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A former office manager of an Edinburgh property firm has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment after defrauding her employers and its clients of over £900,000. Emma Hunt, 37, spent thousands on parties, hospitality at sporting events, hotel stays, a five-star Caribbean holiday, cars, an

Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs from Interpath Advisory have been appointed joint provisional liquidators of North Lands Creative Glass, a Caithness-based charity and company limited by guarantee, on 22 August 2023. Established in 1995, the company aimed to pioneer glass art's potential and offer

Scottish agriculture-feed manufacturer, Galloway and MacLeod, has expanded operations to five new overseas markets after receiving operational support from Barclays Corporate Banking.

The Scottish Bed & Breakfast Association has written to the First Minister Humza Yousaf calling for an intervention to save thousands of small tourism accommodation businesses in Scotland by pausing the introduction of short-term let licensing.

St James Quarter has announced that the latest phase of the development will reach completion this November as W Edinburgh is set to open its doors at the new lifestyle district in Scotland's capital.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned advertisements by two London-based companies, Whisky Investment Partners and London Cask Company, for producing misleading claims about potential returns on Scotch whisky cask investments.

PwC UK has posted its financial performance for the last fiscal year, showing a rise in consolidated revenue by 16% to £5.8 billion. In line with their commitment to emerging technology, the company has decided to invest an additional £100 million in state-of-the-art technologies like AI

Members from Henderson Loggie's Edinburgh-based team dedicated their recent volunteering day to cleaning-up Portobello Beach.

Another rate hike in September may be less likely after recent data from the flash composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for August recorded a decline in private sector activity. This breaks the consecutive six-month expansion streak. Although the chief economic advisor to the EY ITEM Clu

Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP), a collaboration between Michelin, Dundee City Council, and Scottish Enterprise, has selected ten pioneering companies for its latest accelerator initiative, aiming to enhance sustainable mobility and promote decarbonisation. The programme, partly funded by S

Edinburgh's George Street has shown remarkable resilience with a surge in rental prices and a rapid decline in vacancies.

With HMRC forecasting that 283,400 estates will face inheritance tax (IHT) by 2028, Wylie & Bisset has urged clients to seek an early assessment of their IHT exposure and plan ahead. This forecast comes in the wake of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's decision to maintain the IHT threshold at £325,

Accounting and financial advisory firm Armstrong Watson has made a number of key promotions and appointments in its Glasgow office. Martin Johnston has been promoted to audit and assurance partner, and the firm has also appointed employment tax partner Brian Rudkin, and Stewart Crockett, who has tak

Italian cheesemakers have developed a microchip as small as a grain of rice to be used in their battle against cheese counterfeiters. The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium (PRC) said microtransponders installed in over 120,000 parmesan rinds to date are among "new methods" being deployed to help custom

Continuing its series of rapid acquisitions, Edison Group has bolstered its portfolio by acquiring Linlithgow-based Cabin Scotland Limited in an all-cash deal. The acquisition is viewed as a strategic move to enhance its diversified property services.