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The price of some popular Easter eggs have risen by 50% or more as climate change hits cocoa crops in West Africa.

A Robin Hood statue has been erected opposite the Bank of England in London coinciding with the UK launch of the stock trading app named after the Sherwood character.

In celebration of ‘World Storytelling Day’, Scottish Whisky bottler The Single Cask – home to a warehouse in Glenrothes of over 3000 casks – has expanded its team with two senior hires. Jan Damen joins as general manager with Helen Stewart takes the role of brand marketing ma

Businesses from across Edinburgh have come together to play in the second annual Big Match, raising £20,000 for disabled youth charity The Yard. Celebrity chef Tom Kitchin and former Hibs star Darren Dods were among those in action at Ainslie Park as the business community rallied round to sup

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has announced the biggest shake up in how it trains accountancy students in its 170-year history, with the launch of a new syllabus and a new way of learning for students. The new syllabus will make sure that the Chartered Accountant (CA

Venture capital firm Par Equity has today announced three new appointments to its Edinburgh team. Patricia El-Jichi joins as investment manager alongside Clara Baltay and Oliver Johnston-Watt who have been appointed investment analysts. Working from Par Equity’s Edinburgh office, the new

Aubrey Capital Management, the Edinburgh and London-based investment manager, and Chilean financial services group LarrainVial, have announced that, as part of the two firms’ wider partnership discussions, LVCC, part of the LarrainVial Group, has purchased a 25% stake in Aubrey.

Family-owned luxury jewellers, Laings, has opened a second TAG Heuer boutique in Scotland, situated in the prime luxury retail location of Multrees Walk in Edinburgh.

International audit, tax, and advisory firm Mazars has reported double-digit revenue growth across its Scottish offices for the financial year ending August 2023, as the firm's teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow achieved a combined 13% revenue increase, up 4% from the previous year. Across the UK, Mazar

A company accountant jailed for defrauding hundreds of thousands of pounds from his employer over three years has been ordered to hand over £77,000 under proceeds of crime legislation.

The average price of a property in Scotland reached £190,000 in January 2024, denoting a 4.8% year-on-year increase, according to the Registers of Scotland.

Shares in Martin Gilbert's investment firm AssetCo fell nearly 5% after losses widened to £26.7 million during a "exceptionally difficult" year for asset management. Rising interest rates, inflation and the pandemic's lingering effects contributed to outflows from the UK equity strategies of R

Deloitte has initiated a major reorganisation of its global operations, the largest in over a decade, as the Big Four firm aims to reduce costs and complexity amid an anticipated market slowdown. The restructuring will consolidate Deloitte's main business units from five to four, comprising audit an

St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory has led a £2.5 million investment into Neupulse, a start-up developing the world's first wearable device aimed at tackling Tourettes Syndrome (TS) and other tic disorders towards commercialisation. Neupulse’s recently finalised working protot

New legislation to reform judicial factors is a step in the right direction but could be further improved to ensure clarity, accessibility and efficiency, according to the Law Society of Scotland. The Law Society has provided written evidence on the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill, including its pr