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Macfarlane Group has acquired Suttons Performance Packaging, a specialist protective packaging manufacturing business based in Cambridgeshire, in a £9.0 million deal. This earnings accretive acquisition follows Macfarlane’s ‘buy and build’ strategy in delivering further stake

The appearance of Mark Logan, Scotland’s chief entrepreneur, at the AccelerateHER Awards 2023 finals later this month has been confirmed. The former Skyscanner executive will host a fireside chat at the event which takes place on 16 March at the new Barclays campus in Glasgow.

Loganair, the UK's largest regional airline, has revealed plans to restore services between Donegal and Glasgow with a new summer timetable.

BIG Partnership has welcomed a strong start to 2023 as the Scottish marketing and communications agency reveals a raft of new client wins and expands its team to meet demand. The Edinburgh-based firm, which has over 300 clients across a wide-range of sectors, most recently secured a four-year contra

Edinburgh-based tech firm ePOS Hybrid has rebranded to officially become Grafterr, following a £100,000 investment to lay the foundations for the next chapter in its growth. The Grafterr brand will encompass the already established and hospitality management tech that includes POS, payments, d

Construction firm RSK has acquired Richard Irvin FM, a Stirling-based technical facilities management and energy solutions company, for an undisclosed sum.

The year has gotten off to a good start for employee ownership as three Scottish businesses implemented an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), safeguarding the long-term future of their companies, retaining jobs, skills and investment. SVM Glasgow, Stoneywood Care Services in Denny and Oliver Chapman Ar

Science and technology company Merck has created 15 new positions its Livingston facility as part of a £2.6 million investment. The investment is a result of a request made to Merck’s Livingston facility to tender for the design, development and commercialisation of a novel diagnost

Barrhead Retail Park, developed by London & Scottish Property Investment Management Ltd (LSPIM), is soon to open in Spring 2023.

A Caithness-based mortgage adviser is celebrating after having passed her final exam to gain the Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning. Kayleigh Ross works at Phil Anderson Financial Services in Wick as a mortgage adviser has passed the Chartered Insurance Institute Exam R06 – Financial plan

The Scottish Government has announced it will take the Caledonian Sleeper into public ownership and will provide its services from the expiry of the current franchise agreement on 25 June 2023.

Pictured (L-R): Alastair Johnston, Emma Wright, Chris Clarkson, Alan Burns Morton Fraser has made five new appointments this month.

Equinor UK Limited has signed an agreement to acquire the UK oil and gas assets of Canada's Suncor Energy in a of $850 million (£708m) deal. The transaction includes a non-operated interest in the producing Buzzard oil field (29.89%), an additional operated interest in the Rosebank development

McGill’s Buses, the UK’s largest independent bus operator, has announced a £20 million investment to introduce a further 41 new electric buses to its fleet. The company, owned by Scottish billionaire businessmen Sandy and James Easdale, has now invested a total of £55million

A perfect replica of the famous "General Lee" car from US TV show The Dukes of Hazzard has been written off following a crash. In what might have resembled a stunt from the TV show gone awry, the car left a highway in southern Missouri and struck a tree.