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Kenny, Alison and Colin Blair Scottish hospitality group Buzzworks is set to expand into new venues across Scotland following a £3 million refinancing deal with HSBC, which has supported the creation of 100 new jobs.

FinTech Scotland, in collaboration with SuperTech (West Midlands) and eight industry organisations, has announced the launch of a new innovation challenge aimed at enhancing consumer outcomes with technology and data. Industry collaborators NatWest, Lloyds Banking Group, Equifax, PwC, Barclays, Tesc

Impact First, the ‘profit with purpose’ fund launched by social impact investor SIS Ventures, has secured 50 per cent of target capital commitments within the first two months of launch.

Energy giant SSE has posted an adjusted operating profit of £2.4 billion, down 4% from the previous year, in its annual results for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has announced "good" pass rates for the final session of the P1 Governance, Risk and Ethics and P3Business Analysis exams, notably in the P1 exams where 54 per cent of students were successful.

Shona Duncan Aberdeen-based chartered accounts Hall Morrice LLP has appointed Shona Duncan to the role of senior tax manager to oversee the firm’s tax and payroll teams.

Bill Crossan and Thomas Gillan SIS Ventures is launching its first £5 million fund to back Scotland’s high impact enterprises.

'Expose GRG' has launched a class action against the bank. New secret documents have emerged that seemingly expose still 73 per cent taxpayer-owned bank Royal Bank of Scotland methods of intentionally driving struggling businesses to the wall in order to cash-in on their assets.

Scotland's Youth Guarantee will focus on identifying youth employment opportunities with employers in the financial services sector. Sandy Begbie, who led the Developing the Young Workforce Group that played a pivotal role in the delivery of the Edinburgh Guarantee to young people, was asked to writ

Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has announced the appointment of Mike Tumilty and Louisa Knox as non-executive board directors. The industry body said the new appointments will bolster its ability to support industry ambitions to lead the journey to net zero and develop the strength of Scotland&

Glasgow-based Ascot Lloyd is to acquire Aberdeen's financial planning business, Aberdeen Financial Planning. Aberdeen has reportedly been searching for a buyer since the start of the year and last week confirmed it had struck a deal to sell the business for an undisclosed sum.

Chartered surveyors firm DM Hall has added to its leadership team with the appointment of Andrew Healy as its latest financial director. Mr Healy, previously in charge of finances at the Scottish Rugby Union for a decade and most recently with the Law Society of Scotland, is set to succeed Alan Patr

Hamilton-based Caledonia Financial Planning has been bought by adviser consolidator Succession for £2.5m. The acquisition marks Succession's 24th adviser buyout, bringing it towards the halfway mark of its growth strategy.

Sue Dawe, EY’s head of financial services in Scotland, has been appointed as a patron of Women in Banking & Finance (WIBF). Ms Dawe joins as the fifth patron of WIBF and is the only patron to be based in Scotland.

Standard Life’s financial planning business 1825 has ended talks with Almary Green over a proposed acquisition that has been under discussion since March.