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A new local venture is set to open in Tarbert this April, combining a convenience shop, a deli, and a guesthouse in one central location on the Isle of Harris.

Figures from some of the world’s biggest financial, tech, and energy organisations will gather in Scotland this summer for a major festival on the future of finance.

UK distributor of fuel and lubricants Certas Energy, has acquired Ecclefechan truck stop in Lockerbie, a step in the company’s network expansion plans.

More than half of businesses expect trading conditions to worsen in 2026/27, while rising employment costs and wider uncertainty continue to weigh on confidence, according to Armstrong Watson’s latest Client Business Confidence Survey. The survey, completed by 245 businesses, found that 54% of

Anderson Strathern has announced a series of senior promotions across its Edinburgh, Glasgow and Orkney offices. Four lawyers have been promoted to director and partner level, following a period of sustained activity for the firm, particularly in rural and estates, private client and commercial real

Commercial property consultancy Ryden has announced a series of internal promotions and a key strategic hire in Aberdeen. Daniel Stalker has been promoted to partner in the investment team, while Cameron Whyte becomes partner in the agency team in Edinburgh.

Lloyds Banking Group has completed the first-known experiment into how quantum computing could help to identify money mules, marking a major step in building the skills and technology needed to tackle economic crime in the future. Lloyds Banking Group conducted an experiment that focused on money mu

This Monday has marked the start of the 2026/27 tax year, and with it has brought some modest income tax changes for Scottish taxpayers. As a result of the plans agreed by MSPs in February, the level of income at which Scottish taxpayers begin to pay more income tax than someone with equivalent earn

The next Scottish Government should introduce a binding annual economic growth target, Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has said. The call is part of a package of measures designed to make Scotland the “engine room” of the UK economy. SFE is calling on all political parties to adopt t

Loganair has appointed Scott Cunningham as chief financial officer, bringing over 25 years of finance and leadership experience to the team. Mr Cunningham has played a pivotal role in the growth and transformation of multiple international businesses. He has held senior positions across the Clyde Bl

With pensions being brought into estates in a year’s time, savers are being warned not to stop or reduce their contributions to "the best way of building long-term wealth" just to avoid a potential inheritance tax bill. New figures from Murphy Wealth suggest that contributing to a pension coul

Swiss cheesemakers have praised a court ruling which has saved the iconic holes in Emmental. Traditionally, the holes in Emmental have been caused by hay particles inadvertently introduced to the milk when cows are milked by hand in the barns where they live and eat.

Seven innovative projects to support small food and drink producers in parts of the Highlands and Islands have been awarded a total of £169,750 through the Small Producers Pilot Fund. The successful initiatives in Skye, Easter Ross, Moray, the Outer Hebrides and Argyll and Bute will strengthen

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has closed its investigation into KPMG over the auditing firm's work on Entain, the owner of Ladbrokes. The probe, announced in January 2025, centred on Entain's financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022. It followed significant legal troubles for

A Scottish pastry-making business run by its founding family for four generations has become employee-owned. Cumbernauld-based William Sword says its transition to an employee ownership trust (EOT) will give the company’s 85-strong staff team direct control over their own future as they target