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Mint Property Finance has launched in Scotland as it launches a new Scottish Standard Bridging Loan with rates from 0.40% per month. The firm said the move heralds the introduction of its third new ‘Power Product’ – the Scottish Standard Bridging Loan – and comes to follows s

A business’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials are increasingly driving Scottish High Net Worth investors’ (HNWI) decision-making according to new research from Rathbone Investment Management. Over a quarter of Scottish HNWI’s currently base their investment de

Holiday let owners in Scotland are in the midst of one of the busiest summers on record – and there’s no sign of demand slowing.

Scottish spiced rum start-up Brass Neck has hit a major milestone by selling its 1000th bottle just months after launching. Now the delighted founders say they are in the best possible shape for a predicted global boom in rum sales, which they have dubbed the “rumnaissance”.

A group of Scottish female entrepreneurs will shine a light on ‘the future of the High Street’ when they take up residence within Edinburgh’s newest, prestigious retail destination. Almost twenty businesses supported by Women’s Business Station will set up shop within the Soo

A joint venture has submitted plans to speculatively develop 146,745 sq ft of Grade A urban logistics accommodation on a seven-and-a-half-acre site on Bankhead Avenue in Sighthill, Edinburgh.

Thirteen business representative groups and industry bodies have jointly written to Scottish Ministers urging them to reject a legislative ban on shops trading on New Year’s Day.

New animal protection laws will ban people from riding elephants while drunk. The legislation in Sri Lanka will also require domesticated elephants to have biometric identity cards.

Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has expanded its central belt leadership team with the addition of Craig Clinton, who has been appointed as a business advisory director in the firm’s Stirling office. Mr Clinton, who lives in Falkirk, will have a remit to support smal

Azets, the accountancy firm specialising in the SME sector, has appointed Andrew Addie as a tax advisory director within the firm’s specialist tax consultancy team. He is returning to the profession after working for a leading Ayrshire care home business. He has more than 35 years’ exper

Aberdeen-based accountancy firm SBP Accountants & Business Advisers has appointed Phil Bellringer as its new director. The firm has promoted Mr Bellringer, who previously held the role of senior manager, to be head of its Peterhead office following a restructuring.

Accountants Chiene + Tait (C+T) have appointed John Kirkpatrick as its new head of payroll. Mr Kirkpatrick began his career 12 years ago, rising through the ranks to become a payroll manager for Dumfries-based Carson & Trotter.

Glasgow-based credit management software firm Know-it has announced the appointment of Gordon Merrylees, as its chief commercial officer. As the former managing director of entrepreneurship for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), NatWest and Ulster Bank, Mr Merrylees' leadership and wealth of customer exp

Aberdeen-based Drummond Finance has been shortlisted for the final of the UK-wide Commercial Broker Awards (CBAs) 2021. The firm is one of the only Scottish firms that have been nominated and is in the running for the top prize in the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) broker of t

UK residents paid out a record amount of inheritance tax in July after the number of coronavirus deaths soared. According to new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), receipts from the 40% death duty hit £571 million in last month, marking the most ever paid in a singl