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A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: PWR's Bellshill move, Loch Duart's investment in fish processing facility, IMERAI's new ground-breaking sensor, Cortex's rebranding and board appointments, Foodmek's six-figure order for virus test kit vessels, 

Glasgow-based housebuilder AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has appointed Simon Donaldson as its new finance director. Mr Donaldson joins from retirement living specialists McCarthy & Stone where he was regional finance director for Scotland. The chartered accountant will concentrate on developing a stra

Allied Irish Bank (GB) has donated £2,000 to charities in Scotland to support communities through the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Edinburgh branch has donated £1,000 to Radio Forth’s Cash for Kids, while the Glasgow team gave £1,000 to the Peek Project in the east end of the

Portlethen-based Acumen Accountants and Advisors, which also has offices in Inverurie and Peterhead, has bought out Keltic Accounting of Inverurie for an undisclosed sum in a deal signed whilst the country was in lockdown. The buy-out is the second acquisition for the firm this year after

Family-owned Crieff Hydro Group has announced that 241 members of staff will be made redundant at the start of August. The firm which owns seven rural hotels is planning to cut over a quarter of its staff across the group's hotel portfolio.

The UK Government has announced that it will delay the introduction of the reverse charge VAT because of the impact it will have on firms who are dealing with the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement delaying the introduction of the scheme until 1 March 2021 follows an ear

A multidisciplinary team from across both Burges Salmon’s Bristol and Edinburgh offices has advised global renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. UK on its acquisition of Dalquhandy Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire from Brockwell Energy. Dalquhandy is one of Brockwell Energy's key proje

Convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan is partnering with insurance company MS&AD Insurance Group to sell life insurance across its 20,000 stores. 

Barclays has launched a toolkit to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Scotland and the UK get back on their feet as they navigate the uncertainty created by coronavirus. The ‘Barclays Back to Business’ programme has been designed in partnership with the Cambridge Judge

Small businesses which share properties but do not pay business rates are now eligible to apply for grants to help with the impact of COVID-19, the Scottish Government has announced.  The extension to the Small Business Grant Fund will apply to firms occupying shared office spaces, business inc

A parliamentary inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2021/22 has been announced by Holyrood’s finance and constitution committee.

NatWest Group, the owner of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has launched a £1 million fund to support victims of economic and domestic abuse, in a new partnership with SafeLives. SafeLives is a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.

The funding being given to support communities across Scotland affected by coronavirus is to be displayed on a new collection of digital maps.

A new survey of nearly 200 UK charities conducted by accountancy firm Scott Moncrieff has revealed that 55% have suffered a significant drop in their cash reserves, whilst nearly 60% have less than 6 months cash in reserve to cover normal operating expenditure.  The survey also found that just

The Sunday Times recently reported that, when confronted with the likelihood of 3.5million job losses if the country doesn’t reopen over the summer, Boris Johnstone apparently responded “Christ”! The UK’s COVID narrative is pivoting to the economic toll, and emergency measur