre-tax profits to £25.3 million from £20.6m in its interim results ending 31 July 2022. The profits were on revenues of £157.9m, a 20% rise from the same period last year on a like-for-like basis. The company announced

A village has come under the global spotlight after adopting a new "digital detox" from 7pm to 8.30pm every evening. A siren marks the beginning of the detox period in Mohityanche Vadgaon, a small village in India's western Maharashtra state, during which all people are asked to set aside their mobi