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Edinburgh-based proposal and tender specialist AM Bid is celebrating its award to the Pagabo Professional Services Framework. Launching in April, the second generation of the Pagabo Professional Services Framework covers construction-related projects up to £500 million. It will

New research from the Hampton-Alexander Review has found one-third of board seats at FTSE 100 companies are now held by women, however progress to develop the succession pipeline across the FTSE 350 remains slow.

The 2020 AccelerateHER Awards for Scottish female business founders has announced that global IT and business consulting services provider CGI is one of its core sponsors for this year’s programme. CGI joins Barclays Ventures and Skyscanner who return as 2020 AccelerateHER sponsors. A further

The Port of Cromarty Firth (PoCF) has appointed former banker Roger Eddie as its new chairman whilst also adding two new members to its board. A non-executive director of Springfield Properties Plc, Mr Eddie was a specialist business banker with 35 years’ experience in the sector, mainly spent

Kristen Bennie, head of open experience at Royal Bank of Scotland, urges that Scots struggling with the stresses of 'life admin' should take time for themselves. It doesn’t seem all that long ago that we were all setting New Year goals to aim for. Perhaps it was to read more books or spend mor

Edinburgh-based fintech FNZ has strengthened its European business with its acquisition of Dublin-based IPSI, whilst at the same time receiving investment from Singapore's Temasek. The global platform-as-a-service provider has agreed to acquire Dublin-based third-party administration (TPA) solutions

Tax relief for home loan interest payments was abolished on 6 April 2000, and higher rate tax relief on buy-to-let mortgages is restricted to the 20% basic rate from April this year. However, Grant Property, says there is a way to obtain tax relief on the interest payments. Ronnie Ludwig, tax expert

Glasgow ranks first out of all large European cities for foreign direct investment strategy, according to new analysis by fDi Intelligence.

Former Deloitte and Arthur Andersen partner Garry North has been appointed as a chief operating officer of Aberdeenshire energy services company STATS Group. Mr North has over four decades of experience in the engineering and oil and gas industries and has held senior management roles in Europe, Nor

On behalf of Kennedy Wilson, Savills has completed the sale of two prime distribution units, Colossus 1 and Colossus 2, at Eurocentral, to Blackstone’s Mileway platform for £16.1 million, representing a net initial yield of 5.95%.

Perth-based insurance broker Clark Thomson saw its profits more than double in its first year under new ownership with Jelf. The company was obtained by Jelf in May 2018 and has since been rebranded as Marsh Commercial.

Glasgow-based watchmaker anOrdain is set for growth after sealing a loan deal with UMi Debt Finance Scotland, a £12 million fund that forms part of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Growth Scheme.

Scotland’s deals market is set to see increased activity in 2020, with a ready availability of cash expected to attract sellers as Brexit uncertainty dissipates, leading PwC to expand its deals team. PwC predicts that this year will see an increase in the sale of owner-managed businesses, whil

Harper Macleod has advised Scottish EDGE, the funding competition for the country's most ambitious entrepreneurs, on a deal which saw £500,000 added to the prize pot courtesy of Scottish Enterprise. The firm, which has been a supporter of Scottish EDGE since it launched in 2012, has also signe

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has acquired a row of adjoining six shophouses along 48 to 56 Peck Seah Street in Singapore, for c.S$54 million or S$2,700 per square foot. The acquisition was the company’s first in Singapore for its global real estate portfolio. Located in the prime Centra