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An Edinburgh-based deep-tech robotics and agri-tech business, Crover, has been awarded £50,000 in funding to further its study of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The firm secured Innovate UK funding to progress their study of remote autonomous operations of a grain-swimming robot.

Scotland's hotel sector has experienced robust performance this summer, with luxury hotels playing a pivotal role in the post-pandemic recovery, average room rates have grown as well as revenues per available room across Scotland.

An ensemble of international investors are set to share their insights on how Scottish companies can maximise their scale-up ambitions at this week’s Invest2Scale gathering in Edinburgh. The group includes US-based investors Rose Vitale, the founder of FundHER World Capital; Aman Verjee, gener

C&A Thomason, a family-operated mussel farm based in North Yell, Shetland, has made significant enhancements to its operations thanks to a funding injection of £70,380 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The financial boost has enabled the Shetland business to procure equipment fo

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a Scottish company director had acquired a securities option from his company as part of measures to financially rescue it and became subject to income tax after an appeal against an Inner House decision to the opposite effect was made by HM Revenue and Customs. V

Simpson & Marwick, one of Scotland's oldest legal and property brands, has been acquired by a new entrant to the Scottish estate agency market. The newly formed 'The Simpson & Marwick Group' has acquired the Simpson & Marwick estate agency business from Moray Group for a six-figure sum.

Kingdom Group’s payroll team has won the coveted In-house Payroll Team of the Year award at the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals Annual Excellence Awards 2023. The awards were established to recognise the important role that payroll and pensions play in the UK economy and are the l

Estate and letting agency DJ Alexander Ltd has opened a new branch in Aberdeenshire. The firm is opening a new office in Peterhead to serve an anticipated upsurge in rental demand in the coming year. The firm is also rebranding its Stonehouse offices in Aberdeen and Kemnay to DJ Alexander to unify a

A once lost marble sculpture, previously used to prop open a shed door in Invergordon, could fetch nearly £3 million.

Companies House has been given new powers to tackle fraudulent information on the company register under legislation which received royal assent yesterday. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act introduces what the UK government calls "world-leading powers" to allow authorities to proacti

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has announced Heathrow Airport as the headline partner of the Annual Business Address taking place on 30 November 2023.

Scotland's banking sector has unveiled a plan to ensure that every resident in Scotland is offered the opportunity to own a basic bank account.

Royal Bank of Scotland-owner NatWest's share price took a sharp dive, marking their most significant drop since the Brexit referendum, following the bank's lowered profit forecast for the year. This decline was further compounded by the release of a highly scrutinised report by Travers Smith law fir

NatWest Group has published the key findings and recommendations from Phase I of the Travers Smith independent review. The review was commissioned by the board in July and covers the decision to close the Coutts accounts of Nigel Farage (Review 1) and the circumstances surrounding a potential breach

Scottish accountant Angus Cockburn is set to join the board of the global defence contractor BAE Systems as a non-executive director.