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A fund launched by the University of Edinburgh to address the urgent challenges created by the coronavirus virus has raised more than £1 million.

A total of £30,857,329 has been reportedly lost to pension scammers since 2017 according to complaints filed with Action Fraud, the Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator have said.

Four-fifths of businesses (84%) in Aberdeen would support a new Eat Out to Help Out scheme for the city, according to a new poll conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Scotland.

Just 48% of Scotland's office workers are back in the office after the coronavirus lockdown, according to a new survey carried out by Moneypenny, the outsourced communications provider.

A guitar belonging to Alex Turner, the frontman of the Arctic Monkeys, has raised £128,544 to support independent music venues in the UK.

Aberdeen-based chartered accountancy firm Meston Reid & Co has promoted Stuart MacPherson to senior manager.  Previously holding the role of business services manager, Mr MacPherson has been with Meston Reid & Co for 23 years.

Edinburgh-headquartered innovation advisor ABGI UK is seeking new acquisition opportunities after completing the integration of Hereford-based R&D tax relief specialist MSC Associates. ABGI UK, part of the ABGI Group, one of the world’s leading tax incentive and innovation m

Dundee-based restructuring and insolvency specialists Dunedin Advisory has outlined how a business can be wound up in a tax-efficient way through a Members' Voluntary Liquidation (MVL). 

Roy Lauder, director at Kilmarnock-based business management consultancy firm Harrison James Partnership, discusses the steps business owners can take to manage the current COVID-19 recession. This is a time of great concern for business owners as governments react to the ever-changing situation wit

Scotland’s commercial property sales have suffered the worst quarter in a decade, according to The Scottish Property Federation’s (SPF) analysis of the latest commercial property sales figures from the Registers of Scotland.

Street Soccer Scotland has received the accolade in the Social Entrepreneur of the Year category of the Barclays' Entrepreneur Awards, which seeks to recognise a company that is delivering transformative social or environmental change.

A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: Glasgow Taxi's surge in contactless payments, BOHO's award success, Diageo's Katherine Smart's new appointment and WL Gore's role in the NASA Mars 2020 mission.

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has called upon the Scottish Government make targeted tax cuts, issue cash payments and temporarily abolish town centre parking charges in an effort to reignite consumer confidence and draw shoppers back to Scottish high streets. 

Job vacancies have risen in Scotland with Edinburgh and Glasgow leading the way with week-on-week increases of 62% and 30% respectively, while job vacancies in England have plummeted. 

The Scottish Government's Finance and Constitution Committee has launched a Call for Views on the impact of the Trade Bill 2020.