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Edinburgh-based ready meal provider Parsley Box has appointed Holly Mccomb as its new chief financial officer. Holly Mccomb has been to replace John Swan, who is retiring.

Recent data from Pay.UK and CICM has revealed the significant impact overdue payments have had on small businesses in the UK, with 60% of Scottish SMEs affected by overdue payments. This compares to the UK average of 51%.

Capital Credit Union has appointed Charline de Dorlodot as its new head of business development and marketing to spearhead a drive to recruit new members and to support existing members struggling to cope with Covid related financial problems. Charline de Dorlodot was previously head of marketing at

As the return to the office gets underway in earnest, investment into the Scottish commercial property market is seeing a resulting uplift, with Colliers noting that several deals have seen a ‘bidding war’ take place. This year has seen investment volumes in Glasgow reach almost £1

Avison Young has acted on the off-market acquisition of two modern prime DPD industrial units for around £20 million, on behalf of its client Aberdeen Standard Investments. The stand-alone units were purchased from real estate investment company Riverside Capital who had previously bought the

Murray Income Trust PLC, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments, has posted a Net Asset Value Total Return of 20.6% for the year to 30 June 2021. This is slightly behind the FTSE All-Share Index Total Return of 21.4%.

JPMorgan Chase today launched its new digital bank in the UK under the Chase brand. New customers can sign up through the company website, after which they will be invited to download the Chase app.

A new partnership designed to empower Scottish companies and help them become climate change leaders has been launched by the University of Edinburgh and Royal Bank of Scotland. The £1 million programme, supported by the bank’s 300 Fund, will see experts from the University’s Edinb

Knight Property Group has secured full planning consent from North Lanarkshire Council to develop a brand new £50 million logistics park at Bellshill Industrial Estate, on the site of the former Devro manufacturing facility.

Funeral directors in the UK have been ordered to display a standardised price list in their windows and on their websites.

Interpath Advisory has opened its first UK office at 31 Charlotte Square in Edinburgh. Founded in May 2021 following the sale of KPMG’s UK Restructuring practice, Interpath is an independent financial advisory business with a broad range of specialisms that helps organisations facing challenge

Campaigning and advocacy organisation Tax Justice UK is calling for the introduction of a windfall tax for the six companies who made £16 billion in excess profits during the pandemic. According to the organisation's new report Pandemic Profits: who's cashing in during covid, ASOS and Serco we

East Kilbride-based business software specialist Eureka Solutions recorded an annual turnover of £4.5 million in its latest financial year signalling an impressive 2% growth on the previous 12-month period. The firm also saw enquiries double and client numbers increase by 4%.

Baillie Gifford, the global investment management partnership, has lowered the annual management fee on the Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust, with effect from 1 September 2021. The annual management fee is now as follows: 0.70% on the first £100m of net assets, 0.55% on the next £900m of

Elaine Elder, an associate at Aberdein Considine, discusses the implications of the new policy adopted by Aberdeen City Council to tackle the local empty-housing crisis. Aberdeen City Council has adopted a new policy to tackle the local empty-housing crisis.A "last resort" for the authority under th