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Ian Marshall, head of tech strategy at Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), details why Scotland's tech sector is leading the way to stability. LinkedIn and newspaper business pages are awash with articles claiming to wisely summarise the learnings from the last 12 months, so I’m not going to

Smaller businesses in Scotland raised equity finance more than any other part of the UK outside of London last year, according to analysis from the British Business Bank. Figures from the Bank’s annual Small Business Finance Markets report show that there were 242 equity deals in Scotland in 2

Edinburgh-based smart home security start-up Boundary Technologies has secured an investment of £3.7 million including £1.5m from Skyscanner’s co-founder Gareth Williams. The £1.5m investment from Skyscanner’s Gareth Williams represents his biggest angel investment to d

Aberdeen-based activpayroll, the global payroll and employee mobility specialist, has announced today that Alison Sellar and Euan Sellar will be retiring as chief executive officer and chief operating officer and welcoming a new generation of leadership. Alison Sellar founded activpayroll 20 ye

Scotland-based raw, natural pet food company, Bella & Duke Ltd, has today announced a successful investment round of £7 million from a consortium of investors.

Ayrshire-based engineering company Glenammer has reached its £1 million turnover milestone this week. Glenammer produces a range of high-end stainless steel test sieves, airjet sieves, and sieve shakers, to assist particle analysis, sample size grading, and material separation, and supplies so

Glasgow-based Ed-Tech scale-up Estendio has secured £450,000 of funding from key partners including Scottish Enterprise and a handful of heavyweight private investors. Estendio is on a mission to alleviate presentation anxiety, after Chris Hughes, founder and CEO, experienced the challenge of

Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has launched its five-year strategy for the financial services sector, establishing a range of proposals to drive collaboration across the industry and with both the Scottish and UK governments. Scotland’s Financial Services Strategy was designed by the indu

Sir Tom Hunter has today announced a £7.5 million investment from The Hunter Foundation (THF) in partnership with the Scottish Government to deliver an overall funding package of £26.9m for a Scottish Mentoring and Leadership programme for young people across Scotland. MCR Pathways chari

The financial services industry is in the midst of a significant transformation in electronic payments accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by PwC. Payments are increasingly becoming cashless, and the industry’s role in fostering inclusion has become a significant pr

As lockdown restrictions in the UK begin to ease, a new report suggests the realities of Brexit for many businesses are only now beginning to bite as the full impact of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) becomes clear. The report by law firm Irwin Mitchell and the Centre for Economics and Bus

UK car production rose significantly, but artificially, in April according to the latest figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Britain made 68,306 cars compared to just 197 a year ago when Covid restrictions effectively halted manufacturing. The performance

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued a revision of its UK auditing standard on the responsibilities of auditors relating to fraud - ISA (UK) 240 (Revised May 2021) - The Auditor's Responsibilities Relating to Fraud in an Audit of Financial Statements.The revisions to the standard are des

A couple apparently booked out a Boeing 737 for a mid-air wedding ceremony in a brazen attempt to circumvent Covid-19 restrictions on weddings in India.

Chartered accountancy firm French Duncan has promoted VAT director Maria McConnell to partner, following significant growth in this area of tax over the past six years. Ms McConnell has led French Duncan’s VAT team since joining the firm in 2015. In that time, she has driven a significant incr