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Glasgow-based AI chatbot and messaging technology company Konversable has raised £300,000 following a successful funding round. The round attracted investment from a broad range of UK and global high net worth business angels, with support provided by commercial law firm Davidson Chalmers Stew

Infowars, the far-right media outlet built by disgraced conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has been acquired at auction by satirical news website The Onion. Jones – once close to Donald Trump – declared bankruptcy after he was ordered to pay $1.5 billion (c. £1.2bn) to families of vic

Scottish social enterprise lettings agency Homes for Good and Glasgow Credit Union have entered a partnership aimed at providing sustainable, high-quality housing for low-income individuals and families in Glasgow and neighbouring areas. Glasgow Credit Union has provided a £2.4 million corpora

Aon plc has welcomed its latest cohort of new, diverse early careers talent to its Glasgow and Edinburgh offices with the arrival of nine recent graduates.

Canadian investment firm Avialliance is set to acquire AGS Airports, owner of Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Southampton airports, in a deal worth approximately £1.53 billion. Avialliance, the airports platform of Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), will take over from the Ferrov

AM Sci Tech, a subsidiary of Hurstwood Holdings is pleased to announce the appointment of Gordon Pirie as asset manager at Aberdeen Energy & Innovation Parks. He brings extensive experience in property investment and development and will play a key role in overseeing day-to-day asset management

Announced ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix next weekend, luxury whisky Chivas Regal has been appointed ‘Official Team Partner’ of the Scuderia Ferrari HP Formula 1 team in a new global multi-year partnership that unites two iconic heritage brands with a shared legacy in craft, innovati

Ahead of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced it is running a series of events to help local entrepreneurs in Scotland to thrive. Designed to provide support to founders at all stages of their business journey, RBS is opening the doors of its Accelerator Hub in Gl

Scottish Land & Estates, the rural business organisation, has welcomed the cross-party recognition of the triple blow to Scotland’s rural businesses caused by the recent UK budget.

Office take-up in Aberdeen has rebounded during the third quarter of 2024 after a slow start to the year, according to Knight Frank.

Newton Property Management has acquired Aberdeen Property Leasing’s (APL) block factoring portfolio. At the start of October, APL transferred all common management responsibilities for 1,400 factored properties to Newton. The deal followed APL’s decision to focus on their core letting se

Blackadders has posted a 6% rise in profit and 1.4% growth in turnover, for the combined income its law and wealth management operations, in the latest fiscal year (2023/24), as it positions itself to make the most of AI integration and to hit growth targets. The combined turnover for Blackadde

Weatherbys Private Bank has appointed Hannah Law as a private banker to its Edinburgh office as it continues to attract new Scottish clients. Ms Law joins Weatherbys after having spent the past decade at Citi in London, latterly working for its professional services group advising clients from large

Enquiries from prospective homebuyers and newly agreed home sales in Scotland have risen at their fastest rate in several years, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

A diamond necklace with possible links to a scandal that contributed to the downfall of Marie Antoinette has sold for $4.8 million (£3.8m) at auction.