SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has described new US tariffs as unfair and a strategic mistake, warning in a Sunday opinion column for The Washington Post that they would damage the two countries’ partnership and push up costs…
A wobbly US stock market will take its cues in the coming week from a Federal Reserve meeting set to clarify the path for interest rates, and from a packed slate of corporate earnings led by technology companies and heavyweights in artificial…
The Tax Advisory Group, set up by the Scottish Government to advise on tax policy, has been disbanded. The group was created three years ago to draw on the collective expertise of academics, economists, and prominent figures from business and the third…
On a tree-lined street in the affluent Duboce Triangle neighbourhood of San Francisco, the upper half of a white, Edwardian-era detached house was drawing a steady stream of prospective buyers. The opulently renovated three-bedroom apartment was on the market for almost $3…
Kyloe Partners, the Orkney-founded recruitment technology company, has appointed Stephen Shorter as its new Chief Financial Officer as the business prepares for its next stage of growth. Shorter joined the company on 1 July and will work closely with founder and CEO…
A Scottish Starbucks franchisee is set to create 120 new jobs as part of a £4 million investment in new stores across Scotland and the north of England. OCO, which operates 23 Starbucks locations across the two regions, has reported twelve consecutive…
Loganair has paid tribute to one of Scottish aviation’s most influential figures by naming a new aircraft after former chairman and president Scott Grier OBE. The honour recognises Grier’s remarkable 36-year career with the airline, during which he helped transform Loganair from…
Business owners, directors and senior leaders regularly walk into high-stakes conversations already feeling like they’ve lost before they’ve started. A dominant supplier won’t budge on price. A client wants more while paying less. A larger competitor leans on its size to squeeze…
BTG has established itself as Scotland’s market leader in business restructuring, handling more corporate insolvency appointments and supporting more company directors than any other firm in the country. The firm brings together a team of licensed insolvency practitioners with deep expertise in…
When Carmel-Anne Villella founded Soulfully Guided, she made a bet that most practitioners in her field had been unwilling to place: that intuitive guidance could be held to the same standard of accountability as any other professional service. That bet has paid…
