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Soft drinks producer AG Barr has unveiled its financial results for the year ended 28 January 2024, revealing a pretax profit of £51.3 million, up 15.5% from £44.4m. Revenue at the soft drinks producer rose 25.9% from £317.6m to £400m year-on-year.

Leith-headquartered Castle Community Bank has reported a year of strong growth for 2023 at its AGM, with total membership figures up to over 46,000 in September. Chief executive Adrian Sargent said: “I’m proud of our team, and the growth that we have achieved this year.

A new programme has been launched by Social Investment Scotland (SIS), in partnership with NatureScot and The National Lottery Heritage Fund, to attract private investment for Scottish nature restoration projects. Funded by the Scottish Government, the scheme will provide expert guidance, coaching,

Glasgow-based digital marketing agency GRA has embarked on an ambitious international expansion phase with a series of significant contract wins from new players in the dynamic US tech sector. While Scotland remains the dominant market for the full-service agency, the move into the US arena –

A former headteacher whose son registered her business on Companies House without her knowledge is now the creator of an award-winning Scottish craft gin. Collymoon Craft Gin’s Gealach Úr Scottish Dry Gin recently won the Bronze Medal Award for Scotland in the London Dry Gin category at

Unity Trust Bank, which supports organisations delivering positive social impact across the UK, has reported record lending of over £1 billion in its 2023 annual results. This marks the first time the 40-year-old bank has exceeded this milestone, with nearly half (48.2%) of its financing in Sc

The door that was used on the set of Titanic has been sold at auction for almost a million dollars.

Following Grant Thornton UK’s Scotland corporate finance team’s recent success in advising on the sale of Artificial Lift Performance Limited (ALP), a provider of advanced analytics solutions for enhancing oil and gas production performance, to NASDAQ-listed ChampionX, the firm continue

A hotel complex in the Scottish Highlands, dedicated to members of the British armed forces, veterans and their families, has secured a six-figure funding deal to complete its transformation. Forces Manor, situated in the Cairngorms National Park and owned by former army soldier and now veteran Tony

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has come under scrutiny for hiring an internal candidate lacking audit qualifications as chief internal auditor, after advertising the £220,000 role for just five working days.

North-east waste management and recycling firm EIS Waste Services Ltd has secured a £300,000 three-year contract with Port of Aberdeen. The comprehensive deal involves providing waste management and recycling services across the port's estate, from visiting vessels to office facilities.

A KPMG report has revealed that 115 Scottish companies received over £359 million in venture capital (VC) funding in 2023 – almost half the 2022 total. The Venture Pulse Survey shows this is a marked a decline from record levels seen in 2022 and 2021, which were £707m and &pou

A man who learned printing skills in prison as part of a rehabilitative programme later put his skills to work counterfeiting bank notes, according to police. Bhupendra Singh Dhakat, a 35-year-old man from the state of Madhya Pradesh in India, was found to have nearly 100 counterfeit notes when arre

N4 Partners has completed a further seven-figure investment to become the majority shareholder of accounting, tax and audit firm Opulus Financial. Opulus has grown rapidly through a series of acquisitions since its inception in 2021, including Wylie & Bisset, George & Co, John Kerr & Co,

Aberdeen-based engineered leak sealing solution specialist Kinetics Controls and Innovation Ltd (KCI) has announced the transfer of shareholding to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The move aims to guarantee collective success for employees and the company while ensuring a seamless transition