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Drinks giant Diageo announced a suite of measures yesterday to help support the British drinks trade as it faces unprecedented challenges from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Begbies Traynor Group has announced the appointments of Thomas McKay as partner in its business rescue and recovery division in Scotland and Simon Watson as partner in the specialist consulting division, which operates under the BTG Financial Consulting brand. New partners Simon Watson (left) and Th

Scottish housebuilder Miller Homes is being acquired by a fund managed by Apollo from fellow private equity giant Bridgepoint Group.

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) have both written to MSPs expressing their views on the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill.

Macfarlane Group has acquired The Pitreavie Group, a fellow Glasgow-based business, in a deal worth £18 million. This includes an earn-out of up to £4.0m over two years. The acquisition aligns with Macfarlane's strategy of expanding its protective packaging business through organic and a

The Cabrach Distillery has agreed a seven-figure deal with fellow Moray firm, the Rothes coppersmith Forsyths, to complete construction of Scotland’s newest Single Malt Scotch Whisky distillery which will operate as a one-of-a-kind social enterprise. In an industry first, The Cabrach Trust, th

Two events taking place next month will enable University of Edinburgh-supported start-ups to pitch their companies to an audience of investors, grant funding bodies and fellow entrepreneurs. The AI Accelerator Showcase and Venture Builder Incubator Demo Day take place in Edinburgh on 17 and 25 Marc

The childhood home of The Beatles guitarist George Harrison is up for auction. George Harrison moved to 25 Upton Green in Speke, Liverpool in 1949 when he was just six years old.

Mike Rutterford, the co-founder of Edinburgh-based investment syndicate Archangels, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the UKBAA Angel Investment Awards. Mr Rutterford is a serial entrepreneur with a 40-year career as a business angel and in property investment. Educated in Edinburgh

Edinburgh-based digital wallet and payments platform Zumo has announced its key Signatory status of the Crypto Climate Accord (CCA), a global initiative which has been established with the sole aim of harnessing the collective efforts of the crypto community to support the industry’s tran

Glasgow-based civil engineering firm MHB Consultants has become employee-owned, with 40 members of staff given a stake in the business. The engineering design consultancy, founded by managing director Hendrie Barbour in 2006, specialises in bridge design, civil and geotechnical engineering, temporar

Wylie & Bisset's managing partner Donald McKinnon takes advantage of hot weather and hosts socially-distanced meeting with a client on Helensburgh seafront. Taking full advantage of the recent hot spell and the forced inability to meet clients in the usual meeting room, McKinnon instead took ful

A student from Leeds was sent home from school yesterday after he charged his classmates 50p for a squirt of hand wash. Oliver Cooper, who is a pupil at Dixon's Unity Academy, purchased a £1.60 bottle of Johnson's child hand wash from a Tesco store as he waited for the school bus before he pro

Brodies LLP has advised on a number of major hotel deals in Scotland in the last three months' worth over £170 million, coinciding with the appointment of industry specialist Bob Asher. Brodies advised Great Century, which is a partner of Hong Kong property firm Lai Sun Group, on the purc

HSBC has appointed former Standard Life boss David Nish as senior independent director and chairman of the group audit committee. Mr Nish will also become a member of the group risk committee with effect from 18th February this year.