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The University of Dundee has been named the UK’s Outstanding Entrepreneurial University of the Year in the 2024 Times Higher Education Awards, held in Birmingham.

A package of new measures to support small businesses and deliver growth has been set out by the UK government. The package, announced in the run up to Small Business Saturday this weekend includes targeted action to unleash the potential of disabled and female entrepreneurs, and a crackdown on late

Stirling-based Expert IT Solutions has announced it has transitioned to an employee ownership trust (EOT). Founded in 2002 by entrepreneurs Mark Lonnen and Gavin Glass, the company has grown significantly and is now a trusted provider of IT solutions to businesses large and small across the whole of

Wealth manager St James’s Place has revealed plans to make approximately 500 corporate staff redundant as part of a cost-cutting drive.

Burness Paull has strengthened its offering for clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors with the appointment of Scott Duncan as a partner in the firm’s construction and projects team. Mr Duncan is an experienced lawyer with a strong track record of acting for energy and infrastructure

Principal contractor Procast Group has acquired Glasgow-based building surveying and cost consultancy business JC+P Property and Construction Consultants in a six figure deal. With its HQ in Hamilton, Procast Group has bought over JC+P (previously known as James Clark & Partners Scotland) in a s

The average selling price of property across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders saw a 5.3% boost during September-November 2024, compared to the same time last year, taking the new average price to £286,263, ESPC has revealed. All regions (with the exception of East Fife) experience

Scotland’s economy recorded strong growth in the first half of 2024 broadly keeping pace with the UK, but there are signs that growth is slowing in the second half of the year, according to the latest EY ITEM Club Scottish Forecast. GVA should expand by 0.7% over the course of 2024, slightly b

LDC, the private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has exited its investment in Lomond, the lettings and estate agent platform which owns DJ Alexander. LDC will reinvest in Lomond alongside new investor ICG, the global asset manager, the founding chairman and management.

The Scottish Budget needs to detail immediate actions to address the housing emergency, according to DJ Alexander Ltd. The property firm said that the Scottish Government needs to provide stimulus for the private building sector, provide clarity and stimulus to the private rented sector (PRS), put i

The ESPC has called for the full efforts of the Scottish Government to be put into increasing the supply of homes in Scotland. ESPC’s chief executive Paul Hilton believes that the Housing Bill, which has just passed Stage 1 at Holyrood, will have little impact on supply and that the "largest h

A man in Oxfordshire has created the ultimate fantasy treehouse with a theme dedicated to writer C.S. Lewis. 

The Pope's surgeon has been charged with fraud in connection with allegedly fake records of operations he never performed. Sergio Alfieri, who successfully operated on Pope Francis twice, in 2021 and 2023, lied about performing surgeries 29 times, prosecutors claim.

Deloitte has appointed Allee Bonnard as its new UK managing partner for audit and assurance, marking the first time a woman has held this position in the firm's 179-year history. Ms Bonnard is a financial services audit partner and has over 20 years of asset management and private equity experience

Aberdein Considine has bolstered its energy practice with a newly formed team of legal experts.