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The UK Government has announced a new series of loan competitions offering up to £150 million to support businesses embarking on research and development projects.

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is keeping the pressure on the UK Government to fulfil its recent commitments on assessing the environmental impact of trade deals and domestic tax measures.

The UK Government has been urged to intervene in the row over the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) choosing to keep fines levied against KPMG over the cheating of Silentnight pensioners.

Scotland could miss out on hundreds of millions of pounds if the UK Government does not fulfil its promise to fully replace lost EU funding, according to employment minister Richard Lochhead. The UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF), which is intended to replace EU structural funds los

The UK Government is suing KPMG for £1.3 billion over allegations it was negligent in its audit of Carillion in 2016. Government ministers have accused KPMG of failing to respond to "red flags" in Carillion's accounts ahead of its collapse in 2018.

Theodore Agnew, a Treasury and Cabinet Office minister, resigned yesterday over the UK Government's decision to write off £4.3 billion in fraudulent COVID-19 loans. Mr Agnew labelled the oversight of the scheme “nothing less than woeful” and accused officials of “schoolboy er

The UK Government is investing £800,000 in tidal energy pioneer Nova Innovation to develop a low-cost, rapid turbine deployment and recovery solution that could unlock 100GW of tidal energy resources worldwide.

The UK Government has accepted five recommendations for reform of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) which were suggested by the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS).

The UK Government has announced that direct flights to London from Dundee will be subsidised for a period of two years. The Department for Transport (DFT) announced funding worth a total of £4.3 million for the public service obligation (PSO) routes.

Restaurants and hotels are struggling with inflation as high as 18% as supply chain disruption and labour shortages heavily impact the UK's hospitality industry.

Yesterday, the UK Government and Scottish Government agreed in principle the scope of the independent report that will inform the subsequent review of the Scottish Government’s Fiscal Framework. During an in-person meeting in Westminster, finance and economy secretary Kate Forbes and the chief

All tips will go to staff under new plans to overhaul tipping practices set out by the UK Government today, providing a financial boost to hospitality workers across the country. Most hospitality workers – many of whom are earning the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage – rely

UK Ministers have accused the insolvency profession of widespread misconduct after an inquiry found evidence of “intimidation”, “deception” and “misappropriation of assets”.

Following UK Government plans to implement a 1.25% increase in National Insurance contributions to fund the NHS and social care in England, finance secretary Kate Forbes is seeking assurances that the UK Government will cover the full cost of this increase for public sector employers. In a letter to

UK Government public sector borrowing reached £10.4 billion in July, however, this was £10.1bn less than in July 2020.