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Scottish accountancy practice Wylie & Bisset has promoted two of its directors to partnership level. The promotions of Laura Smith, head of the firm’s healthcare team, and Catherine Livingstone, head of its business advisory services team, take the number of partners at the practice to 11.

Highlands-based online beauty business bubu has received a funding loan of £25,000 from Scottish responsible finance provider DSL Business Finance Ltd. DSL’s investment allowed a completed funding round that enabled independent start-up skincare brand to acquire the necessary s

Jenny Healy, director of accounts and audit, based in the Saffery Champness Edinburgh office and a member of the firm’s Landed Estates and Rural Business Group, discusses the growing pressure on the UK Government to introduce a new wealth tax. After a year of much needed support from the Chan

Gillespie Macandrew has seen turnover increase by eight per cent after the expansion of two of its teams this year. Turnover rose from £13 million in 2019 to £14m in the year to February 29, 2020, The Courier reports.

Engineering firm BiFab has gone into administration after failing to secure any new contracts.

Aberdeen New India Investment Trust, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has posted strong six month results as its share price and net asset value both increased substantially over the period.  Over the six months ended 30 September 2020, the company’s NAV increas

Persimmon said yesterday it is currently on course to deliver a “good result” for 2020 with the recent tightening of COVID-19 restrictions across England and Scotland having a “relatively limited impact” on its operations.

Skyscanner has announced the appointment of former eBay executive Laurence Tracol as its new vice president of finance. The firm was founded in Edinburgh in 2003 and now currently employs around 1,500 staff globally.

Young people's energy and enthusiasm, technological skills and creativity will help boost Scotland's COVID-19 economic recovery, according to new research released today by Barclays' LifeSkills.

KPMG UK has appointed a new partner, three associate partners and four directors in Scotland as it prepares for further growth. The firm, which employs more than 1,200 people in Scotland, has promoted a total of 77 people across its offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, including Alistair McAl

The Designer Rooms, a Scottish-based furniture company, has secured an £850,000 CBILS funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to support the family firm as it navigates the effects of the pandemic. With eight showrooms located throughout Glasgow and Ayrshire, The Designer Rooms is a o

Business leaders fear a potential double hit from Covid and no-deal Brexit, new figures from the Institute of Directors reveal. In a survey of almost a thousand company directors conducted in late September, the majority said that the pandemic would magnify the impact of a no-deal Brexit on their or

Liz Mallon looks at the important role first time buyers need to play in the changing new homes property market. Recent research carried out by Savills shows that the Scottish new homes market has seen a steady recovery since the market re-opened in the summer, and properties in Glasgow and Edinburg

Edinburgh-based cyber security firm Adarma has seen a record year with revenues rising 27% to £41 million.

Scotmid Co-op has posted strong half-year results as its turnover increased by £6.7 million to £197m.