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Glasgow-based signage company Prosigns has acquired East Kilbride signage and graphics company Centurion Signs, for an undisclosed sum.

A senior figure in Scotland’s business and accountancy sectors is due to receive an honorary degree from the University of Stirling next week. Alexander Philip Manson, Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and the former chief executive and chair of Johnston Carmichael Chartered Accountants, will r

A husband-and-wife team has brought Sri Lankan cuisine to Aberdeen after taking over a venue in Merchant Quarter. Mahinda and Menaka Jayaratne took over The Exchange Pub & Restaurant in late 2023, keen to offer a fresh take on dining, socialising and live music.

Dundee-based tech firm Waracle has agreed to acquire Screenmedia, a Glasgow-based design and software engineering agency, for an undisclosed sum. With its expertise in mobile app, digital product development and artificial intelligence, the acquisition pairs the 145-strong team at Waracle &ndas

Insurance brokerage Lockton Corporate Scotland is marking its 10-year anniversary since opening of its offices in Aberdeen and Glasgow. Since its inception, Lockton Corporate Scotland has achieved double-digit growth year after year.

Aberdeen-based consultancy Aspect: The Strategic Communication Experts has become 100% employee-owned through a new employee ownership trust (EOT). The announcement, coinciding with employee ownership day, comes after significant growth under founder and CEO Andrew McCallum. The firm's revenues are

Employee ownership in Scotland is has rapidly accelerated, with nearly 300 employee-owned businesses having a growing economic impact, according to Lindsays. Lawyers at the firm have been involved in more than 20 deals in recent years where the control of businesses of all kinds has transferred to e

Puma Property Finance has provided an £11 million follow-on loan to Glenmore Group to fund the development of a 98-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Dundee.

The Bank of England (BoE) has voted to maintain interest rates at 5.25%. Despite inflation hitting the 2% target, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 7-2 to keep rates at a 16-year high, citing the need to ensure sustained low inflation. However, a reduction as early as August was hinted at by

RBS-owner NatWest Group has agreed to buy a significant portion of Sainsbury's banking business. The banking group will acquire approximately £2.5 billion of gross customer assets, comprising £1.4bn of unsecured personal loans and £1.1bn of credit cards balances, together with appr

Over 100 female students from across Scotland attended the inaugural Careers Insight Day at Edinburgh Napier University. Organised by the financial services charity Future Asset, the event aimed to encourage young women to consider careers in the male-dominated sector, where only 12% of UK fund mana

International students studying at the University of Dundee are making a significant contribution to the local economy, generating £329 million annually for the Tayside and Fife regions, new figures have revealed. Findings published by HEPI and Kaplan International Pathways show that the parli

Investment manager Foresight Group has has expanded its Scottish team with four new hires in the past year. The move supports Foresight's commitment to investing in growing Scottish companies across all sectors. In January 2023, Foresight announced the first close of its Foresight Scotland Fund at m

EY has launched its first Scottish fintech lab in Edinburgh, following the Big Four firm's first successful lab in London. The lab is designed to collaborate with start-ups and scale-ups to create innovative solutions to key financial challenges across the UK region, with a particular focus on susta

Edinburgh-based AI legal assistant platform Wordsmith has received $5 million (around £3.94m) in seed funding. The company's platform aims to enhance lawyers' productivity, allowing them to focus on higher-value work. By automating routine tasks, the platform claims customers get 90% of the th