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Legal and tax advice firm Turcan Connell has secured two strategic hires for its land and property team with the addition of Murray Soutar and Lesley Roarty. Murray Soutar re-joins the firm as a partner having established a career as a specialist advisor in rural property. He first began his career

Scotland’s onshore GDP fell by 0.1% in November, according to figures announced today by Scotland's chief statistician.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed that a record 11.7 million customers submitted their tax returns on time.

Scottish rugby fans will be hoping their first XV can produce the goods against England next week - and if they can mirror the performance of Scotland’s top 15 listed stocks over the last decade, they’ll be taking home the Calcutta Cup without breaking a sweat.

Abrdn has appointed Peter Branner as chief investment officer (CIO), effective 1 May 2023, reporting to Chris Demetriou and Rene Buehlmann, CEOs of investments. Mr Branner joins from APG Asset Management, one of the largest global pension investors based in Europe, where, as CIO, he has been respons

Maxi Construction has won a £1.9 million contract from Northern Lighthouse Board for the refurbishment of their HQ office in George Street, Edinburgh. Procured via the Crown Commercial Service Construction Work & Associated Services framework, the project includes general layout alteration

Dxcover — a Glasgow-based company developing a blood test that can detect cancer at an early stage — has raised £9.7 million through a Series A investment round and grant funding. The £7.5m funding round was led by existing investors Eos Advisory LLP, Mercia Asset M

Twitter is facing a court battle with the company that manages the King's public estate after allegedly failing to pay rent on its London office. The new lawsuit filed by the Crown Estate comes just weeks after the owner of Twitter's California HQ filed a similar complaint over unpaid rent.

Aberdeenshire-headquartered integrated services and training provider, AquaTerra Group, has appointed three strategic senior management roles ahead of projected business growth. Peter Robinson, previously managing director of the AquaTerra Group, will move to the chairman position on the group's boa

Personal insolvency firm Harper McDermott Ltd has embarked on an exciting future after it transferred to employee ownership in a transaction led by business advisers Grant Thornton UK LLP.

Drinks giant AG Barr has recorded a strong second half sales performance in 2022, signalling the continuation of positive sales momentum in the first half of 2022/23.

A report published by Public Health Scotland indicates that the economic performance of the alcoholic drinks industry in Scotland has not been significantly impacted by the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP).

Experts have said the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee may not increase interest rates by a further 50 basis points (bps) as previously expected, due to the likelihood of a deep recession lessening.

Property taxes in Scotland have increased by nearly a quarter of a billion pounds in the last year compared to the pre-pandemic period according to analysis of the latest statistics by property firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The Scottish lettings and estate agency, which part of the Lomond group, said that

In 2022, business angel groups which are members of LINC Scotland, the national business angel association, invested over £50 million in young companies in Scotland.