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Spending by UK businesses is set to surge in the coming months, according to Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey Q2 2021. In a shift away from last year’s top priority of cost reduction, over three-quarters of CFOs (71%) expect rises in capital expenditure and 76% anticipate increases in hiring ove

Scottish private sector firms registered another solid performance during June, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI, as loosening COVID restrictions continued to spur growth. The data for June 2021 showed the second-quickest increase in output since data collection began in 1998. The&

A hidden luxury property market is thriving in Scotland as agents offer exclusive homes on private lists, The Times reports.

Edinburgh office take-up increased nearly 80% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the first three months of the year as the economy began to emerge from lockdown, according to new analysis from Knight Frank.

A young Glaswegian once sent home from school for selling his homemade gin to classmates has distilled his teenage rebellion into an award-winning business. Bruce Walker, from Broomhill, launched Purist Gin in desperation when he found himself without a job during lockdown. A plan to make bespoke gi

Scottish Sculpture Workshop has unveiled plans for the first phase of its £1.75 million capital development project which will see the creation of a creative community making space, the expansion of its ceramics studios and the refurbishment of its artist studio and accommodation all realised

Premier Inn opened a new 85-bedroom hotel in Thurso last week. This latest addition to the Whitbread network is the fourth new Premier Inn hotel to open in Scotland this calendar year and is the most northerly in the network.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued revised quality management standards for an audit firm’s responsibilities to design, implement and operate a system of quality management. The standards are as follows:

The Scottish Government has announced a further £140,000 of funding for training and equipment in Scotland's fishing sector.

A pristine, unopened copy of Super Mario 64 has broken the record for the most expensive video game sold at auction.

EY has strengthened its Scotland team by announcing 16 senior appointments, including four new equity partners, across all service lines. Blake Adlem (Financial Services Assurance, based in Edinburgh), Blair Hopkins (People Advisory Services, based in Glasgow) and Scott Kenyon (Consulting, based in

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined LBGI (Lloyds Bank General Insurance Limited, St Andrew’s Insurance Plc, Lloyds Bank Insurance Services Limited and Halifax General Insurance Services Limited) £90,688,400 for failing to ensure that language contained within millions of home

Karen Betts, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) since May 2017, is leaving her role to become chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation. Scott McCroskie, chair of the SWA, who is also chief executive of Edrington, said: “After more than four years in post, Karen will

Dundee-based Snappy Shopper hopes to create 400 new jobs after the firm raised £19.4 million of investment. Snappy Group is a tech firm with an online platform that helps convenience stores and small corner shops to monopolise on the growth in online grocery sales.

Cairn Energy claims to have effectively seized Indian state-owned properties in Paris in an attempt to force the country to pay $1.7 billion awarded last year by an international tribunal in The Hague, the Financial Times reports. Its application in France is the first to succeed and the compan