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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.

Edinburgh tech company Workpro has secured an additional £500,000 equity investment from existing sources as well as three new investors, including Capital for Colleagues. Workpro, the market-facing brand of Computer Application Services Ltd (CAS), has provided case management solutions for bu

Ross Stupart, RSM’s head of tax in Scotland, considers the Scottish Government's recently-published tax strategy. One of the main criticisms businesses have aimed at the Scottish Government’s approach to tax so far has been the lack of alignment with wider economic policy.

The Scottish economy shrank slightly in October, according to the latest GDP estimates. Scotland’s onshore GDP is estimated to have contracted by 0.2% in October, following unrevised 0.3% growth in September.

Johnston Carmichael has collected over 100 items of new and lightly worn pre-loved clothing for charities that help unemployed men and women back into work. The clothes are being shared with Smart Works Scotland, which provides clothing and coaching to help women into employment, and Grassroots Clot

Glasgow-based VAT & Indirect Tax Advisors (VITA) has expanded its team with two new appointments. Chantal Scheepers joins the indirect tax advisory firm as practice manager and Rachael Moran joins as tax trainee.

Scotland's labour market remained relatively stable from August to October 2024 despite economic challenges, ONS figures have revealed. In this period, the employment rate was down 0.4%, reaching 73.2% – slightly lower than the UK rate of 74.9%. However, Scotland's unemployment rate of 3.6% wa

Glasgow City Council has appointed Robert Emmott as its new executive director of financial services. Mr Emmott, who currently holds a similar role at Dundee City Council, will succeed Martin Booth in the New Year.