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Scottish craft brewer start-up, BrewDog, has been caught up in a copyright dispute over its 'Lone Wolf' gin lineup, ahead of its long-delayed and pending IPO. A filing made with the US Patent and Trademark Office shows that BrewDog's usage of the name has been challenged by Lone Wolf Cigar Cellar, c

Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has been declared bankrupt after failing to pay over £82,000 in legal costs arising from his failed judicial review against the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). Mr Sheridan was jailed for three years in 2011 after being found guilty of lying in evide

Andy Hornby and James Crosby, the former HBOS bosses who were under investigation for their part in the failure of banking group in 2008, have been let off without penalty after the conclusion of protracted joint investigations by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation

Construction has begun on the Cabrach Distillery in Inverharroch, Moray, as the foundation stone was laid last week.

CR Smith Manufacturing Ltd, the commercial arm of the home improvements company, has signed an £8 million contract with Link Group’s commercial partner C~urb to supply replacement windows over the next four years. C~urb launched in April 2022 to provide property development, maintenance

Loch Lomond based family-run business The Bee School has successfully launched and improved its search engine optimisation (SEO) ranking after the owner received support, advice, and signposting to funding from West Dunbartonshire Council Business Support, Business Gateway and DigitalBoost.

A new group has been established to help Scotland’s retail sector as it recovers from the pandemic has discussed soaring energy costs and the impact of Brexit.

More than two dozen people have been sanctioned by Chinese authorities over "tragically ugly" illustrations in a school textbook. An inquiry into the maths textbook, published nearly a decade ago, was launched after the illustrations were widely mocked on Chinese social media earlier this year.

Energy regulator Ofgem has today announced that the price cap for energy bills will increase to £3,549 per year for dual fuel for an average household from 1 October 2022, an 80% increase on February’s price cap. Ofgem said the increase reflects the continued rise in global wholesal

The cabinet secretary for health and social care, Humza Yousaf MSP has announced the appointment of Steven Wallace as a member of the NHS Golden Jubilee board. The NHS Golden Jubilee is a national institution, independently run by its own NHS Board. The NHS Golden Jubilee aims to re-define the

A planning application for the redevelopment of an industrial site has been submitted to City of Edinburgh Council, with plans to invest £150 million into the industrial site. The Royal Elizabeth Bond Ltd has already carried out a pre-planning public consultation with the Queensferry &

A £15 per hour minimum wage would impact half of full-time workers across Scotland, according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC). In a report published earlier this week, the TUC detailed the path to a £15 minimum wage and called on the government to work with the Low Pay Commission (LPC

Cloud computing company, iomart Group, has announced the appointment of Lucy Dimes as independent non-executive chair of the company, with effect from the closing of the AGM on 30 August 2022. This follows the decision of current chair, Ian Steele, to not to stand for re-election.

onstruction contractors may need to deploy greater legal safeguards in order to protect their businesses from being pushed under by spiralling costs, a lawyer has warned. Andrew Boccoli, a director in the Commercial Property department at Scottish legal firm Lindsays, believes extreme market volatil

Kilmarnock-based financial services company PRA Group has donated £20,000 to Ayrshire College. The contribution will provide IT equipment for students studying cyber security and support the College’s activities for the 2022-23 academic year.