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Marie Curie and KPMG UK have scooped up a Better Society award for best partnership with a national charity. KPMG selected Marie Curie as the firm’s National Charity Partner in 2021. The three-year partnership aims to improve end of life care for everyone through support in four key areas &nda

The Scottish government’s Land Reform Bill is "gambling" with the future of communities in rural Scotland and investment in the transition to net zero. Scottish Land & Estates, the rural business organisation, made the comments as it published its submission on the draft legislation follow

MSPs have backed legislation giving councils a new power to introduce a visitor levy to raise funding for local visitor facilities and services. The Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill will enable local authorities to apply a levy on overnight stays with all money raised to be reinvested in services and fa

Scottish Highlands tour operator, Highland Experience Tours, has secured a £2 million funding boost from Lombard, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

Financial Inclusion for Scotland (FIFS) has issued a call to the Scottish Government to prioritise the allocation of dormant assets towards combating financial exclusion across Scotland. The recommendation is part of a series of measures contained within Scotland’s first collaborative Financia

The Co-operative Bank brand could disappear from UK high streets amid its acquisition by Coventry Building Society for £780 million.

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) has been faced with a significant budget reduction, potentially limiting its investment capacity and ambitions to become self-sustaining. Holyrood has allocated £181 million to SNIB in its latest budget for the bank to use between April 2024 an

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) has seen a 3.5% year-on-year increase in passenger numbers for 2023/24 across its network of 11 airports bringing the total number of passengers to almost 1.5 million.

KPMG Switzerland and KPMG UK's partners have overwhelmingly voted to merge, creating a new $4.4 billion (£3.44bn) entity that will rank as the second-largest firm within the KPMG network.

FINDRA, a Borders-based women's outdoor clothing company, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a fresh round of investment and a crowdfunding campaign to fuel its ambitious growth plans. Founded in 2014 by award-winning fashion designer Alex Feechan, FINDRA has garnered a loyal following due to its

Aurora Avionics, a Scottish space firm specialising in the development of rocket avionics systems, has secured over £320,000 in funding from Gabriel Investment Syndicate and Scottish Enterprise. At present the growing number of launch vehicle manufacturers are investing vast sums, as well as t

Law firm Balfour+Manson has announced its merger with Alastair Hart & Co (AH&Co), expanding its presence in the North-east. The firm, which was established in 1888, marks 20 years of business in Aberdeen as it joins forces with AH&Co, which has offices in both Aberdeen City and Port

Grant funding from the Highland Council for business start-ups has helped the area register a record number of new businesses in the last year. Highland Council’s Business Gateway service has supported over 2000 businesses with start-up and growth support in the last year and assisted 358 to s

A pocket watch beloning to Sir Winston Churchill has been sold at auction for £76,000.

Law firm CMS has appointed Sally Clark to the firm’s disputes resolution practice in the senior role of Of Counsel. Ms Clark joins from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), where she developed extensive experience in a wide range of corporate and financial crime cases includ