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Real estate investment and development company MCR Property Group has acquired Europa House in Motherwell in its first purchase in Scotland of 2022.

BR-DGE, the Edinburgh-based payment orchestration provider, has announced major growth plans for 2022, following a substantial follow on investment from existing shareholders in Q3 2021. Led by Brian Coburn, BR-DGE’s platform promises to revolutionise online payments for merchants by offering

Nearly half (44%) of middle market business leaders say the UK government isn’t doing enough to support companies in meeting net-zero targets by 2050, according to a survey by audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK. This view from ‘The Real Economy’ survey of 400 business leaders si

Aberdeen-based chartered accountancy firm Meston Reid & Co has continued its policy of nurturing professional talent by taking on three new trainees and a placement student. Its trio of trainees – Jonathan Bain, Cara Wilson and Kendall Gibson – have recently graduated from Robert Gor

The national roll-out of the new £100 spending limit for contactless card payments will begin from 15 October 2021, according to UK Finance. The decision to raise the contactless limit from £45 to £100 was made by HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority following a public c

New legislation coming into force from 30th April for prepack administrations is set to impose a new 8-week window in which the assets of an insolvent business cannot be sold to a connected party without the consent of creditors, or a report from an independent evaluator recommending that the prepac

The board of the Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020 in what the firm has labelled an "extremely challenging year". The trust's board said the £70 million trust had d

Glasgow entrepreneur Craig Alexander Rattray hopes to prevent companies going bust during lockdown with a new book on the importance of cash flow. Penned in partnership with Canadian accounting expert Jeff Borschowa, it is designed to provide owners with all they need to know to keep their businesse

Aberdeen-based cybersecurity specialist TechForce has announced it has secured new contracts worth up to £370,000. The contract wins follow the company’s listing in the UK Government’s G-Cloud12 framework for the second year in a row.

Staff at Scottish kitchen design business Cameron Interiors have been given full control of their futures as it becomes the first employee-owned firm of its type in the UK. With studios in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Cameron Interiors has become renowned throughout Scotland for luxury German kitchens &nd

Staff at Scottish kitchen design business Cameron Interiors have been given full control of their futures as it becomes the first employee-owned firm of its type in the UK. With studios in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Cameron Interiors has become renowned throughout Scotland for luxury German kitchens &nd

The Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, has led investment of £3.3 million in innovative Scottish companies during the coronavirus lockdown.  Archangels’ Q2 (1st April – 30th June) deals data has revealed that three of its portfolio compa

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking views on establishing a new prudential regime for UK investment firms.

Tools for flagging signs of poor quality audits should be used more effectively so timely corrective action can be taken, according to a major review of their use by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). The FRC’s study looked at the most useful indicators of both poor and good audit quality

KPMG has bolstered its infrastructure, government and healthcare management consulting team in Scotland with the appointment of David Grimson as director. Mr Grimson will focus on supporting public sector clients to improve how they operate, use technology and data to better deliver positive outcome