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Edinburgh-based law firm Murray Beith Murray has appointed Alec Stewart as new partner. Mr Stewart will join Murray Beith Murray partners Ruthven Gemmell, Peter Shand, Andrew Paterson, Sophie Napier and Fraser Scott within the firm’s asset protection group in September.

A TV news crew preparing to film a segment about a rise in armed robberies was robbed at gunpoint. TV network Univision said its reporter and cameraman were preparing to film in Chicago on Monday morning when they were suddenly approached by three armed and masked men in two vehicles.

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has announced new issues of its one-year fixed rate guaranteed growth bonds and guaranteed income bonds with the highest interest rates ever offered. The new issues offer savers 6.20% gross/AER for one-year fixed rate guaranteed growth bonds and 6.03% gr

Business confidence in Scotland rose four points during August to 36%, according to the latest Bank of Scotland Business Barometer. Companies in Scotland reported higher confidence in their own business prospects month-on-month, up 12 points at 53%. When taken alongside their optimism in the economy

The Scottish National Investment Bank has been confirmed as a key sponsor of this year’s Invest2Scale event in Edinburgh. The bank, along with MarktoMarket and Cazenove Capital, has reaffirmed its support after sponsoring last year’s inaugural Invest2Scale gathering.

Real estate advisor CBRE has announced a raft of new promotions across its Scottish teams. Caroline Smillie from the Occupier Accounts team has been promoted to senior director. Caroline has been advising global occupiers for over 15 years and is based in the Edinburgh office.

Chivas Brothers, the Pernod Ricard business dedicated to Scotch whisky, has reported a 17% increase in net sales, taking total sales to a 10-year high. Alongside its results for the 2022/23 fiscal year, the company today announced over £60 million in planned investment over the next three year

Sandy Begbie, chief executive of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), has been appointed to Scottish Labour's new expert independent advisory board for economic growth. Anas Sarwar today unveiled the new board which has been tasked with providing "completely impartial" advice to the Scottish Labour

Environmentally conscious SMEs are being offered the chance to reduce their carbon footprint and lower energy bills through a new partnership between Royal Bank of Scotland, the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI) and the University of Edinburgh.

Inverness-based Aurora Energy Services has acquired Caithness-based, lifting and inspection firm Northern Marine Services (NMS) as part of its strategy to expand its services portfolio and geographic reach. NMS is an established specialist provider of non-conventional lifting, inspection, logistics

British Business Investments has committed £30m to the Panoramic SME III fund as part of a final close of £100m, allowing Glasgow-based Panoramic to fund growth opportunities and management transitions for smaller businesses across the UK. Panoramic is an established fund manager that in

A fund to help inspire more entrepreneurs to start or scale up their businesses has been relaunched. The Ecosystem Fund is being widened this year to include initiatives encouraging young people to consider entrepreneurship from an early age. Applications providing access to support services for und

Existing office buildings in Edinburgh's New Town are to be demolished to make way for a new mixed-use development.

Most Scottish businesses believe the Scottish Government is out of touch with the business community, according to the latest Fraser of Allander Institute Scottish Business Monitor (SBM) report. Just 9% of firms agree that the Scottish Government understands the business environment in Scotland, com

Joint provisional liquidators from business advisory firm Quantuma have delivered the sale of intellectual property of Scotland-based digital training provider CodeClan to tech start-up incubator CodeBase. CodeBase acquired CodeClan's training materials and other assets from Quantuma on 24 August 20