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Real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its ESG expertise in Scotland with a key appointment. Chartered surveyor Laura Jones has joined the firm as a senior sustainability consultant and will be based in the Edinburgh office where a new ESG Consultancy team has been created. She has relocated from

Ayrshire-headquartered construction, property and investment business Edison Group has acquired Crown Architectural Systems. Crown Architectural Systems is a north-east of England-based company which operates from a 6500 sq. ft facility in the City of Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, and e

Foras has selected a 14-person cohort of Scottish entrepreneurs for next month’s programme of activities in New York, including visits to global accelerator Techstars and CRM specialist Zendesk. Leah Hutcheon of Appointedd, Rowan Armstrong of Bioliberty, Ishani Malhotra of Carcinotech, Kate Ca

Frasers Group, owned by billionaire Mike Ashley, has acquired Dundee's Overgate Shopping Centre in a deal estimated to be worth £30 million.

A Scotland-only business rates surcharge is set to cost firms a cumulative £180 million over the next three years, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has warned.

A trademark dispute between Jack Daniel's and a dog toy branded "Bad Spaniels" has gone to the Supreme Court of the United States. The whiskey distillery claims that its brand is being harmed by the plastic chew toy, which is shaped like one of its distinctive whiskey bottles.

The new Finance Bill published yesterday introduces three new taxes, taking the total number of taxes introduced this century to 24. Apart from two one-off levies, and the Health and Social Care Levy (which was repealed before it came into effect, and is not included in the total above), none of the

The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has warned companies claiming R&D tax relief, and their advisers, that they will soon need to provide extra information in order to make a claim. In the latest Finance Bill, the government confirmed it is bringing forward a requirement to provide add

More than half of consumers surveyed for PwC Research’s latest Cost of Living Tracker have said they don’t have confidence that the policies announced in last week’s Budget will have a positive impact on their personal financial situation.

Cenkos Securities and finnCap have announced a 50-50 all-share merger worth £43 million, creating the UK's largest investment bank focused on smallcap growth companies. While Cenkos is the only institutional stockbroker with a full-service office in Scotland, finnCap has no physical presence n

Pictured (L-R): Richard Wilson, Stefan Docherty, Ryan McKay, Robyn Lee, Dario Demarco, joint managing partner, Emma Gray; Blair Duncan and Susan Currie Blackadders LLP has announced a series of promotions across its Scottish offices.

Pupils from across Scotland got an early glimpse into the world of business at an online careers event hosted by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). School students aged from 13-18 joined with teachers and parents to tour virtual displays and chat to employers and further

The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) has unveiled a £2 billion finance vehicle designed to help housing associations deliver on their sustainability objectives across new and existing homes.

Stephen Percy-Robb, former managing director of Dunfermline paint firm Craig and Rose, has been appointed as the new chief executive of Fife Chamber of Commerce. He will take up the role early next month, replacing interim chief executive Ken Richards. Before then Mr Percy-Robb will be around Fife a

Amid instability in the US and European banking systems and an unexpected jump in inflation to 10.4% during February, the Bank of England has announced another increase to the base interest rate to 4.25%.