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The UK Government has announced a £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund to support small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) adjust to new customs, rules of origin, and VAT rules when trading with the EU.

A £70 million investment in economic growth for Argyll and Bute was agreed today with the formal signing of the area’s rural growth deal. The rural growth deal (RGD) brings together £25m each from the Scottish and UK Governments, and at least £20m via Argyll and Bute Council

UK bosses have hit out at a government plan to shake up the audit industry by imposing fines and bans on directors for inaccuracies in their companies’ accounts.

The UK’s new, empowered audit watchdog will not be launched until April 2023 despite business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng’s pledge to prioritise reforming the sector after a series of accountancy scandals.

More than 150,000 job seekers across the UK will benefit from new employment support, helping them build their interview skills, find local vacancies and quickly get back into work.

The UK Government has confirmed that Scottish firms exporting fish and shellfish to the EU who can prove they have suffered 'genuine loss' due to Brexit red tape will be able to claim up to £100,000 in compensation.

The UK Government is considering calls to waive fines for late tax returns this year but has ruled out an official extension to the January 31 filing deadline. Campaigners have argued that a third national lockdown has "changed the playing field" and increased further pressure on freelancers and sma

The UK Government has announced a new £10 million fund to help the UK's whisky distilleries go green by switching to low carbon fuels such as hydrogen. Eleven distilleries across Scotland and a further six in England will be able to kick-start green innovations thanks to the government backing

British businesses are getting more financing to help them expand and create new jobs thanks to the Bank Referral Scheme, new figures show today.

The Wealth Tax Commission has urged the UK Government to launch a one-off wealth tax on millionaire households to raise up to £260 billion to help the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The commission is a group comprised of tax experts and economists brought together by

The UK will suspend European tariffs on American products in an attempt to persuade the USA to cut high duties on whisky.

The Scottish Government has confirmed it has entered discussions with the UK Government over Scottish Green proposals for a windfall tax on companies that have greatly increased profits during the coronavirus pandemic.

Finance secretary Kate Forbes has called on the UK Government to prioritise public services and economic recovery through a fresh fiscal stimulus package of £98 billion, ahead of the Spending Review on Wednesday. This support, which is at least 5% of GDP, would be on par with the economic reco

Scotland's finance secretary Kate Forbes has said that the chancellor's Winter Economy Plan announced yesterday does not go far enough to protect jobs. While Ms Forbes welcomed some of the measures announced by the UK Government, she said that the details of the economic plan would not provide the s

The UK government borrowed £35.9 billion in August as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the public finances, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).