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Bounc-e, a salary sacrifice electric vehicle (EV) app in Scotland, has launched with the aim of facilitating a smooth transition for businesses to adopt electric fleets The app provides an extensive selection of EVs along with flexible contract options and fixed-term products, catering to companies

Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew has expanded its partnership with the addition of private client specialist David Mowlem. With 15 years of experience in tax and estate planning, Mr Mowlem is dual qualified in Scots and English law and joins the firm from Turcan Connell. As a chartered tax advi

SNP leader Humza Yousaf announced today that the party has engaged AMS Accountants Group as auditor after it was revealed last month that the previous firm, Johnston Carmichael, resigned last September. This development comes as the party's MPs face a crucial 31 May deadline to submit audited a

CBRE has successfully filled the last vacant unit at Berryden Retail Park in Aberdeen by securing The Food Warehouse as a tenant on behalf of Frasers Group. The 15,156 sq ft Unit 2 will be rented at an initial rate of £250,000 per annum. The Food Warehouse, part of Iceland Foods Group, is curr

Responsible finance provider, Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has joined forces with Creative Scotland to support the growth of enterprises in Scotland’s creative and cultural industries. The CultureXcelerator Programme will provide eight ambitious cultural and creative leaders with free one-

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed reforms to streamline the UK's listing rules with the aim of attracting a broader range of companies and improve investor choices.

Former US President Donald Trump has officially launched a new golf venture in Scotland, with construction beginning on the MacLeod course at Trump International Scotland in Aberdeenshire. Named after his late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, the course aims to become one of the world's top golf destinati

Savills has continued to expand its engineering & design consultancy (EDC) team with the appointment of Martin McClafferty as associate director and William Johnston as associate in Glasgow. Joining from HDR Consulting Engineers, Mr McClafferty is a chartered engineer with 25 years’ experi

Burness Paull has bolstered its rural business offering with the addition of a six-person team led by agriculture and estates specialist Linda Tinson. Ms Tinson has been appointed as a partner in Burness Paull’s real estate division and head of the firm’s expanded rural business practice

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP has promoted seven of its lawyers to partner and 10 to legal director. The promotions took effect on 1 May.

Lloyds Banking Group has reported a pretax profit of £2.3 billion for Q1 2023, surpassing analyst expectations and marking a significant increase from the £1.5bn in Q1 2022.

Blair Milne, James Fennessey and Robert Young, insolvency practitioners from Azets, have been appointed joint administrators of MHA Auchlochan, the owner and operator of Auchlochan Garden Village retirement complex in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The complex, which includes 235 properties and two care hom

International investment firm TowerBrook Capital Partners has invested an undisclosed amount in Envevo, an EV charging points design and installation firm catering to B2B clients.

Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisers, has called for Scottish employers to consider adopting creative employment packages to attract and retain the best candidates in response to a widening gap in personal taxation levels between Scotland and the rest of the UK. Scots earning more t

Social Print and Copy CIC (SP&C), Scottish supplier of copier and print solutions for the third sector, has secured £250,000 in funding from Social Investment Scotland to launch a new training centre in Glasgow. The Edinburgh-based social enterprise aims to create up to 30 jobs in the city