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Applications have now opened for a £7.3 million fund to support Scottish food and drink suppliers and producers to invest in future growth. The annual Food Processing, Marketing and Cooperation Grant Scheme (FPMC) will enable investment across a range of projects including buildings and equipm

The first global, digital platform to match businesses with freelance finance professionals has been launched by Aberdeen and Dundee-based finance and accounting specialist Hutcheon Mearns. Nexus Finance is the only talent marketplace on the internet which is solely dedicated to qualified accounting

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined KPMG £13 million for its audits of Silentnight from August 2010 to April 2011. The accountancy regulator has announced sanctions against the Big Four firm and David Costley-Wood, formerly a partner and head of KPMG Manchester Restructuring.

A dispute between neighbours over an apple tree that allegedly attracts wasps has incurred at least £200,000 in legal costs.

Dalata Hotel Group Plc, the largest hotel group in Ireland, today officially opens the Group’s first hotel in Scotland, creating 80 jobs locally. The four-star Maldron hotel is located on Renfrew St, in the heart of the city’s shopping, restaurant & theatre district.

St. Andrews-based Lisle Design Ltd, a tachograph technology firm that has grown to a £2 million revenue firm in 15 years, has handed control and ownership to its team. The firm implemented the succession model with the support of an employee-ownership specialist, Ownership Associates.

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey said it expects to deliver an operating profit of £820 million after the housebuilder posted a record first half performance and strong operating profit margin. Group completions of 7,303 homes (H1 2020: 2,771) excluding joint ventures, completed a record first half

Renewable energy company Engenera Renewables Group has unveiled major expansion plans into Scotland, which will see it open an office in Glasgow and create up to 20 highly skilled jobs over the next 12 months.

University of Edinburgh students and recent graduates have launched 100 start-up companies in a single year for the first time. The total of exactly 100 companies launched in 2020-21 is higher than any institution in the Russell Group of 24 leading UK universities has previously recorded.

Unity Trust Bank has reported pre-tax profits of £5.2 million for the first six months of the year, up 65% on the same period in 2020. The bank has also reported an increase in total net lending of more than £68m in its half-year results.

Edinburgh students are the most reliant on parents or family to fund their student lifestyle, according to the 2021 Royal Bank of Scotland Student Living Index. Students at the Scottish capital expect to receive 53% more from their family than the average UK student, working out at an extra £1

Scottish labour market conditions continued to strengthen during July, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

Plans for a significant transformation of Dundee's Discovery Point have received a huge boost after securing financial backing from the Scottish Government and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Scottish shopper footfall is experiencing a slow recovery, with footfall declining by 27.1% throughout July.

Jack Anderson, financial and professional services consultant at Core Asset Consulting, discusses the importance of transferable skills. Sometimes overlooked, transferrable skills are a key part of your development and career – and often you have far more to showcase in your CV or at an interv