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As Christmas 2023 approaches, Scottish retailers have been faced with a challenging trading environment, marked by a slowdown in sales growth, according to the KPMG-SRC Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.

Stirling Distillery, nestled beneath Stirling Castle, has expanded its whisky repertoire with the introduction of a new blended malt whisky. Castle Rock is their newest whisky release made from carefully selected Speyside single malts. Hand-picked by distillery owner Cameron McCann, the whisky is a

The Orbex Prime rocket (credit: Orbex) Orbital launch services company Orbex has received a £3.3 million funding grant from the UK Space Agency.

SGN has announced the appointment of Darren Elsom as its new chief operating officer. Mr Elsom is a highly respected senior leader in the energy sector with over 30 years’ experience. He will oversee SGN’s operations, engineering, asset management and customer service.

Savills has enhanced its infrastructure and projects division in Scotland with the appointment of Jessica Arrowsmith as a new operations director. Ms Arrowsmith, based in Savills' Edinburgh office, joins from Edinburgh Airport where she led the change management programme for the operations tea

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has confirmed the renewal of its title sponsorship deal with the SPFL Trust for the SPFL Trust Trophy, funded by philanthropist James Anderson, who was formerly partner at Baillie Gifford and fund manager of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trus

The winner of the Netflix reality show Squid Game: The Challenge has said that she has not received the $4.56 million (around £3.63m) prize she was promised.

Johnston Carmichael has reinforced its business advisory team by appointing Jim Lockhart as a new partner in its expanding Glasgow office, which saw 13 promotions in December. Mr Lockhart has over 25 years of experience working across the finance sector for firms of all sizes, ranging from a five-pa

The Scottish Budget is under pressure to boost the housing sector, as highlighted by property firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The company's CEO, David Alexander, stresses the urgent need for governmental action, including stimulating private sector building, expanding social housing, and revising the Land an

Glasgow-based Consilium Chartered Accountants has successfully provided financial due diligence services to Smedvig Capital for its investment in Minut AB, a Swedish technology firm. The deal, which saw Smedvig invest $5 million (around £4m) in Minut, based in Malmo, is part of Smedvig's ongoi

BGF, the UK and Ireland-based growth capital investor, has become a certified UK B Corporation (B Corp). BGF’s B Corp status reflects its long-standing commitment to creating a positive impact both within and beyond the organisation. Through its investments, BGF seeks to foster sustainable, re

Surplus funds resulting from the winding up of one of Scotland's oldest charities have been passed on to the Rock Trust to go towards the prevention of youth homelessness. At the request of Balnacraig School's board of directors, the liquidator Shona Campbell, of Henderson Loggie, has passed &p

Inverclyde-based Ardgowan Distillery has appointed David Keir a new sales and marketing director as it begins construction on its £20 million state of the art ‘cathedral of whisky’. With more than 25 years’ experience building premium spirits brands, including Bruichladdich,

The rental market in Scotland has seen significant fluctuations over the past year, with the average rental price for newly let properties rising by 12.9%, according to Zoopla's December report.

The appearance of graffiti has sped up the repair and reopening of an Edinburgh road, it would seem.