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Mark Lyonette Credit unions in Scotland now hold half a billion pounds of consumers’ savings.

James Watt (Image: Twitter) Scottish craft brewing giant Brewdog has paved the way to becoming a listed business within the next three years after securing a private equity cash injection that has valued the Aberdeenshire firm at £1 billion.

Tulchan Estate. (Image: Savills) A Russian vodka billionaire has bought a Highland sporting estate in a deal that makes it “one of the most expensive properties ever to be sold on the open market in Scotland.”

Michael Stoneham The Scottish Government should use new borrowing powers to create an infrastructure bond to encourage private sector investment in Scotland’s transport network and other public sector projects, according to a survey by Scottish law firm Brodies.

Jackie Waring Companies from the Highlands, Moray, Glasgow, Dundee and Midlothian have been shortlisted as Growth category finalists for this year’s AccelerateHER Awards.

PwC in Scotland has announced an enhanced structure for its deals line of service with corporate finance partner Jon Shelley and director Mark Addley joining the leadership team, and Jason Morris taking on the senior role of Scottish deals leader.

The best young sales talent in the UK will compete in a national university contest where selling skills are honed and students receive candid feedback on their abilities from corporate executives.

New figures released today from PwC’s Skyval Index show the deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension funds stood at £560 billion at the end of 2016, £90 billion higher than at the start of 2016.

Donald Macleod Donald Macleod has been appointed as Hebridean Housing Partnership’s (HHP) new director of finance & corporate services.

The private finance schemes used to fund Scotland’s roads, schools and hospitals are to be investigated by Audit Scotland and the Accounts Commission to evaluate whether projects offer public value for money. A joint investigation by The Guardian and the Ferret website has revealed that the Scotti

Online mortgage lender LendInvest has made a strong start to its lending in Scotland, completing a series of both bridging and development finance cases.

Graeme Finnie welcomes Iain Walker to French Duncan Scottish accountancy firm French Duncan has added to its corporate advisory team with the appointment of a new senior manager.

Peter McGregor Peter McGregor from ESPC Mortgages offers his thoughts on the mortgage market and whether Brexit has made any impact so far.

The cost of the Edinburgh Trams Inquiry, which was set up to establish what went wrong with the £776m project that went massively over budget and was completed five years later than planned, has been revealed. The probe, examining the cost of the inquiry into the excessive overspending on the trams

Andrew Bateman, Sarah Deas & Karen Pickering With 16,000 employers in Scotland looking to transfer ownership in the next five years, Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS) is urging business owners to explore employee ownership as a viable succession route as it celebrated EO (Employee Ownershi