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Over half of UK companies are planning on hiring more staff in the first quarter of 2021, according to the figures released by CIPD.

A new collaborative workspace is set to open at the Enterprise Centre on Moorfield Group’s Energy & Innovation Parks in Bridge of Don.

Aberdeen-headquartered Inoapps, an award-winning global Oracle Partner, has entered the annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 list of companies for the first time on the back of a significant spike in global business over the past two years. The company has been listed in 79th place in th

The University of Edinburgh’s Bayes Centre has selected 32 high-growth companies for this year’s EIE21. Scotland’s premier tech investor conference will see company founders pitch for investment from seed level to over £2 million. EIE, which is run by the Bayes Centre in part

HMRC has announced that Self Assessment taxpayers will not be charged a 5% late payment penalty if they pay their tax or set up a payment plan by 1 April. The payment deadline for Self Assessment is 31 January and interest is charged from 1 February on any amounts outstanding. Normally, a 5% late pa

The UK Government has announced enhanced financial support for the seafood industry with cash grants for seafood and aquaculture businesses across the UK.

Victorian pennies have sold for thousands at a North Yorkshire auction house.

An accounts manager has caused  Glasgow-based Campbell McWilliams to fold after stealing more than £250,000 from the company.

NatWest Group has posted its annual results delivering what chief executive Alison Rose has called a "resilient performance" despite the bank's impairment charge of £3.2 billion. For the year ended 31 December 2020, NatWest Group's operating profit before tax and the impairment charge was &pou

Glasgow-based chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has predicted that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver one of the most diverse Budgets in recent times on Wednesday 3rd March 2021. That’s because the Chancellor faces a real contrast of options when it comes to supporting the wider econom

Almost 450 executives at Barclays each received annual pay packets of more than £1 million, despite a 30% drop in the bank's profits. While Barclays chief executive Jes Staley received a 32% pay cut to £4.01m, the bank’s annual report released yesterday has revealed that total bonu

Harry Nimmo, investment leader, smaller companies at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), discusses why active investing outperforms passive. There are 172 actively managed funds with a track record over a 10 year period with combined assets under management (AUM) of around £156 billion. 73 (4

The cost of home and motor insurance may fall in 2021 according to predictions by PwC UK. Changing regulation, plus the ongoing pandemic, could have an impact on the cost of general insurance, causing significant downward pressure on premium rates across both personal and commercial lines.For person

Musselburgh-based printing company Ivanhoe Caledonian recently received a £100,000 COVID Working Capital Loan from Business Loans Scotland to help with the negative impact of the on-going COVID pandemic.

Economy secretary Fiona Hyslop is calling on the UK Government to provide further support to companies struggling to trade with the EU post-Brexit. Urgent financial assistance is needed to help small businesses hire customs agents to deal with the additional bureaucracy involved with importing from