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The United States Mint has announced an auction to celebrate 232 years of producing one-penny coins, which has come to an end.

Dundee-based SPAR wholesaler and convenience retailer CJ Lang & Son Ltd has reported a small rise in turnover to £255 million and a decline in operating profit to £2.5 million. In its financial statement for the year ended 27 April 2025, the family-owned business reported a year of r

Edinburgh-headquartered Rhizocore Technologies, a biotechnology company which uses fungi to improve tree growth and survival rates, has secured £4.5 million in investment to scale its innovative approach to forestry and woodland restoration. The funding round was led by The First Thirty, a spe

ICAS has called on Rachel Reeves to deliver a budget that "backs businesses as the engines of economic growth". Ms Reeves will deliver the Autumn Budget announcement next Wednesday 26 November.

The UK government is poised to outlaw the resale of tickets for profit, with measures to be announced today targeting touts and major platforms such as Viagogo and StubHub. Ministers had considered permitting touts – and ordinary buyers – to resell tickets at up to 30 per cent above face

Scottish accountancy firm Henderson Loggie is urging Scottish charities to take early action as changes to both the audit threshold and the Charities SORP 2026 create a new and more complex reporting landscape. The Scottish Government has announced that the statutory audit threshold will rise for th

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has appointed James Paterson as head of tax in Scotland. Mr Paterson joined BDO in 2006, having trained in BDO’s London real estate tax team before relocating back to Scotland in 2016 and making partner in 2017.

AAB has recruited Andrew Webster as a virtual finance partner in the firm's Aberdeen office. Mr Webster's appointment strengthens AAB's virtual finance function, which supports businesses across all aspects of the finance function from day-to-day transactional work to senior strategic finance helpin

Chartered accounting and business advisory firm Saffery is continuing its expansion in Edinburgh after appointing 15 new team members across its corporate tax, accounting and audit divisions.

Law firms Perkins Coie and Ashurst, which has an office in Glasgow, are to merge to form Ashurst Perkins Coie. The new firm's footprint will span 52 offices in 23 countries, with flagship hubs in Seattle, London, Sydney and New York.

A French man who found a treasure trove of gold bars and coins when he dug up his garden to build a swimming pool may be forced to hand over the hoard to their heirs of its presumed original owner.

A total of 115 company insolvencies were registered in Scotland in October this year, the same number as in October 2024, according to the latest UK Government Insolvency statistics. 

Wood Group shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the recommended £216 million cash acquisition of the firm by Sidara. A resolution to approve the Scheme of Arrangement passed with 89.07% in favour, bringing discussions over the future of the company, formerly led by Sir Ian Wood to a concl

The Royal Bank of Scotland and the Scottish Asian Business Chambers have announced a new partnership to support entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities to grow.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has stressed that the fight against fraud must continue as its annual detected fraud data reveals that £1.16 billion worth of fraudulent general insurance claims were identified in 2024 – a 2% increase on the £1.14bn detected the previous y