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Employers in the Scottish construction sector could face legal action for damages running into hundreds of thousands of pounds after new figures found the industry has accounted for 100 COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

A judge accused of selling judicial favours to the mafia had tens of thousands of euros stashed in his electrical sockets, Italian police have said.

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business critical services group, has implemented hybrid working policies for all staff across its Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London offices. The formalised shift follows discussions and feedback between the business leaders and staff, all of which

Standard Life Aberdeen plc has announced its intention to change its name to Abrdn plc. The firm has said that the new Abrdn name will be part of a "modern, agile, digitally-enabled brand" that will also be used for all the company's client-facing businesses globally.

Scottish family-run fresh produce, farming and haulage business Stewarts of Tayside has invested in new machinery to significantly boost the scale and quality of its production, following six-figure backing from HSBC UK.

Wylie & Bisset is the only Scottish headquartered accountancy practice to be shortlisted in the Managing Partners’ Forum Awards 2021. The Glasgow-based firm has been shortlisted in the Harvard Business Review-sponsored Best Operational Continuity category.

Stormcloud Games, the award-winning independent games studio based in Dundee, has secured a seven-figure investment from Chroma Ventures, the investment arm of 4J Studios. The investment will allow the studio to start the development of its latest game ideas.

Craig Alexander Rattray, a Glasgow-based growth strategist and founder of CR Corporate Solutions, reveals why the Scottish consumer is unlikely to splash their cash when the retail sector reopens its doors today. Too much uncertainty still exists over the effects of coronavirus to prompt any sp

Nearly two in five (39%) British adults, equivalent to 20 million people, plan to save a higher share of their income after the pandemic than they did before, including 17% who plan to save significantly more.

Edinburgh-based UK private bank Hampden & Co has launched self-build mortgages for clients who are acquiring land and building a new residential home, or who are significantly refurbishing an existing home. Loans for self-build projects are available from a minimum of £750,000 to a maximum

Iain Penman, senior associate in litigation at Brodies LLP, explains the advantages and disadvantages of a Minimal Asset Process (MAP) bankruptcy in Scotland. Bankruptcy, or sequestration as its often called in Scotland, is governed by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 and is available to people, p

The increasing size of inheritances means people’s overall wealth is more likely to be determined by their parents’ assets rather than their own earnings, according to new research published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Scotland’s family businesses have been among the most impacted in the world by the pandemic according to KPMG's Global Family Business report.

Scottish fintech Guiide has raised further investment as it looks to help provide more help to individuals to achieve better retirement outcomes. The new funding will help support free retirement guidance tool Guiide to develop new features on its existing consumer platform. These include greater in

More than one in five high growth companies in Scotland is founded, led or managed by women – the highest proportion in the UK, according to a new report by JP Morgan Private Bank.