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Edinburgh-based drug delivery company Bio-Images Drug Delivery Limited (BDD), has positioned itself for rapid growth with a £1.2 million investment led by Archangels. The Archangels investment was supported by Scottish Enterprise and BioCity Investments.

Virgin Money, owner of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, has announced a strategic partnership with Dundee-based app development company, Waracle, to support the development of its digital proposition for the new Virgin Money Business current account.

Staff at Scottish kitchen design business Cameron Interiors have been given full control of their futures as it becomes the first employee-owned firm of its type in the UK. With studios in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Cameron Interiors has become renowned throughout Scotland for luxury German kitchens &nd

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has launched an Emerging Markets Sustainable Development Equity Fund that aims to deliver both an attractive return for investors and a positive societal impact. By leveraging ASI’s extensive research platform and ESG resources, the Fund will invest in Emerg

Employee-owned North-Berwick-based Jerba Campervans' production schedule is now full until November 2021 following soaring demand for its celebrated Volkswagen Transporter conversions.

The Scottish Parliament’s Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee has warned that it is seriously concerned by the challenges facing Scottish businesses in the new year regardless of whether a Brexit deal has been reached.

A six-year-old boy has spent $16,000 in the Sonic Forces game.

Accountancy firm BDO is to pay its partners an average of £518,000 each, despite receiving furlough money at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The firm revealed that the annual payout to its 264 partners reached £137 million and that it has decided to retain the furlough money it re

Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group has announced the completion of certain assets of OpenWealth. Last month, Scottish Financial News reported that Nucleus had agreed to purchase the assets of OpenWealth for £1.5 million.

Mark Hallan, director of global investment at Scottish Enterprise, discusses why the financial services are key to attracting inward investment to Scotland. Scotland is an extraordinary proposition for global companies to invest in.

The Supreme Court has approved a £14 billion court case against credit card giant Mastercard. The court ruled that the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) must reconsider the class action against Mastercard which it previously threw out.

Local shops and businesses are on a ‘cliff edge’ with one in 10 (11%) facing permanent closure without a successful trading period this Christmas, according to new research by small business insurer Simply Business.

Lloyds Banking Group has urged Scotland to take a local approach to its economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The bank has unveiled its new report, The Big Conversation: Helping Britain Recover, which harnesses insights gathered from business leaders, policy-makers, and community leaders

Renewed household and government spending will drive the UK’s economic recovery in 2021, but a more cautious revival in business investment means it will be the end of 2022 before GDP returns to pre-pandemic levels, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

A new campaign against loan sharks has been launched to crack down on lenders who are moving online to prey on Scots.