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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) required firms to amend or remove 8,582 promotions during 2022 — 14 times more than 2021, a report published today shows.

Independent law firm Burness Paull is to relocate its Aberdeen team to a new prime office in the Marischal Square development as the business invests in enhanced facilities for the benefit of staff and clients. Burness Paull, which works with organisations across the UK and internationally, will be

Property and construction company Thomas & Adamson (T&A) has announced the promotion of Heather Holbrook to partner. The director has been promoted after an incredibly successful decade at the company, which has included leading on some of the highest profile projects in T&A’s port

Ellon-headquartered Phil Anderson Financial Services has donated £5,000 to local children’s charity Rainbow Rogues. The Ellon-based charity has worked with vulnerable children and their families across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire since 2005 and in recent weeks they have been fundraising t

The latest accounts for Donald Trump's Scottish golf resorts filed at Companies House have revealed a £14.7m loss for the financial year ending 31 December 2021. Accounts for Golf Recreation Scotland Limited, showed the loss, up from £5.2m the previous year, was mainly a result of d

A police force which uses local mugshots in a parody version of US game show Wheel of Fortune is facing legal action from a disgruntled winner. In the weekly "Wheel of Fugitive" video posted on social media by the force in Florida's Brevard County, the local sheriff spins a wheel with photos of what

The 18-hole links style Spey Bay golf course has been brought to market by joint agents Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and Strutt & Parker for an asking price of £750,000.

Pictured (L-R): Robert Holland and Ritchie Whyte (partner and head of corporate) Solicitor advocate Robert Holland has joined Aberdein Considine as a partner and will be based in the firm's office in Edinburgh.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has urged MSPs to back the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2023-24, as it “delivers for the people of Scotland”. Speaking ahead of the Stage One Budget Bill debate, Mr Swinney said that in a difficult financial environment the Budget focused reso

Digital pharmacy Phlo has closed a £10 million Series A round led by family office Thairm Bio. The funds will be used to expand the reach of Phlo Digital Pharmacy, the first UK digital pharmacy to offer patients same-day medication delivery, and to scale Phlo Connect, the market-leading digita

After a decade in supporting UK tech, Tech Nation has announced it will cease operations and seek to transfer its assets, following termination of its core government grant funding. The organisation announced it will be closing its doors from 31 March 2023. Tech Nation’s core grant funding fro

A US financial tech and data services firm, Mirador, Inc, has announced the establishing of its international business hub, Mirador Worldwide, in Edinburgh.

Members of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) have voted to to increase the bank rate by 0.5 percentage points to 4%. The meeting took place yesterday and the vote to increase the rate by 0.5pp was a majority of 7–2. This is marks the tenth consecutive increase. Two members

A woman allegedly used her position as a school official to steal more than $1.5 million (£1.22m) worth of chicken wings.

CodeClan and Eden Scott have formed a partnership to bolster the supply of tech talent to Scotland. The tie-up between Scotland’s national digital skills academy CodeClan, and recruitment specialist firm Eden Scott aims to tackle the tech skills gap in the Scottish economy by providing an addi