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Jonathan Smith, an Aberdeen-based business coach and facilitator at The Alternative Board (TAB), provides advice on how to help managers in all business sectors in Scotland manage better. Countless managers have confided in me over the years that they find the supervisory element of their role chall

The majority of Scottish SMEs remain focused on improving their environmental sustainability despite COVID19, according to Bank of Scotland’s Commercial Banking’s Business Barometer. More than half (56%) of Scottish SMEs said becoming more environmentally sustainable is important to thei

A joint venture between Apache Capital and Harrison Street is to fund a landmark build-to-rent (BTR) development in central Glasgow.

Projects in Scotland with a specific focus on efficiency, cutting emissions and improving environmental performance have been selected by the Scottish Government as part of the next round of the Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (KTIF). The new funding worth almost £63,000, will support p

The UK new car market fell by almost a third (29.4%) in 2020, with annual registrations dropping to 1,631,064 units, according to figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A -10.9% decline in December wrapped up a turbulent 12 months, which saw demand fall by

Scotland’s first ‘business decelerator’ is set to bring global business leaders to the Isle of Bute this weekend via an online summit. RESET 2021 aims to guide participants to refresh, recharge and reinvent their futures through a series of interactive and inspirational sessions.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Quilter CEO Paul Feeney as the chair of its independent Practitioner Panel. Paul will take up the post from 1 January 2021, succeeding Tulsi Naidu, CEO of Zurich UK. He has been a member of the panel since 2015.

A taxi driver in Paris has been reported to the police after he charged tourists €230 for a trip from Charles-de-Gaulle airport to their hotel.

A trustee who embezzled hundreds of thousands from a charity has been ordered to pay back £700,000 in profit. Ian Brash, from Wallyford, East Lothian, admitted embezzling £358,832 from the Dr Robert Malcolm Trust between August 2010 and September 2014.

RAB-Microfluidics, an Aberdeen R&D company developing cutting-edge microfluidic technology that solves oil analysis problems, has secured a £1.24 million investment round led by Eos Advisory. The investment round, which also includes London-based Newable Ventures, Scottish Enterprise and e

Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate Archangels led investments of £16.3 million in promising Scottish start-up and early stage companies in 2020, topping its 2019 total of £13.4m by 22%. Across 2020, the syndicate

Stirling-based IT services firm 2e-volve has ignored multiple buy-out approaches in favour of entering an employee ownership trust to secure its long-term future. The firm, which has more than 200 clients in the Forth Valley area, acts as an outsourced IT department as well as providing IT, network

Mortgage approvals reached a 13-year high in November, according to figures released by the Bank of England.

Clydesdale Bank, which is owned by Virgin Money, has announced that it will now accept variable income such as bonus, commission and overtime in its mortgage affordability assessment. A prospective buyer's variable income must have been received after 2 December 2020 to show that borrowers have

Donald Trump's first Scottish golf course has posted its eighth year of consecutive losses in 2019, despite an 18% rise in revenue. Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd (TIGCS), which owns and operates the golf course, its clubhouse and a small hotel at Balmedie in Aberdeenshire has racked up