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Salaries at not-for-profit Circularity Scotland, which was set up to administer Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme (DPS), have been put under scrutiny as MSP and former minister Fergus Ewing has criticised executives' remuneration as "outrageous".

Despite the largest interest rate rise in a generation, middle market businesses are demonstrating remarkable resilience, investing in people and productivity to rebuild profit margins, RSM’s latest Middle Market Business Index (MMBI) has shown. The MMBI has risen to 131.4 in Q1, an incre

Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Ross Nicol as a partner to its commercial team in Scotland. Mr Nicol, formerly of Dentons, specialises in advising clients on intellectual property, information technology, data privacy and broader commercial contracts matters.

Stills have been installed at Port of Leith Distillery, marking a milestone in whisky making at the UK’s first vertical distillery as it prepares to open in summer 2023.

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility plan and commitment to offset its carbon generation as it progresses its ‘net zero’ ambition, Hardies Property & Construction Consultants is planting 1,552 trees in recognition of the record number of instructions it received last year.

Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced a five-year extension to its long-standing partnership with the Edinburgh International Book Festival. The length of the new agreement coincides with the bank’s 300th year anniversary in 2027 and comes as part of Royal Bank’s continued commitmen

Scottish micro investment consultancy CAM Ventures has started the new season with the promotion of key team member Kieran Turner from chef manager to group hospitality manager. The Tayside firm supports two different types of ventures, some which are fully owned and operated by the firm and th

Unity Trust Bank has announced its annual results for 2022, with nearly half (43%) of new lending being made to organisations based in areas of high deprivation. The financial strength of Unity was illustrated during 2022 with a further increase in lending, profitability and customers.

Gibson Kerr has appointed Sara Albizzati as associate and notary public and Susie Alexander as senior solicitor and notary public, to the firm's personal law department. Personal law has become the Edinburgh and Glasgow-based firm’s fastest growing department, helping it to exceed £2 mil

JCB has won its biggest-ever deal in the UK after rental firm Morris Leslie Plant Hire placed an order for £87.5 million worth of machines — including a big fleet of 3CX backhoe loaders.

Azets' Stirling office has appointed Anne Smith as a new partner and promoted Alison Webster to director, Catherine Baxter to manager and Jennifer Gowans to assistant manager. Ms Smith, who has over 30 years’ experience, specialises in advising SMEs, owner managers and entrepreneurs on financi

A woman has been convicted of multiple counts of fraud after claiming refunds on shoplifted from various retailers more than a thousand times between July 2015 and February 2019. Narinder Kaur, 53, from Cleverton in Wiltshire, also known as Nina Tiara, made over £500,000 by claiming refunds on

The Scottish Government has proposed incentives for businesses to invest in Scotland’s two new green freeports in a new consultation. Changes to Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) rules would offer full or partial relief from the tax on non-residential buildings and land in certain area

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has welcomed 21 young entrepreneurs from the region onto a year-long programme aimed at developing the next generation of entrepreneurs. The programme, IMPACT30, is led by HIE and delivered by business skills training consultancy, Skillfluence.

Scotland's food and drink industry has achieved record high exports despite the impact of Brexit, according to HMRC trade statistics. The industry's global exports were worth £8 billion in 2022, a 30.6% increase from the previous year and 8.1% higher than the pre-pandemic peak in 2019.