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The Royal Bank of Scotland has today relaunched its enterprise programme to boost its support for scale-up businesses, as well as climate, fintech, and B-Corp focussed businesses. The free programme is open to applications from all Scottish SMEs from today, for businesses who will join the programme

Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus Plc, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has seen its share price total return increase by 22.1% in the six months ended 21 January 2021. The company's results have been published in full this morning and revealed that its net asset Value (NAV0 total r

Mortgage lenders in the UK are preparing to launch a wave of ultralow deposit deals on to the market.

Gillespie Macandrew has advised independent bookseller Topping & Company on the acquisition of premises. The firm advised on the purchase of the Edinburgh site, a 4,000sqft former bank on Blenheim Place, which the bookseller had leased since summer 2019.

The former site of the famous Rolls Royce engine factory at Hillington Park is set to become a major hub of industry again as Muir Construction prepares to begin work on the largest speculative new build industrial development at the site in more than 25 years.

West Lothian-based Ooni Pizza Ovens has made the decision to increase its minimum entry level salary for employees to £25,000. That’s 54% higher than the UK national minimum wage and 45% higher than the Living Wage Foundation’s real living wage.

Edinburgh-based Capital Credit Union has been inundated with hundreds of enquiries after launching an online tool to help people with benefits claims. The credit union launched its benefits calculator after being swamped with calls from members unsure about what they were entitled to claim during th

An Indonesian fraudster who scammed wealthy clients by using old bottles and counterfeit labels to make $150 million selling cheap wine, has been deported from the United States.

Camerons Strachan Yuill Architects (CSY Architects) has moved into employee ownership thanks to a loan from Triodos Bank UK and support from Co-operative Development Scotland and employee ownership specialists Co-ownership Solutions.

Edinburgh-based fintech Modulr has secured new investment from FIS Ventures, the corporate venture arm of global financial technology leader FIS, for an undisclosed amount. FIS plans to leverage Modulr's API-based payments infrastructure to facilitate and automate real-time, business-to-bu

Wealth management firm Cornerstone Asset Management has been acquired by Waverton Investment Management Group for an undisclosed amount. Established in July 2010 and with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Cornerstone offers wealth management and financial planning advice. With some 1000 clients, Cor

Edinburgh’s office market got off to a positive start in 2021, despite ongoing lockdown measures restricting deal activity, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

Accountancy firm Saffery Champness has promoted Margi Campbell to partner in its Inverness office with effect from April 1. Ms Campbell provides advice and tax planning to a client base that includes entrepreneurs, high net worth individuals, professional partnerships, landed estates, and family and

Businesses in Scotland are at a crossroads as they take stock of the damage caused by the pandemic and face significant hurdles on the way to economic recovery, according to a leading quarterly survey led by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC). The SCC’s Quarterly Economic Indicator (QEI)

Scotland's global influence and economic competitiveness will be undermined unless the new government engages meaningfully with airports and airlines, Gordon Dewar, the chief executive of Edinburgh Airport, has said.