Management

For many of us who have been in employment for a number of years, the experience of job searching as a young candidate would have been a laborious process of reading through pages of newspaper adverts and posting application forms to prospective employers.

Scotland has done much to encourage its entrepreneurial culture. More Scots are considering setting up their own businesses and our rate of start-ups has been lauded. We now have many glittering business events, sponsored by our banks, that hand out awards to smart young companies. But what happens when things do not go according to the business plan?

Julie Ashworth, chair of retail tech start-up Clear Returns, has been named chair of the Institute of Directors Scotland’s Edinburgh branch, which has 650 members.

More than 500 jobs are at risk under plans to close a Kwik Fit Insurance office near Glasgow.

We’re still be living in rather uncertain times in the Scottish construction industry.

The co-founder of Social Bite, the sandwich chain that supports homeless people, is to deliver a charitable lecture at Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) next month.

The main business stories of the day plus recent investments and grants achieved by Scottish firms.

Winter is on its way, and while we can’t predict exactly what the weather will bring, there are some useful tactics that businesses can employ to hedge against seasonal cold snaps.

Scottish entrepreneurs must not use the combination of Brexit, currency fluctuations and Donald Trump as an excuse to retreat from growth, a leading start-up specialist has warned.

Educational supplies business Spaceright Europe has strengthened its plans for development after securing a multi-million-pound refinancing package.

It’s hard to think of a more volatile time in business than the years following 2008’s financial crisis.

The main business stories of the day plus recent investments and grants achieved by Scottish firms.

Constructing a working future for the architectural world is a worthwhile challenge

Loreburn Housing Association has made two key appointments to its senior management team.

It’s a situation that will be familiar to so many entrepreneurs – you see a contract being advertised and you want to ­submit a proposal, but you’re ­worried that your business lacks the range of skills needed to win the work, or is too small and lacks the scale to catch the client’s eye.

A more robust benchmark for executive pay to get shareholder approval is understood to have been proposed to ­Whitehall by Aberdeen Asset Management.

Has there ever been a year with more profound and unpredicted election results?