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Scottish football club, Arbroath FC, has made headlines following a significant surge in their financial fortunes, tripling their annual turnover to £1.88 million in 2022. Despite the hurdles imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the club's rise to second place in the championship helped boost the

A banker, originally from a Welsh council estate, is set to sell his renovated folly in Wales, featured on the 2009 edition of Grand Designs, for a price of £1.85 million. The dilapidated property, spread over 24 acres, was purchased and refurbished by Dean Berry and wife Sarah. The updat

Highland property investment and development company Ark Estates has procured an industrial site for redevelopment in Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth. The site, strategically positioned in the Castle Avenue Industrial Estate, is in close proximity to the Port of Cromarty Firth. This port, along wi

Grant Reid, the former CEO of Mars, has been conferred with an honorary degree from the University of Stirling at a ceremony today. The accolade recognised Mr Reid's exceptional contribution to business, sustainable practices, and social justice.

A Gustav Klimt portrait, "Lady With a Fan", has set a new auction record at Sotheby's in London, selling for $108.4 million (£85.3m). This marks a high point for the city's high-value art market, surpassing the European record set by Alberto Giacometti’s “Walking Man I” in 20

PwC UK has warned its 25,000 employees to brace themselves for smaller pay increases and potentially frozen salaries this year due to difficult market conditions, contradicting industry calls to address rising inflation which stood at 8.7% in May.

In a recent panel event organised by the Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), senior executives from Encompass Corporation, Capgemini, and abrdn advocated for stronger diversity and inclusion strategies within the workplace, especially in the FinTech sector. These leaders, consisting of Ashton Montg

Scotland’s onshore GDP contracted by 0.5% in April, according to statistics announced by the Chief Statistician.

Scotland has witnessed a surge in new businesses, with over 3,200 start-ups registered in May 2023, according to research conducted by R3, the UK's insolvency and restructuring trade body. This figure, obtained from Creditsafe data analysis, was 229 firms higher than the previous month's total of 3,

Edinburgh-based corporate finance adviser, HNH, has steered Irish distillery, Powerscourt, towards a €25 million (£21.6m) asset-based lending package from PNC Business Credit, marking a significant step in the distillery's strategic growth plan. The asset-based revolving debt facility, se

West Dunbartonshire Council has approved the full business case for proposals to create a major industrial and commercial development in Bowling.

Eden Mill, a whisky and gin distillery based in St Andrews, has marked a significant milestone in its development of a new distillery and visitor centre at the University of St Andrews’ Eden Campus. The company has completed the first phase of construction of the £8 million project, and

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team has reported a busy 12 months. In the year to 30 April 2023, the team advised clients including banks, funds, financial institutions, alternative lenders, public bodies, corporate borrowers and sponsors, on over 140 deals with a total value of

Fintech start-up ZIPZERO has relocated its headquarters from London to Aberdeen, as it looks to leverage the region's thriving tech scene to drive its expansion. The company has made significant strides with its AI-based consumer-and-advertiser platform – bringing together both groups for a fi

Scottish Dental Care, a family-owned dentistry group based in Glasgow, has acquired Barrhead and Gorbals Dental Practices. The acquisition takes the group, which is owned by brothers Christopher and Philip Friel to 19 practices.