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Morningside School of Music in Edinburgh has announced that it will be accepting payments from customers in the form of cryptocurrency.

A Supreme Court VAT ruling issued yesterday in favour of care home operator Balhousie Holdings has set an important precedent for UK business, according to legal experts. The ruling - the culmination of a lengthy legal battle dating back to 2015 - hinged on the process in which Balhousie, owner

Insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Scotland is urging directors of COVID-hit businesses to make the most of the time granted by the Government’s extension of temporary insolvency measures to plan for the future. The Government has announced that it will extend a number of temporary

The board of KPMG UK has nominated Jon Holt, the firm's current UK Audit, as its nominee for the role of chief executive. The decision follows an extensive nominations process that included interviews with potential candidates, a rigorous, independent assessment and undertaking partner views through

Following extensive consultation with employees, Big Four audit firm PwC has announced a deal to allow its 22,000 employees greater flexibility for post-pandemic working. The firm has said employees will be given more freedom to decide the most effective working pattern on any given day - for e

Dundee-headquartered Kerr’s Family Dairy has welcomed a £450,000 funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland as the firm sets it eyes on an extensive expansion across the north-east. Supplying more than 60,000 glass bottles of milk to the doorsteps of thousands of customers every week, K

An independent family retail business in Moray has been supported by a six-figure Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) from HSBC UK to help see it through the pandemic. J.P.Pozzi - the family’s award-winning Buckie newsagent, gift shop and coffee shop - and its sister company Bijou by

Betsy Williamson, managing director at Core-Asset Consulting, reveals why resilient fund managers have what it takes to weather the storm of COVID-19. Scottish fund managers have harnessed five years of painful experiences to weather the pandemic better than many other of the financial services sect

St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory is set for further growth in 2021 after a record year of activity in 2020. The firm’s focus is on impact investment in Scottish science, engineering and technology innovation while building co-investor partnerships and encouraging inward investment

Edinburgh-based recruitment firm Redmill Consulting has acquired Keillar Resourcing, an award-winning financial services recruitment specialist. The acquisition further solidifies Redmill’s status within the financial services recruitment market and will continue the hard work which has been c

Scotgold Resources, the gold exploration and production company focused on Scotland, has raised £1.5 million as it continues to face production delays at its Cononish gold and silver mine near Tyndrum. The money will be used for working capital through the current production ramp-up period at

More Scottish employers are reporting increased productivity benefits from homeworking compared to last summer, according to hte latest research conducted by The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Green investors and COVID-travellers - those escaping the city during the pandemic - helped drive a record £112 million of sales in the purchase of Scottish estates in 2020, according to rural land agency Strutt & Parker. New figures released by the firm have revealed that 24 of the 36 Sco

Denise Coates, the joint chief executive of online betting giant Bet365, is understood to have been paid a record £421 million last year, taking her total pay over the past four years to more than £1.2 billion. For the year to March the privately-owned gambling company, based in Stoke-on

An estimated two million of the UK’S lowest-paid workers will receive pay rise from today as statutory minimum wages increase. The National Living Wage rises by 2.2% to £8.91, the equivalent of more than £345 a year for a full-time employee, and will be given to 23 and 24-year-olds