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Scottish accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has announced five new partners as part of the firm’s growth strategy. John Mason, who is based in the firm’s Glasgow office, Richard Bathgate, and Stephen McIlwaine, located in Aberdeen, and Nicola Horsburgh and

Buccleuch Group has announced that it intends to sell about 25,000 acres of its Borders estate following a review of its land.

Cyber security is not managed as a risk to businesses and is too often left to IT specialists to handle, a global survey carried out by ACCA and CA ANZ has revealed.

Scottish Government leaders have told manufacturing businesses that they will be able to improve their productivity and upskill their workforce with support from a new £14 million fund.

The number of commercial rent disputes reaching a third party in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level for more than five years, according to analysis from Knight Frank. Figures obtained by the independent commercial property consultancy from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) sho

Private bank Weatherbys, which recently doubled the size of its Edinburgh office, has increased its pre-tax profits by 33 per cent from the previous year as client lending grew to record levels, climbing by 23 per cent to £475 million in the year to 31 December. The 249 year-old lender at

A successful entrepreneurial hub on the south side of Aberdeen has expanded its footprint by 6000sqft, following increased demand for its state-of-the-art office facilities. Karen Pugh, property director at Elevator and Jim Milne, chairman and managing director of Balmoral Group

A new energy survey has demonstrated a bright future for the offshore sector in Scotland – with 90 per cent of firms based in the North East saying they are optimistic about the long-term future of the industry. However, the study, by Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, warns that a fur

A laptop infected with six of the world’s most dangerous computer viruses and made into a piece of art has been sold for more than £1 million.

The Scottish Building Society, Scotland’s only independent building society and world’s oldest, has appointed Paul Denton, formerly of the Co-operative Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland, as its new chief executive at its annual meeting this week. Mr Denton will succeed Mark Thoms

The Scottish Government will need to manage volatility in its budget as the devolution of tax and spending powers becomes fully operational, according to the independent Scottish Fiscal Commission. The Commission published its official five-year economic, tax and social security forecasts today

Scottish tech startup iOpt has received a £600,000 investment boost in a seed funding round, allowing the business to implement its ambitious scale up plans including the creation of six jobs over the next two years. The company's lead investor is Mactaggart & Mickel Investments, the inves

A “flagship innovation centre” – the Michelin-Scotland Innovation Parc – is to be created on the site of the Michelin factory at Baldovie in Dundee through a joint venture between Michelin, Scottish Enterprise and Dundee City Council.  

A three-year action plan to deliver Glasgow’s Social Enterprise Strategy has been approved by the local authority.

Skypark, one of Scotland’s premier business locations based in Glasgow, has announced an ambitious plan that will see it transform into one of the most cycle friendly business destinations in Scotland, as part of its focus on providing high quality health and wellbeing facilities to its tenant