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A surprisingly considerate bank robber left and came back after he was reminded to wear a face mask when walking into his target.

Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, the value of Venture Capital (VC) investment in Scottish scale-ups increased in the third of quarter of 2020, according to the latest data from KPMG's Private Enterprise’s Global Venture Pulse Survey. Between July and September of this year, VC deal volume

Murdoch MacLennan, banking partner with accountancy firm Azets, is calling for an urgent extension of the repayment term for all existing and any new Coronavirus Business Interruption Scheme Loans (CBIL) and Bounce Back Loans (BBL) to be extended to the government’s proposed new ten-year maxim

Peter D Stirling, the operator of Mossend International Railfreight Park (MIRP), has secured a seven-figure funding package from Barclays. The funding, which includes a UK government-backed CBILS loan as part of the overall offering from the bank, will support working capital and provide capital exp

Johnston Carmichael Wealth and McHardy Financial have been listed in the FTAdviser Top 100 Financial Advisers 2020.  Johnston Carmichael Wealth came in at number 21 in the listing with Aberdeen-based McHardy Financial came close behind in 37th place. 

Graeme Finnie, managing partner at French Duncan, discusses the potential outcomes of the US Presidential election, and its impact on Scotland’s economy and business community. How the 2020 US election outcome affects Scotland’s economy and SME community could be largely dependent on the

Glasgow-based Talking Medicines, the world’s first social intelligence company for the pharmaceutical industry, has secured a £1.1 million funding deal to scale up its AI-based data technology platform for measuring patient sentiment. Tern Plc, the investment company specialising in

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Job seekers in Scotland had a tougher time finding permanent positions in October, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland report on jobs. 

Businesses must prioritise cash flow management and ensure they have access to sufficient levels of funding as the coronavirus second wave tightens its grip, according to accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael.  As England enters another national lockdown and Scotland faces ongoing uncertainty am

The house price change in Aberdeen for the third quarter of this year has been -1.0%, according to the latest ASPC Aberdeen Housing Market Report. The report gives a summary of the activity in the housing market of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire during the third quarter of 2020. It is based on data supp

Glasgow City Council has developed a telecoms unit and portal that will work with industry to attract, accelerate and facilitate digital infrastructure investment in the city. The first of its kind in Scotland, the portal s a single point of entry for industry, providing a source of information for

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed its approach to the share trading obligation (STO) at the end of the Brexit transition period, if mutual equivalence is not agreed. Only mutual equivalence would mean that firms could continue to satisfy STO obligations at trading venues in both th

A student has launched his own brewing company creating carbon-negative beer from discarded supermarket bread.

Eight non-executive directors have been appointed to the board of the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) ahead of its launch in the final quarter of 2020. Fiona Hyslop, the cabinet secretary for economy, fair work and culture, today announced the appointment of Tracey Ashworth-Davies, Carolyn