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Big Four accountancy firm KPMG is aiming for 29% of its partners and directors to come from working class backgrounds by 2030. The target comes as the firm published its socio-economic background pay gaps for the first time as part of the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance plan: Our I

Deloitte has reported aggregate global revenue of $50.2 billion for the year ended 31 May 2021 - a 5.5% increase. The firm's workforce increased by 3.2% to more than 345,000 within the same period.

Aberdeenshire-based financial advisory firm Phil Anderson Financial Services has appointed Luke McColl as a financial adviser in their expanding Caithness branch.  The firm supported the former Wick High School pupil to complete his professional exams, before offering him a role within their Wi

Glenapp Castle, a five-star boutique hotel in Ayrshire, has completed the development of its new Endeavour penthouse apartment following a £1.25 million finance package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

Scottish businesses Ascensos, Bella & Duke, Good-Loop, Snag Group Limited, and Systal Technology Solutions have been chosen to advance to the final stage of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year UK. The Scotland 2021 winning categories are:

Falkirk-based Candle Shack, a fast-growing e-commerce business that supplies candle-making components and contract candle manufacture for luxury international brands, has completed a £4.4 million deal with Maven Capital Partners to pursue an ambitious European expansion plan. The family-run bu

The Strathclyde Pension Fund has been approved as a signatory to the Financial Reporting Council’s UK Stewardship Code. The UK Stewardship Code is renowned globally as a best-practice benchmark in investment stewardship, and comprises a list of principles for asset managers, owners and service

Neil Bradbrook, managing director of Falkirk-based Ahead Business Consulting, highlights the new opportunities made available to Scottish businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scotland has just 6% of the UK’s business base, spread out across a third of the land area.

AccelerateHER and Scottish Enterprise are partnering to increase support for female-led companies to maximise their global growth potential. This partnership supports Scottish Enterprise’s continuing commitment to gender equality and adds to its existing initiatives to help disruptive, sustain

The number of Scottish Fintech SMEs has increased by over 50% during the eighteen months of the pandemic with the FinTech Scotland entrepreneurial community growing from 119 in March 2020 to 181 today. The growth in innovative enterprises reflects the increase in demand for financial technologies as

Temporary insolvency restrictions protections are being lifted and new targeted measures to support small business and commercial tenants introduced. The Insolvency Service has announced that temporary measures brought in to support businesses from insolvency during the pandemic will be phased out f

Scottish labour market conditions continued to strengthen during July, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs. Permanent placements rose for the seventh month in a row and at a quicker pace, while the rate of increase in temp billings remained close to a survey record, despite

Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, has continued to build on its network and UK-wide connectivity as it adds three further routes to its Summer 2022 programme. The enhanced schedule will see services between Inverness and Dublin, Teesside and Southampton, and Shetland and Dundee take

Glasgow Chamber of Commerce is set to host the largest-ever international trade mission during COP26. The Climate Chamber Mission will bring companies from 10 countries across the globe together to increase international collaborations, export and business growth opportunities.

A porcelain bowl thought to have been worth £500 has sold at auction for £320,000 after it turned out to be a rare Chinese artefact. The 900-year-old bowl was owned by a Lincolnshire couple and was among items being sold after their deaths. The rare bowl sat on a chest of drawers at the