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Snappy Shopper, the Dundee-based home delivery marketplace serving convenience stores, has raised a seven-figure sum from existing investors Highland Technology, Kelvin Capital and Scottish Enterprise, to fuel growth ambitions.

Green Bioactives Ltd (GBL), a Edinburgh-based firm dedicated to the discovery, development and sustainable production of high-value natural products derived from plant cell cultures, has successfully completed a £2.6 million seed financing round. The funding round was led by Eos Advisory LLP a

A new report has said the outlook for Scotland’s budget in 2023-24 has become more challenging due to factors wholly outwith the control of the Scottish Government, but there are decisions that Deputy First Minister John Swinney can make to ease the path ahead for Scotland. In its pre-budget r

A new report has revealed that goods with a total value of almost £3.5 billion are awaiting completion in Scottish manufacturers’ warehouses due to supply chain delays.

Those affected by significant changes in their business rates bills will have very little time to react and appeal, Colliers has warned as new legislation is implemented.

Stonehaven Youth FC’s under-16s girls’ team with Aberdeen FC players Vicente Besuijen and Dante Polvara, and staff from Scott James & Associates Stonehaven Youth FC’s girls’ teams has welcomed two Aberdeen Dons players, Vicente Besuijen and Dante Polvara, to their Mi

A safety training academy headquartered in East Ayrshire has doubled its workforce, moved into new premises, and expanded its digital offering after receiving support from Scotland’s national business advisory service. Training First Safety is a UK-wide specialist training provider, working wi

A pair of identical twins accused of cheating in a university exam have won a €1.5 million defamation payout after arguing their genetic similarity played a decisive role in their similar answers. Kayla and Kellie Bingham were accused of "academic dishonesty" in 2016 following an eight-hour exa

Materials and solutions provider Saint-Gobain has signed a binding agreement for the sale of all its merchanting brands in the United Kingdom – including the builders and timber merchant Jewson – to the Stark Group following a competitive sale process. The divested assets are e

CCL Logistics & Technology has announced it is on track for record revenue in the current financial year and expects to complete two acquisitions in 2023. CCL, which employs 110 people across the UK, is forecasting approximately 20% revenue growth as sales are set to hit around £35 million

New green jobs have more than doubled in Scotland in the last year, creating a higher proportion than any other part of the UK, according to PwC’s latest Green Jobs Barometer. The second edition of the Barometer reveals that 3.3% of all job adverts in Scotland were for jobs that have a positiv

Burges Salmon has advised Blackfinch Property (Blackfinch) on a £4.4 million loan to fund the acquisition and restoration of a large area of land in Dumfries and Galloway.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Metro Bank PLC £10 million for breaching the listing rules by publishing incorrect information to investors.

Free legal support has been offered to students at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) to progress business ideas as part of a new partnership with law firm Morton Fraser. The partnership between Morton Fraser and SRUC’s Enterprise Academy - which was set up to help students develop enterpri

Adele MacLeod, Gavin Park and Robert Harding of Teneo Financial Advisory Limited were appointed joint administrators of M&Co Trading Limited on 9 December 2022. This is the second time the business has entered administration. Scottish Financial News reported on M&Co's first adminis