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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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%.

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

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

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.

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

A multi-millionaire couple who lost a court battle with their architect friend over her free landscaping advice on their £5 million property, have been forced to pay £2 million in costs.

Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced the appointment of Derek Mitchell and Lyn Calder as new office managing partners. Derek Mitchell will take over as managing partner of the firm’s Aberdeen office on 1 April and in Edinburgh, this role will be assumed by Lyn Calder.

Aberdeen-based Well-SENSE has appointed corporate financier Stuart Black as its new global director. Mr Black joined the company last month, bringing with him over 12 years' experience within the energy and FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) sectors, specialising in strategic planning and corporate d

Independent Wealth Planners UK (IWP UK) has announced the acquisition of Scottish firm AGL Wealth Management as the company’s first office in the region. IWP, an investor in local IFA firms across the UK, has been working with the AGL management team for the past few months to complete the dea