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Livingston-based The Edinburgh Driveway Company has been acquired by Scottish-based UK and internationally operating construction and property business Edison Group for an undisclosed sum. The Edinburgh Driveway Company, which operates throughout central Scotland and Ayrshire, provides a complete ra

Clark Contracts has achieved a record turnover of £100 million in the year ending 31st October 2022 as the main contractor entered its 45th year in business. Founded in 1978, the Paisley-based firm works throughout the UK, delivering projects across all sectors, for both private and public sec

The number of alleged fraud cases over £100,000 being heard in Scottish courts rose significantly last year, according to KPMG UK’s latest bi-annual Fraud Barometer. A total of 24 cases totalling £17.4 million reached Scottish courts in 2022, up from 2021, when 16 cases worth &poun

The UK is ranked at number 25 of 51 countries on the quality of entrepreneurship ecosystem economies, a drop from rank 18 last year, according to the new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) National Entrepreneurship Context Index (NECI) released today.

Wylie & Bisset has won its first contract to deliver internal audit services to a housing association in England. Already a provider of internal audit services for housing in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the contract win makes Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the UK’s first tenant and emplo

Founded in 1848, Scottish Building Society is celebrating 175 years of providing savings and mortgages products to thousands of members across the UK. The landmark anniversary retains the Society’s position as the oldest remaining building society in the world, having always operated as a mutu

FRP Advisory, the specialist business advisory firm, has told shareholders to expect another rise in restructuring activity over the next few months. In a trading update issued yesterday, the firm said it expects to see increased activity in the higher value restructuring and administration market a

Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisers, has urged business owners to avoid making a kneejerk reaction to warnings of a difficult economic outlook for Scotland for much of this year.

A Scottish director has been given a ten year ban over a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan taken out by his firm in 2020.

Aberdeen house prices have decreased -0.8% in Q4 indicating a slight downward shift in the local market against Q3 2022, but also show a "degree of resilience", according to the latest Aberdeen Housing Market report.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has revealed that Scotland leads the way in offering flexible working globally amid a battle for talent and skills where business’ working policy is often the difference between recruiting more talent or not.

CMS has advised HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH (HIMA) on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Sella Limited and its subsidiaries, including Sella Controls (Sella), from the company’s management shareholders. Headquartered in Bruehl, Germany, HIMA is a provider of safety-related au

Motherwell FC's current chief Alan Burrows has been appointed as chief executive by Aberdeen FC and will take up his new role at Pittodrie on 27 February 2023. With over 15 years at Motherwell FC – nine as CEO – Mr Burrows has built up a wealth of knowledge, experience and credibility in

The Local Area Economic Profile published by Fife Council shows that Dunfermline is performing relatively well against not just other parts of Fife but in cases, better than Scotland as a whole. Dunfermline has a growing economy, good median earnings and economic inactivity is down.

Santander UK has appointed Andrew Wilson as director of corporate communications and responsible banking and member of the Bank's executive committee. Mr Wilson, who was once a member of Scottish Parliament representing Central Scotland, will join the bank in March and will be responsible for provid