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With less than two weeks to go until COP26 begins, PwC has transformed its Glasgow office into a net-zero hub which reduced its carbon footprint by 73% reduction, based on a ten-year lifecycle.

Parklands Care Homes, an independent Scottish care provider operating across Highland and Moray, has worked with Triodos Bank UK to secure £20 million of sustainable finance for its nine existing homes, as well as a new multi-million-pound care project in Inverness. Construction on the new 58-

Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) held a milestone Green Finance Youth Summit in Glasgow yesterday, giving young professionals from across financial and professional services a chance to engage with business, political and third sector leaders on the role of the industry in addressing climate chan

Scotland’s commercial property market has begun on its road to recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, buoyed by investor appetite for industrial and retail warehousing assets, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent global property consultancy’s research found that &po

James Watt, the founder of Scottish craft beer and pub chain BrewDog, has announced that he will give up two years of his salary as part of a new competition to win ten diamond-encrusted gold-plated cans or a £25,000 cash equivalent. The new promotion, labelled 'The Sequel: A Gold Plated Apolo

Specialist debt recovery firm Yuill+Kyle, part of the MacRoberts Group, has appointed Denise Loney as its new managing director. She succeeds industry expert Stephen Cowan, who will remain as a consultant to help with the transition.

More than £3.3 million of investment to address climate change, including a programme of energy conservation measures, installation of additional EV chargers and the purchase of new electric vehicles and plant, is set to be discussed by Dundee City Council. Future energy costs will be cut alon

A defence lawyer in Japan is going head to head with a judge who ordered him not to recharge his laptop in court because the electricity supply was "owned by the state". Takashi Takano has appealed to the Tokyo High Court after Taro Kageyama, of the Yokohama District Court, made him unplug his machi

New research from audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has revealed that business leaders are not familiar with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). For those who are, nearly a quarter (24%) are not making any attempt to measure the potential impact that their ESG goals might have on the enviro

As major disruption to supply chains continues across the country, Grant Thornton UK LLP’s latest Business Outlook Tracker finds that a perfect storm of temporary and structural supply chain challenges, from changing Brexit regulations to production delays, are threatening to create a winter o

Restaurants and hotels are struggling with inflation as high as 18% as supply chain disruption and labour shortages heavily impact the UK's hospitality industry.

Halifax has eased its mortgage borrowing rules for millions of affluent homebuyers in a bet that the UK housing market will remain strong despite the threat of rising interest rates. The bank has announced that it will now offer those who earn more than £75,000 a loan of up to five-and-a-half

Scottish Ford dealership Peoples has hailed its best-ever financial performance with turnover in the year ended July 31 increasing by almost 20% to £289.5 million. Founded in 1983, Peoples Group says it is the largest independent dealership in Europe retailing only Ford cars and commercial veh

Balfour Beatty has reached an agreement for the conversion of its £375 million revolving credit facility (RCF) to the largest sustainability linked loan in the UK construction industry to date, extending the maturity to October 2024.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that social media is encouraging young people to invest in risky cryptocurrencies. The financial regulator warned that “hype” on social media platforms and in the news is driving new investors to channel their money into high-risk investme