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Datavita, data centre and multi-cloud services provider, has announced plans to open a new data centre within 177 Bothwell Street in Glasgow, the office building developed by HFD Group. The installation of the data centre represents £6 million of investment from the company and will be Datavit

Royal Bank of Scotland reports hiring activity has slowed notably amid steep decline in staff availability. May data signalled a further increase in recruitment activity across Scotland, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland report on jobs survey. However, the rate of expansion slowed notic

Up to 30,000 high-quality jobs will be created in the north east of Scotland under plans to transform the region into the ‘Net Zero Capital of Europe’.

A man who raps about robbing ATMs has been arrested on suspicion of robbing an ATM. Ladesion Riley, a 30-year-old from Houston, Texas recently released a YouTube video where he raps about frequently robbing ATMs out of state.

Edinburgh-based payment orchestration provider BR-DGE has partnered with London-based fintech, Trust Payments, to provide an all-in-one payment solution and access to Trust Payments’ suite of "Converged Commerce" offerings to merchants. The offerings include an all-in-one payments platform, aw

The RSM UK Supply Chain Index (SCI) continued to improve in March, but the firm’s preliminary reading for April showed the first signs of supply chain pressure building again, following a strong rebound in the first quarter (Q1). Added to the SCI, a recent survey by RSM of middle market busine

An R&D tax specialist with offices in Salford has expanded to Scotland and strengthened its team with three new hires. Counting King has supported over 150 businesses with R&D tax claims over the last year and by establishing a permanent presence in Scotland is seeking to reach even more bus

Louis Taylor has been appointed CEO of the British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, and will take up the role from 1 October. Mr Taylor is currently CEO of UK Export Finance, the UK government's export credit agency.

Edinburgh-based crypto platform Zumo has received funding from Innovate UK, the UK's national innovation agency, to conduct further research into practical decarbonisation solutions. Under the RenewableCrypto project, Zumo will now work with its partner, Zero Labs, to conduct further research into p

Plans for an innovative £20 million facility in West Dunbartonshire to turn waste plastic into hydrogen, which will be the first of its kind in Scotland, have been approved.

Scotland’s first whisky focused non-fungible token (NFT) start-up has celebrated a move into consultancy services, made possible by support from Business Gateway. The technology of NFTs has been most commonly associated with sales of art, but the possible applications of the technology are far

House prices in Scotland are expected to rise amid a fall in buyer demand, according to the latest Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Bank of Scotland funds Scottish dental business, Campbell & Gibson Dental and Implant Practice, to acquired its third practice in East Lothian.

No available new office space is currently under construction in Edinburgh despite a strong rise in demand from occupiers as they return to the workplace, threatening the city's economic growth, Knight Frank has said. The independent commercial property consultancy said there is now new build office

Aberdeen's housing market is "firmly on the up" after a year of solid price and demand growth, according to a solicitor estate agent. New data in Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre’s (ASPC) most recent quarterly report has highlighted a 1.4% rise in housing prices in Aberdeen.