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James Watt, the founder of Scottish craft beer and pub chain BrewDog, has announced that he will give up two years of his salary as part of a new competition to win ten diamond-encrusted gold-plated cans or a £25,000 cash equivalent. The new promotion, labelled 'The Sequel: A Gold Plated Apolo

Specialist debt recovery firm Yuill+Kyle, part of the MacRoberts Group, has appointed Denise Loney as its new managing director. She succeeds industry expert Stephen Cowan, who will remain as a consultant to help with the transition.

More than £3.3 million of investment to address climate change, including a programme of energy conservation measures, installation of additional EV chargers and the purchase of new electric vehicles and plant, is set to be discussed by Dundee City Council. Future energy costs will be cut alon

A defence lawyer in Japan is going head to head with a judge who ordered him not to recharge his laptop in court because the electricity supply was "owned by the state". Takashi Takano has appealed to the Tokyo High Court after Taro Kageyama, of the Yokohama District Court, made him unplug his machi

New research from audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has revealed that business leaders are not familiar with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). For those who are, nearly a quarter (24%) are not making any attempt to measure the potential impact that their ESG goals might have on the enviro

As major disruption to supply chains continues across the country, Grant Thornton UK LLP’s latest Business Outlook Tracker finds that a perfect storm of temporary and structural supply chain challenges, from changing Brexit regulations to production delays, are threatening to create a winter o

Restaurants and hotels are struggling with inflation as high as 18% as supply chain disruption and labour shortages heavily impact the UK's hospitality industry.

Halifax has eased its mortgage borrowing rules for millions of affluent homebuyers in a bet that the UK housing market will remain strong despite the threat of rising interest rates. The bank has announced that it will now offer those who earn more than £75,000 a loan of up to five-and-a-half

Scottish Ford dealership Peoples has hailed its best-ever financial performance with turnover in the year ended July 31 increasing by almost 20% to £289.5 million. Founded in 1983, Peoples Group says it is the largest independent dealership in Europe retailing only Ford cars and commercial veh

Balfour Beatty has reached an agreement for the conversion of its £375 million revolving credit facility (RCF) to the largest sustainability linked loan in the UK construction industry to date, extending the maturity to October 2024.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that social media is encouraging young people to invest in risky cryptocurrencies. The financial regulator warned that “hype” on social media platforms and in the news is driving new investors to channel their money into high-risk investme

People in the UK are withdrawing nearly £100 million less per day from ATMs compared with 2019, according to cash machine network Link. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, UK consumers visited ATMs three times a month on average. However, now ATM visits have declined to less than twice a month on

Total retail sales in September continue to perform below pre-pandemic levels, with sales down 9.1% compared with September 2019, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.

Smaller businesses account for almost a third (30%) of all current UK greenhouse gas emissions (including emissions from households, industry and government) and around half (50%) of total emissions from UK businesses, the British Business Bank estimates. Its latest research report, smaller bus

A new strategy to secure a £4 billion share of the global space market for the Scottish economy has been published by the Scottish Government. The Scottish Space Strategy sets out plans to develop a network of satellite launch sites, pursue green technologies and build on existing strengths in