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A police force which uses local mugshots in a parody version of US game show Wheel of Fortune is facing legal action from a disgruntled winner. In the weekly "Wheel of Fugitive" video posted on social media by the force in Florida's Brevard County, the local sheriff spins a wheel with photos of what

The 18-hole links style Spey Bay golf course has been brought to market by joint agents Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and Strutt & Parker for an asking price of £750,000.

Pictured (L-R): Robert Holland and Ritchie Whyte (partner and head of corporate) Solicitor advocate Robert Holland has joined Aberdein Considine as a partner and will be based in the firm's office in Edinburgh.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has urged MSPs to back the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2023-24, as it “delivers for the people of Scotland”. Speaking ahead of the Stage One Budget Bill debate, Mr Swinney said that in a difficult financial environment the Budget focused reso

Digital pharmacy Phlo has closed a £10 million Series A round led by family office Thairm Bio. The funds will be used to expand the reach of Phlo Digital Pharmacy, the first UK digital pharmacy to offer patients same-day medication delivery, and to scale Phlo Connect, the market-leading digita

After a decade in supporting UK tech, Tech Nation has announced it will cease operations and seek to transfer its assets, following termination of its core government grant funding. The organisation announced it will be closing its doors from 31 March 2023. Tech Nation’s core grant funding fro

A US financial tech and data services firm, Mirador, Inc, has announced the establishing of its international business hub, Mirador Worldwide, in Edinburgh.

Members of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) have voted to to increase the bank rate by 0.5 percentage points to 4%. The meeting took place yesterday and the vote to increase the rate by 0.5pp was a majority of 7–2. This is marks the tenth consecutive increase. Two members

A woman allegedly used her position as a school official to steal more than $1.5 million (£1.22m) worth of chicken wings.

CodeClan and Eden Scott have formed a partnership to bolster the supply of tech talent to Scotland. The tie-up between Scotland’s national digital skills academy CodeClan, and recruitment specialist firm Eden Scott aims to tackle the tech skills gap in the Scottish economy by providing an addi

Profits at oil giant Shell has reached their highest in 115 years, amid the cost of living crisis.

Aberdeen Solicitors Property Centre (ASPC) has announced it will relocate to new flagship premises in the city, in a move that will see a former bank on the corner of Holburn Street and Alford Place transformed into a one-stop shop for people thinking of buying or selling homes in the city. The prop

Murray Beith Murray has announced the promotion of two solicitors to partner. Sophie Napier and Fraser Scott took up their new roles yesterday.

A majority of households would support an increase in the minimum level of auto-enrolment contributions by employees despite households’ perceptions of deteriorating future finances, according to the latest survey data from the Scottish Widows Future Finance Index.

The number of profit warnings issued by UK-listed companies in 2022 increased by 50% year-on-year, with record levels of warnings citing rising costs, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest Profit Warnings report.