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A guitar belonging to Alex Turner, the frontman of the Arctic Monkeys, has raised £128,544 to support independent music venues in the UK.

Aberdeen-based chartered accountancy firm Meston Reid & Co has promoted Stuart MacPherson to senior manager.  Previously holding the role of business services manager, Mr MacPherson has been with Meston Reid & Co for 23 years.

Edinburgh-headquartered innovation advisor ABGI UK is seeking new acquisition opportunities after completing the integration of Hereford-based R&D tax relief specialist MSC Associates. ABGI UK, part of the ABGI Group, one of the world’s leading tax incentive and innovation m

Dundee-based restructuring and insolvency specialists Dunedin Advisory has outlined how a business can be wound up in a tax-efficient way through a Members' Voluntary Liquidation (MVL). 

Roy Lauder, director at Kilmarnock-based business management consultancy firm Harrison James Partnership, discusses the steps business owners can take to manage the current COVID-19 recession. This is a time of great concern for business owners as governments react to the ever-changing situation wit

Scotland’s commercial property sales have suffered the worst quarter in a decade, according to The Scottish Property Federation’s (SPF) analysis of the latest commercial property sales figures from the Registers of Scotland.

Street Soccer Scotland has received the accolade in the Social Entrepreneur of the Year category of the Barclays' Entrepreneur Awards, which seeks to recognise a company that is delivering transformative social or environmental change.

A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: Glasgow Taxi's surge in contactless payments, BOHO's award success, Diageo's Katherine Smart's new appointment and WL Gore's role in the NASA Mars 2020 mission.

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has called upon the Scottish Government make targeted tax cuts, issue cash payments and temporarily abolish town centre parking charges in an effort to reignite consumer confidence and draw shoppers back to Scottish high streets. 

Job vacancies have risen in Scotland with Edinburgh and Glasgow leading the way with week-on-week increases of 62% and 30% respectively, while job vacancies in England have plummeted. 

The Scottish Government's Finance and Constitution Committee has launched a Call for Views on the impact of the Trade Bill 2020.

The Co-operative Bank has announced that it will be cutting 350 jobs and close 18 branches in England.  The lender has pointed to the current economic uncertainty and the increasing shift towards online banking as the reason for the cuts. 

Finance secretary Kate Forbes has welcomed recommendations for developing a world-class technology sector in Scotland. Recognising the sector’s potential for innovation and high growth, a report from entrepreneur Mark Logan outlines ways of creating more jobs, increasing investment in Scottish

Facebook has paid €100 million to the French tax office.  The payment includes a tax adjustment relating to Facebook's profits between 2009 and 2018, but also a €22m penalty for the social media giant's failure to settle sooner, according to French media reports.

Edinburgh-based accountancy firm Chiene + Tait (C+T) has launched a new online video series today, with the help of some high-profile figures in business and economics, to support Scottish business in a post-pandemic environment. The Future Of…  series, presented by the firm&rs