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George Hipwell has moved to Savills as the new Scottish director of its rural property division. He joins the Perth office from Davidson & Robertson where he was responsible for the rural and agency department.

Law firm Thorntons has expanded its Glasgow practice with the appointment of a new senior solicitor and legal director to its commercial real estate team. Richard Hart has over 25 years’ experience in the real estate sector acting for housebuilders, landowners and tenants on all aspects of sit

Scottish law firm Dickson Minto has been acquired by US law firm Milbank. The firm's Edinburgh office will remain independent, while the London team will be joining Milbank’s City operations early next year, The Lawyer reports.

A number of deals have been struck and discussions progressed following a successful Scottish investment and trade mission to the Caribbean island of Barbados.

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder and former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has been taken into custody in the Bahamas at request of US government prosecutors.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has invested over £700,000 into businesses across the Inner Moray Firth region during the first six months of the 2022 fiscal year. Timber specialist firm Russwood Limited was awarded up to £149,965 in green jobs funding towards the cost of automati

Springfield Properties said it is taking a cautious approach to expectations of future sales rates after it warned higher interest rates and economic uncertainty is hitting demand for private homes.

Fitabeo Therapeutics has ‘spun-out’ from the University of Strathclyde with ambitious plans to address some of society’s most pressing healthcare challenges within chronic pain and women’s health. The firm has also announced the appointment of accomplished pharmaceutical exec

Property company JLL has appointed Paul Fallon as a director to strengthen the firm's Glasgow rating team. Mr Fallon will be responsible for helping the firm’s rating team identify solutions for JLL’s Scottish clients facing the 2023 Revaluation, to help secure savings across both t

Business advisory and accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has announced eight new partner promotions alongside eight director level promotions as part of the continued development of its leadership team and succession planning.

A cash machine which displays its users cash balances on a leaderboard has stolen the show at this year's Art Basel Miami. The ATM with a twist posts a picture of its users alongside their bank balance and ranks them according to their total balance. A user with an account balance of $9.5 million (&

Snappy Shopper, the Dundee-based home delivery marketplace serving convenience stores, has raised a seven-figure sum from existing investors Highland Technology, Kelvin Capital and Scottish Enterprise, to fuel growth ambitions.

Green Bioactives Ltd (GBL), a Edinburgh-based firm dedicated to the discovery, development and sustainable production of high-value natural products derived from plant cell cultures, has successfully completed a £2.6 million seed financing round. The funding round was led by Eos Advisory LLP a

A new report has said the outlook for Scotland’s budget in 2023-24 has become more challenging due to factors wholly outwith the control of the Scottish Government, but there are decisions that Deputy First Minister John Swinney can make to ease the path ahead for Scotland. In its pre-budget r

A new report has revealed that goods with a total value of almost £3.5 billion are awaiting completion in Scottish manufacturers’ warehouses due to supply chain delays.