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Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has welcomed Bryan Shepka, financial services audit and assurance partner, and Gillian Boston, director into its rapidly growing, specialist financial services team. Mr Shepka joins the firm as an audit and assurance partner, bringing extensive experience in the

Former F1 boss Bernie Eccleston has been ordered to pay £650 million after he pled guilty to trust fund tax fraud.

Companies must prepare for a new law that will impose greater demands on verifying the identity of their directors and connected businesses, experts at Edinburgh-headquartered legal firm Lindsays have warned. An impending new law means that Companies House will impose more stringent measures on conf

THREE60 Energy, an energy services company based in Aberdeen, has acquired fellow Scottish firms Pryme Group and Flexlife, in a significant move to form a £200 million global enterprise with extensive industrial diversification and immense growth prospects.

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) has today announced a £2.6 million investment into cybersecurity expert, Cyacomb. The Edinburgh-based tech company has developed software to detect and block harmful online content that is 100 times faster than any existing search tool.Cyacomb will

The UK economy has demonstrated a slight recovery with a 0.2% month-on-month increase in GDP in August, a modest upswing following July's significant 0.6% decline, according to the latest ONS figures.

The Uile-bheist Distillery and Brewery has contributed to the revitalisation of Inverness, attracting over 3,000 visitors in August alone since its formal opening to the public in June. The £7.5 million facility commenced production of Highland whisky and craft beer in February, and now it has

A collection comprising ceramic cats created by British artist Louis Wain has sold for £27,000 at auction.

Loganair has been named Airline of the Year for 2023 by the European Regional Airline Association (ERA).

Chivas Brothers, the Pernod Ricard business dedicated to Scotch whisky, has revealed its plans to further develop and expand its Kilmalid bottling site.

KPMG has been slapped with a record £21 million fine by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over its mishandling of the audits for Carillion, the government contractor that collapsed in 2018.

Blackfinch Property has finalised a £5.6 million bridging loan, set for a term of 12 months, earmarked for the development of a new hotel in Edinburgh's centre. The project, worth an estimated £100m, aims to transform three dilapidated mixed-use retail and office buildings on Princes Str

House prices in Scotland continued to fall according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey with further falls expected over the coming three months.

Edinburgh and its surrounding area has emerged as the UK’s top innovation-led cluster for equity deals outside of the ‘Golden Triangle’ of Greater London, Oxford, and Cambridge, according to a new report launched today by the British Business Bank. The Bank’s Nations and Regi

The Distillers’ Charity hosted its second biennial One of One Auction, in partnership with Sotheby’s, sponsored once again by McLaren Packaging, in the stately Hopetoun House near Edinburgh last week. Comprising a selection of ultra-rare Scotch whiskies, the 39-lot sale – which att