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A one of a kind special edition of "the oldest whisky in the world" is being auctioned by Sotheby's with an estimated £200,000. The 81-year-old single malt whisky is The Macallan The Reach. Sold in an exclusive bottle of and encased in a display cabinet lined in red leather, rather than t

Scottish commercial law firm MacRoberts has posted a 10% rise in turnover in the financial year to 30 April 2022 to £20.6 million. The firm’s profits rose by 17% for the same period. Highlights include an exceptional year from the firm’s credit management specialist Yuill+Kyle, a p

Scottish fintech Guiide has raised new investment of around £200,000 and has made three new hires - two directors and a highly experienced adviser. The two new directors are Clare Hawkins, a former NHS Trust chief executive, who will lead on governance and Stewart Lawrie, an experienced f

The Scottish Government has asked Scotland's Auditor General to launch an investigation into the awarding of the £97m Scottish ferries contract. The request comes after suggestions from a documentary arose that the process of awarding the contract have been rigged as successful bidder Fer

New research from the ACCA has found that while global business services models have evolved, matured and function successfully, they’re falling short of their value-adding potential, and in practice are not discernibly more evolved than finance shared service (FSS) operations. The report 

Proposals for a new distillery on the shores of the Dornoch Firth in Sutherland have been given the green light. Midfearn Distillery Company Limited will erect and operate a whisky distillery with associated warehousing, a bottling facility, tank farm, energy centre, landscaping and associated

Young Enterprise (YE) Scotland, enterprise and financial education provider, has appointed Emma Soanes as its new chief executive to succeed Geoff Leask. Taking up the post in October, Ms Soanes, who will step down as CEO of Unity, brings 30 years’ knowledge and experience in the thi

More than one million U.K. customers now bank with Chase, the consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co, just 12 months after opening its digital bank in the U.K.

In its biggest commercial property deal since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, DM Hall has secured the lease of 30,000 square feet of offices at 177 Bothwell Street on behalf of wealth management and professional services group, Evelyn Partners. The business, formed from the long-established and

Loganair has announced that it will award a further £30,000 to organisations across the UK and Northern Ireland in support of local renewable energy projects as part of its Greenskies Community Fund. As part of the airlines journey to net-zero by 2040, earlier this year, the airline distribute

Redmill Advance has been acquired by London-based professional training and coaching firm Kinrock for an undisclosed sum. Redmill Advance has grown to become a market leading provider of regulatory qualification training and continued professional development services to the UK wealth management ind

A new facility in Inverness is on track to start generating new commercial opportunities from early 2023, including creating high value career opportunities. The £9 million Life Sciences Innovation Centre, being developed on Inverness Campus by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and UHI, i

Deloitte has donated a total of 6,865 laptops to schools, charities and community groups across the UK since first committing to donating the firm’s used laptops in 2021. Over half (3,600) of the reconditioned laptops have been donated to pupils from 58 schools across the UK, including 25 of D

Pop star Shakira must face trial on tax fraud charges that could see her jailed for eight years, a Spanish court has ruled. A court in Barcelona said the singer – made famous in Europe by her record-breaking hit Hips Don’t Lie – should face trial for six alleged tax crimes, the BBC

Over ten banks and building societies have removed over 1000 mortgage products and limited other products amid economic uncertainty and fear of an imminent interest rate hike.