Ethical finance specialist Ecology Building Society has announced a second successive year of record profits reaching over £1 million. The society, which says that Scotland is its strongest area of lending also saw a double-digit increase in mortgage lending.
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International energy services group Serba Dinamik Group Holdings Bhd (SDGB) has made a multi-million-pound investment in Aberdeen engineering company Wellahead Engineering. The deal will give SDGB a foothold in the North Sea market from which it plans to leverage its partnership with Wellahead
Plans by the billionaire ruler of Dubai to build a lodge at his Highland retreat have been refused by Highland councillors.
Small businesses which share properties but do not pay business rates are now eligible to apply for grants to help with the impact of COVID-19, the Scottish Government has announced. The extension to the Small Business Grant Fund will apply to firms occupying shared office spaces, business inc
A new survey of nearly 200 UK charities conducted by accountancy firm Scott Moncrieff has revealed that 55% have suffered a significant drop in their cash reserves, whilst nearly 60% have less than 6 months cash in reserve to cover normal operating expenditure. The survey also found that just
Loganair has announced that it would commence flying the much-anticipated route from Dundee to London City, which replaces the previous service to Stansted, starting on July 6.
Barclays has confirmed that it will drop the 'Buchanan' name from its major River Clyde development in Glasgow over concerns with its connection to the slave trade. A district on the south bank of the River Clyde, where Barclays' new northern European hub and more than 300 flats are being constructe
The funding being given to support communities across Scotland affected by coronavirus is to be displayed on a new collection of digital maps.
Scottish law firm Gilson Gray is warning businesses that complying with COVID-19 health and safety workplace guidance to allow employees to return to work is much more than a box-ticking exercise. With employers looking to begin a return to work for staff over the next few weeks and months, the firm
The HFD Group - the developer behind 177 Bothwell Street in Glasgow - is implementing a series of health and wellbeing measures that will see the pre-let Virgin Money offices within the building reflect the new post-COVID-19 reality of working life. With human touch identified as a major f
NatWest Group, the owner of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has launched a £1 million fund to support victims of economic and domestic abuse, in a new partnership with SafeLives. SafeLives is a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
A parliamentary inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2021/22 has been announced by Holyrood’s finance and constitution committee.
A total of 8.9 million workers are now covered by the UK Government's furlough scheme, according to the UK Treasury.
A French worker has been awarded €50,000 after Paris' appeals court ruled he had suffered a "bore-out" from a lack of stimulation in the workplace.
Portlethen-based Acumen Accountants and Advisors, which also has offices in Inverurie and Peterhead, has bought out Keltic Accounting of Inverurie for an undisclosed sum in a deal signed whilst the country was in lockdown. The buy-out is the second acquisition for the firm this year after