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Scotland-based 3t, a provider of training, learning technologies and simulation solutions for safety-critical industries, has successfully issued bonds on the Norwegian Stock Market, raising $100 million (around £80m) in financing to aid planned strategic acquisitions. The bond issuance repres

Small businesses in Scotland are more optimistic than at any time in the last two years, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The FSB's Small Business Index (SBI) for Q1 2024 indicates a return of confidence into positive territory with a score of +10.7, surpassing the UK average o

Infinityblu Dental Care and Implant Clinic has acquired Eyemouth Dental Practice in a deal worth £775,000. Since its 2007 founding in Pitlochry by Chris Barrowman, Infinityblu has added a further 10 regional practices nationwide, with over £10 million invested and over 150 staff emp

Vicki Miller, director of marketing and digital at VisitScotland, has been named the organisation’s next chief executive officer. She will succeed Malcolm Roughead OBE, who retires after 23 years at the organisation, including 14 as CEO.

Pinsent Masons has appointed forensic accounting specialist David Lister as partner. Mr Lister, based in Edinburgh, was previously at a Big Four accounting firm EY where he was a partner for ten years. He joins the Pinsent Masons forensics & accounting services (FAS) team as the firm contin

Dame Shirley Bassey is to auction off her jewellery collection which is estimated to be worth over £598,260.

The number of house sales in Scotland fell flat in April, according to the results of the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), has imposed hefty fines on accounting giants PwC and EY, along with a smaller firm, Oliver Clive & Co, for audit failures related to London Capital & Finance (LCF), a collapsed investment group. PwC and EY were fined £4.9 million and £4.4m r

A criminal defence lawyer who repeatedly made off without paying her restaurant bills has been struck off. English solicitor Kerry Ann Stevens was convicted of fraud last year in connection with two incidents, one where she left a restaurant with an unpaid £60.91 bill and another where she lie

Ticketing and bookings platform Citizen Ticket has announced its acquisition of TicketSellers & Eventree, a fellow player in the event ticketing industry with over 25 years of operational excellence, for an undisclosed sum. A multiple seven figure deal, executed through a combination of cash and

Creative and digital agency, LEWIS has acquired Tayburn in a six-figure cash and equity deal that will combine almost a century of creative and digital expertise. This deal will bring together the two firms to offer clients a creative partnership focused on today’s evolving business needs.

Nami Surgical, a Scottish company innovating robotic-assisted surgery, has received a total of £3.2 million of investment and grant funding to revolutionise the field with its ultrasonic platform. St Andrews-based impact investment firm Eos Advisory (Eos) led the seed £2.5m round alongsi

Glasgow City Region’s manufacturing sector is poised for a significant uplift, courtesy of a £14 million 'levelling up' injection into three pioneering research and development (R&D) initiatives.

Scotland's gross value added (GVA) is expected to rise by 0.4% this year, down from a previous forecast of 0.7%, according to the latest EY ITEM Club Scottish Spring forecast. A slightly stronger growth trajectory for 2025 is now projected — 1.7%, up from 1.4% — with sustained growth in

The property market across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, and the Borders witnessed a moderate overall rise in average selling prices, though with notable variations among regions.