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Raymond Esslemont, an Aberdeen businessman, faces jail time after pleading guilty to tax evasion totalling more than £350,000. It has been reported that the 70-year-old was too sick to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Friday, but admitted four charges of scamming the authorities between 200

Edinburgh-based sustainable and ethical clothes production platform Unfolded, has raised £1.2 million to accelerate its mission to remove waste from the fashion industry and create a new sustainable way to shop for clothes. The round has been led by Techstart Ventures with Solid Bond, FJ Labs,

Total company insolvencies in England and Wales in the second quarter of 2022 reached their highest quarterly level since 2009, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS said the rise had been driven by creditors' Voluntary Liquidations (CVLs).&nb

Andrew Poxon has been appointed head of the North & Scotland division for Leonard Curtis which includes offices in Glasgow, Bury, Manchester, Preston, Chester, and Liverpool. The move is part of a new management structure that has been put in place to accelerate and promote a focus on growth.

Glasgow-based managed services provider and business telecoms company KubeNet has grown substantially after moving to larger premises and is celebrating new contract wins with clients across the UK and globally following support from Scottish Enterprise. The new office at Academy Business Park, Glas

NFU Mutual is today warning ghost brokers who buy fraudulent policies on behalf of others that they will be found out and could face prosecution. The mutual insurer is supporting the Insurance Fraud Bureau’s campaign to raise awareness of ghost broking, which can leave vulnerable people with i

The Bank of England (BoE) has announced additional measures to an orderly end of its purchase scheme. On September 28, the bank announced a temporary and targeted intervention to restore market functioning in long-dated government bonds and reduce risks from contagion to credit conditions for UK hou

Business activity across Scotland's private sector contracted again in September, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI data. The seasonally adjusted headline Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index - a measure of combined manufacturing and service sector output - was little-chan

Stuart Dickson, senior investment director at Edinburgh-based Adam & Company Wealth Management, discusses the current financial market. Nostalgia for the 1980s seems to be everywhere at the moment.

Glasgow-based airline Loganair has been put up for sale with the sole owners, Stephen and Peter Bond, hoping to hand over stewardship of the airline by the middle of next year. Confirming reports in the Sunday Times, Jonathan Hinkles, chief executive of Logainair, said: "The airline is trading profi

A new fine-dining restaurant has opened in a trendy part of San Francisco, catering exclusively to an unlikely clientele – dogs. Dogue, based in the city's rapidly gentrifying Mission District, offers dogs a three-course tasting menu for $75 (around €75 or £67), the San Francisco Ch

Rettie & Co. has appointed Jamie Gillespie, formerly of Corum and Savills, as an associate director for their growing business. This appointment has been made to cement the already successful team in Glasgow, and to support managing partner, Maitland Walker, with ambitious growth plans for the W

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), the UK-wide organisation which regulates oil, gas, and carbon storage, has moved from the West End to new offices in Aberdeen's Marischal Square. NSTA joins other businesses at the office, hotel, and restaurant complex including the Royal Bank of Scotland,

Maison Dieu Coffee Roasters, set up and run by footballers John Souttar and Euan Spark, are toasting to a successful year one in business as they welcome a hat-trick of wholesale customers on board, fueling expansion plans for 2023. The roasting business that also sells online and direct to the publ

Glasgow-based sustainable packaging firm Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging has revealed ambitious plans for a major expansion that will make it one of the world’s biggest fibre packaging manufacturers. Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging is investing £15 million in a new innovation and design hub,