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Almost one in five (17%) retailers in Scotland have cancelled contracts with suppliers across the last 12 months who don’t meet stringent ethical and sustainable standards, new research from Barclays reveals.

Scotland's labour market saw a further rise in hiring activity at the start of 2022, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

Edinburgh-based fintech LendingCrowd has closed a funding deal with Barclays, and a large global investment firm to support SMEs across Britain as they recover from the coronavirus pandemic and return to growth. The funding will be delivered via the British Business Bank’s Recovery Loan Scheme

Legal and estate agency Pacitti Jones is continuing to expand its operations in Scotland with the acquisition of Dennistoun-based estate agency Tip Top Homes.

Edinburgh-based financial services firm Aegon UK has posted an operating profit of £158 million in 2021. This is an increase from the £128m posted in 2020.

UK banks have withdrawn mortgages charging below 1% interest have after banks increased their lending costs in the wake of last week's rate rise.

Highland Transfers, an eco-tourism business that encourages people to explore Scotland’s great outdoors is on track to double its turnover. This follows support from DigitalBoost, Scotland’s national digital upskilling programme, delivered by Business Gateway. Born out of business owner

City centre office markets in Edinburgh and Glasgow are moving towards recovery in 2022 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest Big Nine office market update from Avison Young.

Jurors in a high-profile criminal case in Quebec have been supplied with cannabis to pass the time until they reach a verdict. The jury has been sequestered while considering kidnapping charges brought against a local businessman. The jurors are staying in a hotel and will not be allowed to return h

Azets, the accountancy firm specialising in the SME sector, has appointed David Meldrum as an associate director within the firm’s fast-growing restructuring and insolvency practice in Scotland. Mr Meldrum has specialist knowledge of all forms of restructuring and insolvency and has provided s

Scottish business sentiment remained positive in the fourth quarter of 2021, but the rising cost of energy impacts prospects for 2022 and operates as a drag on the outlook for economic growth, despite the easing of pandemic restrictions, according to the results of the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scott

The UK Government has been urged to intervene in the row over the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) choosing to keep fines levied against KPMG over the cheating of Silentnight pensioners.

Anderson Strathern Asset Management, the financial planning and investment business wholly owned by Scottish legal firm Anderson Strathern LLP, grew funds under management to £341 million in 2021, up from £250m in the previous year. Graham Clark, CEO, said: “Market uplift contribut

House prices in Aberdeen city and its suburbs dropped by 1.5% in the final quarter of 2021, according to the latest report from Aberdeen Solicitors' Property Centre Limited (ASPC).

Allan Kelly, Steve Ross and Michelle Elliot, partners at specialist business advisory firm FRP, have been appointed as joint administrators of Together Energy Limited. Allan Kelly and Anthony Collier of FRP have also been appointed to its wholly-owned subsidiary Together Energy (Retail) Limited.