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Bankruptcy papers have revealed that FTX's accounting standards were so lax that employees submitted business expenses and invoices via Slack, where they were rubber-stamped by a flurry of emojis.

EQ Accountants has supported Surface Heating Systems Ltd (SHS) with a vendor-initiated management buyout (VIMBO), allowing the owners to release some value from their business and put a robust succession plan in place. Founded in 1997 by directors Mick & Helen Cummings and Andrea Blyth, SHS

A Scottish agritech firm specialising in the next generation of green insecticides has secured a further round of investment totalling £4 million to scale up the development of its nature-inspired pesticides. Investment in SOLASTA Bio's pre-Series A funding round was led by Yield Lab Europe. O

KPMG has received criticism for not identifying significant risks in Silicon Valley Bank's audit, which took place shortly before the bank's collapse.

Johnston Carmichael, the firm auditing the SNP's finances, has resigned after working with the party for over a decade.

Property consultancy Galbraith has announced two new promotions to partner and two new directors, as the firm continues to grow. A number of promotions to senior associate and associate have also been made.

Scottish-based plant hire company, Morris Leslie Plant Hire has acquired Harborough Hire Centre based in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. The sale, which was concluded on Friday, 31st of March for an undisclosed sum, sees Morris Leslie Plant Hire increase its UK wide depot network to 15, providing

Dunedin Advisory has to been announced as the first place winners on the Business Gateway Specialist Advisory Services framework (previously known as Expert Help).

A continuing surge in contracts within the booming Scotch whisky industry has led specialist process engineers and sustainability experts, Briggs of Burton, to open a new Scottish hub. Since 2010, when Briggs of Burton completed its first Scottish project with Loch Lomond Distillery, the company has

Commercial property company HFD, has acquired 4 Bell Drive — an industrial building at Hamilton International Park — in a deal valued at £4.5 million.

New research from KPMG, as part of its Consumer Pulse survey, shows that nine out of 10 bill payers in Scotland made changes to reduce energy use between October 2022 and February 2023.

Scotland's Social Print and Copy (SP&C) secured £250,000 in funding from Social Investment Scotland (SIS) to drive job creation and business growth. The Edinburgh-based social enterprise plans to triple its workforce within two years as it expands nationally. The funding will support SP&am

Apollo Global Management has submitted a final acquisition bid for Aberdeen-based energy services provider Wood Group.

The latest Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) survey has reveals that while the beginning of 2023 brought relief to some sectors of the Scottish economy, cost pressures and inflation concerns continue to impede overall business growth. Many Scottish SMEs still report no improvement in sales, cashfl

The Scottish property investment market has had an encouraging start to 2023 with transactional volumes of £324 million, according to property advisory firm Lismore Real Estate Advisors' statistics. The £324m total was just 11% below the five-year average and down 49% on what was an