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The Electric Cycle Company (ECC) has launched a £70,000 crowdfunding campaign to renovate its new 4000 sq ft headquarters in Edinburgh. The Electric Cycle Company bike marking with Police Scotland and Granton Youth

Roland Smyth, head of Scottish hotels & leisure group at law firm CMS, provides some tips for bars and restaurant owners who are planning to reopen their businesses this week.  The hospitality sector, which has suffered immensely from the coronavirus lockdown, is set to reopen this week. Th

Private sector activity in Scotland continued to decline significantly during June as firms reported a further drop in new orders throughout June, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI. Private sector firms in Scotland reported a further reduction in total new orders during June, extend

St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory has backed Europe’s first oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology, leading a £1.7 million investment round. The funding round was supported by the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, Alba Equity,

Loganair and Blue Islands, the growing Channel Islands-based airline, have joined forces to offer their customers a broad new range of regional air connections across the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. 

Atelier Capital Partners has appointed Martin Gilsenan as director of origination. The firm is a short term lender, which provides finance for developments across the UK and has already financed projects in Scotland.

Coastal communities across Scotland will receive £9.7 million of revenue generated by the Scottish Crown Estate’s marine assets, providing vital support for responding to the impact of coronavirus.

A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) has sold at a public auction for £90,300.

Aberdeen Football Club’s finance director, Kevin MacIver, has been appointed to the club's board of directors. Mr MacIver, a qualified accountant with 30 years' experience, joined the club as finance director in November 2018.

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has appointed John Bennett as a new UK business development director. Mr Bennett, based in London, will support ASI's investment sales team in bringing its investment strategies to its clients in UK wholesale.

Solicitor estate agents have accused the Scottish government of creating dangerous uncertainty in the housing market by announcing a proposed change to the property tax threshold without stating when it will be introduced. Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LB

Start-ups whose routes for investment and growth have been impacted by COVID-19 will be eligible for support through a new £38 million package announced by the Scottish Government today. The package, to be managed by Scottish Enterprise, will include three levels of support to meet the needs o

Auditors have warned that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought additional risks of public sector fraud risks in Scotland. Public sector staff working remotely and under extreme pressure are among the new risks set out in a new report from the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) co-ordinated by Audit Scotla

An Midlothian company researching ground-breaking new haemophilia treatments has secured £1.1 million in investment to advance its R&D programme with the help of Kelvin Capital. ProFactor Pharma Ltd (PFP), based outside Edinburgh at the Easter Bush campus, has received the second tranche o

A coalition of economists, charities, think tanks and businesses have called on the Scottish Government to make a "nationwide pivot towards community-led social enterprises" as part of the economic recovery from COVID-19. In an open letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the coalition criticised