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Edinburgh spearheads 'scale-up' business system

Fintech - financial technology - development has accelerated as more of us embrace digital banking and use apps to manage a range of services such as savings, investments and pensions.

How Scotland’s fintech boom is leading innovation and creating thousands of jobs

Budget has heaped more pressure than ever on SMEs, says David Alexander

Getting cash owed to you is more vital than ever

Whisky is just one key element in Scotland’s massive food and drink sector (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Why securing a ‘just transition’ is about more than oil and gas - Iain Clunie

Daniel Gorry is a Partner in the Employment team at Lindsays (Picture: Peter Devlin)

All employers should make their voices heard - Daniel Gorry

Research of 500 SME owners and decision makers found half blame the new budget for their scaled back Christmas celebrations this year

UK SME owners blame government budget for scaled-down Christmas plans

The Investment Fund for Scotland was launched in autumn 2023.

Dog-friendly cafe and luxury skincare firm among 26 Scottish SMEs sharing £10m

Established in 2004, Federal Management has grown from a single office to a nationwide operation

Award-winning debt collection agency celebrates 20 years

Tanya Gass, Partner at Norman Broadbent

An NED crisis is holding back Scotland’s scale-ups - Tanya Gass

The podcast offers a lifeline for overlooked small businesses struggling to make sense of the increasingly complex digital marketing landscape.

Ad Feature Marketing expert launches podcast to help overlooked small businesses

One of the UK’s most exciting and recognised entrepreneurs, Tom Glanfield of TEGCap, from Bournemouth, Hampshire

Ad Feature Insider tricks that entrepreneurs use to get noticed

The figures are taken from the latest Amazon Economic Impact Hub, which details the investments made by Amazon across the UK since 2010.

New report reveals Amazon’s £3.5 billion investment in Scotland

Karen Meechan, the ScotlandIS chief executive, pictured at the ScotSoft conference in 2023. Picture: Greg Macvean

Scotland’s digital tech leader on how to grow a £7.5 billion industry

Like much of the UK, Scotland faces a severe shortage of housing, with the Scottish Government announcing an official housing emergency earlier this year.

How smaller Scottish housebuilders shut out by banks could get slice of £500m

Scotsman Life Sciences Conference 2024

Life sciences industry leaders and experts to share vision for future

Bruce Harvie

Market trends bolster Scottish fintech aspirations

Cyber attacks can have catastrophic results (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

It’s time to bring cyber into the boardroom - Anthony Quinn

The growth in fintech comes as more and more of us switch to digital banking to manage a range of services such as savings, investments and pensions.

FinTech Scotland Festival: Where and what is taking place in 2024

SMEs aren’t getting the returns they deserve from high-street banks, according to the study. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Why Scottish SMEs are losing out on £370m a year

Mandy Crawford-Lee is chief executive for the University Vocational Awards Council

Apprenticeship Levy needs careful reform

Many UK small businesses expect little growth over the next two years

Many UK small businesses expect little growth over the next two years

Lesley Anderson, Regional Director at the Scottish Procurement Alliance

£120m framework to boost Scottish housing net zero drive

Almost nine in ten entrepreneurs north of the Border have experienced barriers to accessing finance while trying to get their ventures off the ground.

Scots entrepreneurs face funding gap with a third turning to family for cash

More than half of respondents said they had been deterred from starting a business due to economic instability caused by uncertainty around the next election (file image). Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Uncertainty over general election delaying Scots' plans to become entrepreneurs

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The services sector, encompassing areas such as hospitality, recorded the fastest upturn in business activity, according to the latest NatWest UK PMI tracker.

UK SMEs enjoy solid start to 2024 but Scottish picture looking less rosy

The UK attracts more financial technology - fintech - investment than the rest of Europe combined.

Funding, scaling up, diversity: The challenges facing UK fintech businesses

Changes to wages and National Insurance for Employers

Employers to pay thousands more in National Insurance from April

Though there are some signs of optimism, the cost-of-living crisis continues to take a toll on business.

Scottish firms warn ‘persistently high cost of doing business’ hitting economy

Jill Dykes and Professor Phil Trinder, co-directors of the Glasgow Computing Science Innovation Lab (GLACSIL), outside the University of Glasgow’s school of computing science.

