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Over the course of 2024, Scottish Financial News published over 240 articles in our popular And Finally section – sharing offbeat and weird finance and business news stories from around the world. But which were the most popular? Read on to find our most-read And Finallys of 2024.

The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC), owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) and Single Cask Nation (SCN), is on track to achieve a £1 million EBITDA for FY24, representing a significant improvement on the previous year, according to its latest trading update. This success is attributed

A small, Inverclyde printing company which has carved a niche for itself with specialist work has strengthened its executive team with the appointment of a prominent Scottish business figure as a non-executive director. Port Glasgow-based Love & Humphries, which bills itself as The Clever Printi

Richard Gardiner of Thomson Cooper Accountants has been appointed liquidator of Heritage Park Estates Limited, the company operating Bendochy Park in Blairgowrie. This follows a dispute with residents who were ordered to vacate their lodges by December 2026.

The Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold interest rates at 4.75%, following a slight uptick in inflation in November. The decision aligns with economists' predictions, as November's inflation figures rose to 2.6%, up from 2.3% in October.

KPMG has posted a 5.4% rise in global revenues to $38.4 billion (c. £30.5bn), outpacing its Big Four rivals in terms of revenue growth in the past year. The performance was driven by gains in audit, tax, and advisory services. Despite a slowdown in technology and M&A activity, KPMG's

Having recovered a record £160 million in compensation for clients last year, Digby Brown Solicitors has reported revenue increasing by 15% to £46.7m and a 22% increase in profit to £21.9m. Accounts for 2023/24 show the firm helped people after high-profile incidents including the

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed Liam Orr as its new head of business growth for Argyll and the Islands. Originally from Benderloch near Oban, Mr Orr took up the post in early December and leads HIE’s business growth team across an area covering Argyll and Bute, Arran and t

Link Group Limited’s finances have retained their ‘A’ with a stable outlook rating given by Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P) in its most recent November 2024 review. S&P, an American credit rating agency that publishes financial research and analysis on stoc

Kaly Group, a Scottish start-up aiming to capitalise on the burgeoning £9 billion European seaweed market, has secured a £300,000 investment. The funding round was led by TRICAPITAL Angels, with co-investment from Scottish Enterprise.

Japanese crime syndicates have reportedly begun using Pokémon trading cards to launder vast amounts of money. The former head of a crime syndicate told Japanese magazine Shunkan Gendai that his organisation used the cards to transport stolen money abroad, according to a translation published

The latest HPI for Scotland show the average price of a property in Scotland in October 2024 was £197,000, an increase of 5.5% when compared to October 2023. Compared to the previous month, house prices in Scotland increased by 0.2% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whilst on a seasonally ad

The oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments is to be auctioned in New York today. The 1,500-year-old tablet, being auctioned by Sotheby's, is expected to net between $1 million and $2 million in a single-lot sale this afternoon.

Millions of women who were impacted by the equalisation of the pension age will not receive compensation despite a finding of "maladministration". The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) found in March 2024 that there was a 28-month delay in communicating changes to the state pension a

Shops in Scotland are expecting to see their business rates bills rise by around £7.6 million from April 2025. The Scottish Government's Budget increases the business rate for all firms occupying medium-sized and larger commercial premises by 1.7% in 2025-26.