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Scottish start-up loan provider marks record year despite pandemic
Glasgow-based not-for-profit lender DSL Business Finance Ltd provided over £5.6 million to Scottish SMEs and social enterprises in a record year despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Published 6 September 2021
Signs of economic recovery in Highlands and Islands
There are signs of emerging economic recovery and renewed optimism in the Highlands and Islands, according to the latest Business Panel survey undertaken in the region.
Published 6 September 2021
Scottish fintech Origo to deliver digital architecture for Pensions Dashboards
Scottish fintech Origo has been appointed to deliver parts of the central digital architecture for the UK government's Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP).
Published 6 September 2021
ICO fines Glasgow company for making half a million nuisance calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Glasgow-based company DialADeal Scotland Ltd (DDSL) £150,000 for making more than half a million nuisance marketing calls.
Published 6 September 2021
Stores closing faster in Scotland than in Britain as a whole
Retail stores in Scotland are closing at a faster rate than Great Britain as a whole, largely because it spent longer in lockdown, according to new research by PwC and the Local Data Company (LDC).
Published 6 September 2021
Stuart MacPherson: VAT next for the beleaguered hospitality sector?
Stuart MacPherson, business services manager at Meston Reid & Co, considers the tax challenges for hospitality businesses emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Published 6 September 2021
Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador
Bitcoin has controversially become legal tender in El Salvador, the Central American country which gave up its own currency in favour of the US dollar two decades ago.
Published 6 September 2021
And finally... scratch that!
A shopkeeper has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a customer's winning lottery ticket and then attempting to flee the country.
Published 6 September 2021
N4 Partners bolsters advisory board with former KPMG senior partner Phil Charles
Glasgow-based venture capital and private equity firm N4 Partners (N4) has announced that it has appointed former KPMG partner, Phil Charles to its advisory board.
Published 3 September 2021
Diageo opens landmark global Johnnie Walker visitor experience
Drinks giant Diageo has launched its landmark Johnnie Walker Princes Street visitor experience store.
Published 3 September 2021
CryptoDramz launches NFT Scotch whisky collection
Aberdeen tech start-up CryptoDramz is set to be the first in the world to sell limited-edition Scotch whisky collections using digital Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to verify the provenance and future history of each example.
Published 3 September 2021
Windswept and Interesting Ltd secures £40,000 from HIE
Rod Read, a Lewis man who recently moved to Shetland and set up Windswept and Interesting Ltd, has been awarded £40,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to help make kite energy a reality.
Published 3 September 2021
Lismore advises JV on £6.5m purchase of Dundee industrial estate
Lismore Real Estate Advisors (Lismore) have advised joint venture partners, Chancerygate and JR Capital on the £6.5 million acquisition of G3 Arrol Road in Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate, Dundee from West Ranga Property Group.
Published 3 September 2021
HIE appoints Joanna Peteranna as interim area manager for Outer Hebrides
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed Joanna Peteranna as interim area manager for the Outer Hebrides.
Published 3 September 2021
CBI Scotland calls on Scottish Government to make good on promise to prioritise economy
After eighteen torrid months for Scottish business, where jobs and livelihoods have hung in the balance, CBI Scotland is calling on the SNP to use the forthcoming Programme for Government to make good on their election promise to "put the economy first".
Published 3 September 2021
