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Scottish independent pharmacy chain Davidsons Chemists has revealed its plans for five new branches acquired from Lloyds in a seven-figure deal supported by Thorntons. The business now owns 56 pharmacies including the five new acquisitions. Two are located in Dundee, and one each in Kirriemuir, Mont

Dunfermline-based furniture and fitout specialist Deanestor has reported an impressive financial performance, bouncing back to pre-pandemic profit levels and experiencing a 35% increase in turnover, which reached £19 million in the year ending 31 December 2022. 

Beatles memorabilia worth an estimated £6 million has gone up for auction.

Scottish accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has reported its most successful year for its corporate finance division, surpassing £600 million worth of deals. The team, led by partner and head of corporate finance Graham Alexander, successfully executed 43 deals, with a total value of &p

With a recent survey by the Scottish Hospitality Group finding that more than two thirds of operators in Glasgow have seen footfall drop, and some 63% blaming the introduction of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and poor public transport, Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, is urging b

Edinburgh-based wave energy firm Mocean Energy have secured over £3 million EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney.

Aiming to support the next generation of accountants, chartered accountancy firm Meston Reid & Co has appointed two graduate trainees, a graduate apprentice and a placement student. Its two new trainees – Natalia Cram and Daniel Lowden – have recently graduated from Robert Gordon Uni

The number of pop-up hotels in Edinburgh has more than doubled in the last three years as city-centre hospitality operators evolve their offering to navigate regulatory shifts whilst simultaneously meeting traveller demand.

Giving written evidence to the UK Parliamentary Treasury Committee inquiry into SME finance, ACCA set out a gloomy picture of SMEs struggling to access finance. Drawing on its Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS), ACCA says that the proportion of SMEs having problems accessing finance remains be

Lanarkshire’s thriving business community celebrated its achievements at the 2023 Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards Gala Dinner on 1 September.

Relentless attempts by online scammers and dwindling resources to stop them are causing the highest ever levels of fraud in Scotland, with nearly 50 cases a day, according to new figures released by the Scottish Police Authority.

The University of Dundee has been lauded as the best in the UK for fostering spinout businesses, outshining other prestigious institutions.

The head of a real estate agency which claimed to have sold a flat to a dog has been arrested in Iran. The arrest came after the agency published a video showing a couple signing over their home to a small white dog named Chester, The Jerusalem Post reports.

Accounting and advisory firm Saffery Champness has reached a major milestone in its more than 165 year history as it launches its refreshed brand and becomes Saffery. Founded in 1855, Saffery is one of the oldest accounting firms in the UK to remain entirely independent, and its new brand and s

The Institute of Chartered Accountant of Scotland has responded to the uncertainty surrounding the reform of the UK's audits regulations after it was revealed that the legislative reforms needed to drive the overhaul is expected to be dropped from the King's Speech in November. J Bruce Cartwrig