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Neil Bradbrook, managing director of Ahead Business Consulting, details why businesses need to start planning now to reduce their carbon footprint. As the dust settles on COP26, which rather predictably failed to fulfil hopes and promises, the obvious question is: what next?

The latest analysis from Savills reveals a remarkable period of activity within the Scottish prime housing market and includes the following standout statistics.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing that firms offer a new 'default' investment option to help non-workplace pension customers save for their retirement. Currently, non-workplace pension customers have to choose their own investments from an increasingly wide range of options. This co

Just a week after being named law firm of the year in The Herald Law Awards of Scotland, over 100 representatives of Scotland’s business community helped Shoosmiths’ team in Glasgow celebrate the official opening of their new c.5000sq ft of leased office space within The Garment Factory

Responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS), has made two new hires in its investment division with the appointment of an investment support manager and investment assistant continuing the growth of its team. Ling Tsang has been hired for the newly created support manager role, ove

Twenty innovative start-ups have been selected for a University of Edinburgh incubator programme aimed at developing and commercialising academic entrepreneurship.

A quarter (24%) of Scots are terrified for their financial future, according to subscription loan provider Creditspring. Data shows that Scots are less optimistic about their finances when compared to other UK regions with both Glasgow and Edinburgh ranking in the top five most financially unstable

Scotland’s Winter Festivals celebrating St Andrew’s Day, Hogmanay and Burns Night are to share in up to £430,000 in Scottish Government funding. As Scotland’s national day approaches, the funding will help support up to 100 individual events running from 26 November to 30 Nov

Clydesdale Bank owner Virgin Money has launched a new business current account aimed specifically at small businesses. M Account for Business comes with no monthly fee and free digital transactions, and has been designed for entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses with an annual turnover of un

Scotland's contact tracing workforce will remain in place until September 2022 through a funding commitment of £33.1 million announced by the Scottish Government. The investment will secure almost 500 posts at local health boards around the country, as well as additional core tracing staff at

A woman was thrown out of a hotel at night with her young granddaughter after leaving the place a three-star review online. The Baymont Inn & Suite in Helen, a small city in the US state of Georgia, called the police after 63-year-old Susan Leger logged the average review with a booking website.

David Duffy, the chief executive of Virgin Money UK, has seen his pay package more than double to £2.7 million over the past year.

The Lord Advocate's admission that a former Rangers chief executive was the victim of a malicious prosecution should have been made earlier, a judge has said. Former Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, apologised one year after promising to do so, The Herald reports. Charles Green's legal team said he o

Independent business lender White Oak, which has an office in Glasgow, has announced it has completed a securitisation facility from Barclays Bank, with the funds set to be deployed to SMEs across the UK via asset finance solutions. White Oak is committed to supporting the UK’s econo

It takes guts and confidence to launch a business a few months into a global pandemic, but that's what experienced civil engineer Andrew Loughlin decided to do when he set up 360 Bid.