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A family-owned and operated Scottish car dealership group has expanded its operations with its new Dundee Ford Centre thanks to £3 million funding from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Dalkeith Retail Centre Ltd T/A Your Ford Centre will use the funding to purchase its fifth site which will s

The Glasgow-headquartered pensions and SIPP provider @sipp firm has promoted a long-serving team member to finance manager, and elevated finance director Steve Lancaster to the newly created chief operating officer (COO) role. Mr Lancaster will oversee @sipp’s sales and operations departments

Bellway’s plan to buy smaller housebuilder Crest Nicholson for around £720 million is now off despite months of negotiations.

Joining from a Big Four firm, Azets has appointed George Roberts as corporate tax partner to its Glasgow office. Mr Roberts was last head of the local transactions tax team at EY. He has extensive experience of developing tax strategies on a wide variety of transactions both in the UK and inter

Scottish house prices saw a 4.3% year-on-year increase in June 2024, reaching an average of £192,000, and outpacing the UK average growth, according to Registers of Scotland.

Glasgow-based social enterprise MsMissMrs has demonstrated remarkable impact in addressing child poverty and empowering women. In just one year, with an investment of £165,000, it helped over 100 women rebuild their lives, leading to an estimated £3 million in social value, according to

Figures compiled by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) show that businesses and communities supported by the agency across Inner Moray Firth during the last financial year are set to create or retain around 650 jobs. HIE’s outturns for 2023/24 were achieved through a combination of financi

Macdonald Henderson has advised Turnkey IPS, a provider of software solutions to the insolvency industry, on an investment by Bowmark Capital, a private equity firm. Established by Dr Barry Wood in 1980, Turnkey has grown to become the market leader for corporate restructuring and insolvency softwar

Fife builder Muir Homes is to pivot away from the north east in favour of a central Scotland focus in an attempt to return to profitability and long-term growth.

Asda has partnered with Scottish grower Peter Marshall & Co (Marshall Farms) to serve up over 3.5 million hand-picked Scottish cherries to fruit lovers across the UK this summer. The deal will extend Asda’s five-year partnership with Marshall Farms through its supplier Scotty Brand, expand

Scotland's private sector showed solid growth in July, driven mainly by the service sector, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The bank's latest Regional Growth Tracker data shows private sector firms across Scotland signalled a solid rise in activity at the start of the second half

Edinburgh-headquartered private bank Hampden & Co has reported significant demand for personalised banking over the first half of 2024 as deposits, lending and client numbers all grew by double-digits. Total deposits across current, call, notice and term accounts increased by 15.8% year-on-year

The Cumberland Building Society has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) as a patron. This partnership aims to strengthen support for hospitality businesses, particularly those offering room-led accommodation. The society specialises in mortgages for a variety of bus

Edison Capital’s Eden Homes is set to build over 150 new homes across Scotland’s west central belt for a gross development value (GDV) of £64 million over the next two years – with 53 units already underway.

Banknotes with a original value of £78,430 have been sold for more than 11 times that amount for charity following a series of auctions.