University of Glasgow looks to strengthen industry ties with new computing lab

Roger Mayor

Finance group hires Mayor from Deloitte as new partner

The project has encouraged more than 100 SMEs across Scottish manufacturing to explore the potential of industrial 3D printing. Picture: Shutterstock.

Scottish SMEs gain £1m boost via project to capitalise on industrial 3D printing

BGF's Edinburgh team. Picture: Chris Watt.

In depth: SME-fuelling investor BGF cheers Scottish activity in 2023

Mike Clarke, partner at YFM Equity Partners: 'We’re expecting this year to be really busy.'

Scotland grabs top spot for entrepreneurship but barriers to growth remain

Nicola Anderson, chief executive of FinTech Scotland, said the country was beginning to realise its fintech potential.

Scotland sees fintech job numbers jump by quarter in two years with more to come

William Devine

We must maintain momentum for SMEs in 2024 - William Devine

Chris Combemale, DMA, CEO

UK data reforms will drive growth for Scottish SMEs - Chris Combemale

Derek Money, Head of Sales, White Oak Glasgow

SME community on track for success, but only with continued support - Derek Mon...

Increasing green energy output is seen as one of the main ways of helping to achieve net zero targets.

Third of UK's small and medium-sized companies have no net-zero plan in place

Simon McKeating, Programme Manager at Scotland Food & Drink Net Zero Commitment. (Picture: Alan Richardson)

Sustainability doesn’t need to be ‘sexy’ to have an impact - Simon McKeating

Kevin Reid is Executive Chairman of The Cruden Group

Supporting communities is not just a choice but a responsibility - Kevin Reid

Organiser Hashtag Events says the Expo Scotland Business Show has 'something for everyone'. Picture: contributed.

Expo Scotland Business Show that helps foster SMEs gears up for 25th edition
A business event aiming to help catalyse smaller firms and more broadly billed as “a driving force in the economic development and growth of Scotland” is return...

SNIB CEO: “Because we invest on commercial terms, in the long-term that will enable us to become financially self-sustaining, no longer dependent on public funding, to create a perpetual investment fund on behalf of the people of Scotland.” Picture – supplied.

Ad Feature The Scottish National Investment Bank – delivering impact for Scotland, says CEO

Judith Cruickshank. Image: Andy Buchanan 2019

Ad Feature Green Skills Conference: Royal Bank of Scotland

Jim Brown, right. Image: contributed

Ad Feature Green Skills Conference: Energy Skills Partnership

Michael Ross is Chief Executive of hub South West Scotland

Building a stronger nation through education - Michael Ross

Harper Macleod chief executive Martin Darroch: 'We’re living in an economic environment which has not been felt in a generation.' Picture: Mike Wilkinson

Young but punching above its weight: Harper Macleod's CEO on his hopes and goals

Exclusive 'Escalating concern' over future of £10m SNP fund to train thousands of workers

Simply Asset Finance CEO Mike Randall says Scottish small businesses have faced 'challenge after challenge' in recent years.

Escalating costs preventing Scottish businesses from investing and expanding

Edinburgh-based Crover is behind a grain storage system that offers a new way to automate monitoring and management activities.

Funding boost will take tech firm's 'grain-swimming' robot to new frontiers

Dr Susie Mitchell, Programme Director for Glasgow City of Science and Innovation, lead agency for the CAN DO Innovation Summit

Adopt a CAN DO attitude to supporting business innovation - Dr Susie Mitchell

The IoT Secure programme offers cyber security workshops and one-to-one consultations to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups.

Funding injection will help small firms adopt new cyber security tech

Bullet Express co-founders Gary Smith (left) and David McCutcheon flank the company’s new CEO, John McKail, who led the MBO. Picture by Jamie Simpson

Scottish haulage firm makes 'business as usual' pledge after buyout

Simply expects to see its growth north of the Border outpace its UK-wide performance, according to William Devine, the firm's head of Scotland. Picture: Vagelis Georgariou.

Interview: alternative lender Simply Asset Finance looks to catalyse Scots SMEs

Listen to our latest Sustainable Scotland podcast: Judith Cruickshank, managing director of the commercial bank at Royal Bank of Scotland, discusses ways in which businesses can be more sustainable

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From left: Mark Brown, Michael Reid, Alan Stewart, Rakesh Shaunak, managing partner and chairman of MHA, and William Anderson, pictured at Carden Place, Aberdeen.

UK accountant with 128 partners eyes further mergers after push into Scotland

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries