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Six-in-10 adults in Scotland are finding keeping up with repayment of bills and credit commitments (including interest payments) a financial burden, according to new datafrom TSB.

Barclays Eagle Labs and AccelerateHER have announced a new partnership aimed at bringing more women into entrepreneurship and levelling the playing field for female-founded businesses. The two organisations will work closely together to deliver the Barclays Eagle Labs Female Founder Accelerator Prog

A cryptocurrency firm in the Netherlands has announced a new partnership with a producer of tulips. The novel partnership has raised eyebrows, given the association of both tulips and some cryptocurrencies with speculative bubbles - but Bitcoin Brabant and local farmers are calling it a "win-win".

As the popularity of premium Scotch whiskies sees worldwide demand increase, Bacardi-owned Aultmore Distillery in Scotland has announced a £15 million expansion plan, set to double its production capacity by spring 2024.

The 20th round of the Scottish EDGE Awards saw an investment of £1.6 million being handed out to businesses with high growth potential.

Belated festive spending has increased retail sales in Scotland in the four weeks to the 26th of November, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views on how to ensure investors get clear, helpful information.

Scotland’s first industrial-scale tyre recycling plant aims to increase revenues by 92% over the next 12 months after securing a £370,000 funding deal with Reward Finance Group. Motherwell-based UK Rubber (UKR), which has over 40 years’ experience within waste management and tyre r

Real estate advisor CBRE has added to its Scottish Operational Real Estate (OPRE) team with the appointment of associate director Tony Spence. Tony will be based in the Edinburgh office but will work across Scotland, undertaking all aspects of hotel and hospitality brokerage within the Operational R

George Hipwell has moved to Savills as the new Scottish director of its rural property division. He joins the Perth office from Davidson & Robertson where he was responsible for the rural and agency department.

Law firm Thorntons has expanded its Glasgow practice with the appointment of a new senior solicitor and legal director to its commercial real estate team. Richard Hart has over 25 years’ experience in the real estate sector acting for housebuilders, landowners and tenants on all aspects of sit

Scottish law firm Dickson Minto has been acquired by US law firm Milbank. The firm's Edinburgh office will remain independent, while the London team will be joining Milbank’s City operations early next year, The Lawyer reports.

A number of deals have been struck and discussions progressed following a successful Scottish investment and trade mission to the Caribbean island of Barbados.

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder and former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has been taken into custody in the Bahamas at request of US government prosecutors.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has invested over £700,000 into businesses across the Inner Moray Firth region during the first six months of the 2022 fiscal year. Timber specialist firm Russwood Limited was awarded up to £149,965 in green jobs funding towards the cost of automati