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Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has acquired Dundee-based quantity surveying firm the John Duguid Partnership. Established in 1929 in Dundee, John M Duguid & Co was initially solely a quantity surveying-based firm. However, the firm was renamed to John Duguid Partnership in 1989,

Charities and third sector organisations working with some of the most vulnerable people in the community, can now access a multi-million-pound fund backed by the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB). Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) provide finance for improving lives by backing organisati

The Scottish Housing Regulator has today published a new report on its analysis of Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) annual loan portfolio returns for the period April 2021 to March 2022.

The full list of events for Fife Business Week 2022 have been announced, kicking off on Monday 7th November through to Friday 11th November. One of the many venues for the week is the Enterprise Hub Fife in Glenrothes which is ideally placed to host events and workshops.

Karen Thomson, payroll director at AAB, discusses how firms can help their employees and the wider business through the current cost of living crisis. With inflation at a 40-year high and the threat of more hikes in interest rates, employees are really feeling the pinch.

New research from EY Lane4 has shown that while 86% of employees say their organisation has a ‘purpose statement’, 42% are unaware of what that purpose statement includes. The findings are taken from a recent survey of more than 2,000 UK employees, including 500 at C-suite level, working

Aspiring entrepreneurs are invited to apply to the 2023 UHI Business Competition which has £8,000 in prize money up for grabs. The competition is now open for entries from anyone over 16 living in the Highlands and Islands, Moray, Argyll and Perthshire, as well as all students studying across

A new way to market properties for sale has been launched by a collective group of solicitor estate agents and ESPC. Offers being accepted subject to the sale of the buyer’s property is common practice in many property transactions across Scotland. This proposition is brought to market to targ

A director of three property management companies based in Glasgow has been disqualified as a director for 12 years after using his companies to take out Bounce Back Loans totalling £135,000 that the companies were not eligible for. Brendan Michael Gaughan, 40, was director of Gaughan Group Lt

Britain's biggest banks are expected to report profits of £33 billion when they reveal their third-quarter results next week. The figures from Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group, Barclays and HSBC are expected to show their combined profits rising from £25 billion in 2019 to £33 b

Johnston Carmichael has been announced as a gold sponsor of the first-ever Scottish Games Week. The business, which advises a growing number of game developers, has chosen to sponsor the inaugural event to support the thriving and rapidly-evolving games ecosystem in this country.

Tech-enabled business critical services firm AAB Group has announced four new appointments aiming to develop talent and strengthen the leadership team based in their Central Scotland offices. Four new directors have been appointed and promoted across the range of services offered by AAB Group, inclu

An independent Scotland will adopt a new currency "as soon as practicable" under economic plans unveiled by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today. A new paper, titled "Building a New Scotland: A stronger economy with independence", sets out the Scottish Government's economic prospectus for independen

A group of 10 organisations including MoneySavingExpert and Carnegie UK Trust have called on the government to take action on fraud in an open letter addressed to the prime minister. The letter dated 14 October 2022 reads:

Scotland’s Internet of Things (IoT) accelerator, Smart Things Accelerator Centre, has marked its first anniversary by making a string of senior appointments to its team. Former Scottish Enterprise managing director and interim CEO Linda Hanna is now in place as STAC’s head of partnership