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Only 8 per cent of UK manufacturers have a significant understanding of the use of increased automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, the so called fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0, despite 59 per cent recognising that this will have a big impact on the sector, accordi

Eureka directors Aileen Primrose (Sales and Marketing), David Lindores (Technical) and Gillian Livingstone (Managing Director). Cloud business solutions provider Eureka Solutions has embarked on a new phase of expansion with a brand new, purpose-built office.

Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has this week completed the move from its central base at 9 Queens Road to their new purpose built headquarters at the Prime Four Business Park in Kingswells on the outskirts of the Granite City.

A company and individual who accepted the transfer of four properties – challenged by joint administrators of the transferor companies as gratuitous alienations – have had their appeal to theSupreme Court against a decision of the Inner House of the Court of Session dismissed. Oceancrown Ltd, Lo

After a period of strong growth in Scotland’s central belt, independent real estate consultancy Knight Frank has expanded its commercial property operations by taking new premises in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The move comes on the back of delivering two consecutive years of record profits, and has se

Professional job availability in Scotland has decreased by 11 per cent year on year to May 2016 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). The data, provided by recruitment software company, Innovantage, revealed that even though overall demand has dipped,

Edinburgh-based property development and investment business, the Chris Stewart Group (CSG), has purchased Blenheim House in Edinburgh and is planning to modernise and upgrade the office building in the east end of the city centre.

Ed Molyneux Nearly three quarters of freelancers and micro-businesses are against the UK leaving the EU, according to new research by cloud accounting provider FreeAgent.

Jill Sinclair DWF has announced the launch of its counter fraud team in Scotland with the appointment of partner Jill Sinclair (pictured), who joins from Harper Macleod and will lead the team.

Lidl, one of Scotland’s largest supermarket chains with a market share of 5.6 per cent, has announced a £50 million investment in its property portfolio over the next 12 months.

Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed that it is cutting 900 jobs as part of its ongoing drive to save £800m by the end of this year. The Edinburgh-based bailed-out lender, which is still 73 per cent state-owned, has already cut more than 2,500 jobs since January.

Scotland’s finance sector will be voting overwhelmingly to ‘remain’ in the EU at the polls tomorrow, according to our very own survey of Scotland’s finance professionals. Almost three quarters of the almost 500 SFN readers who took part in the poll say they are set to vote to ‘remain’ in

Rents in Scotland are at a record high of £549 on average per month after the fastest month-on-month growth on record, according to new figures from one of Scotland’s largest lettings agent networks. The latest Scotland Buy-to-Let Index from Your Move revealed that average residential rents have

Dominic Selica is an account executive at Blueclaw Media.

RGL Management, the group representing small businesses bringing a class action against Royal Bank of Scotland over its claims that the lender’s controversial Global Restructuring Group forced them to the wall in order to strip them of assets is hitting the road to drum up more members. RGL has al