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Aberdeen headquartered PD&MS Group has acquired cleantech specialist engineering firm Synergie Environ Ltd (SEL) for an undisclosed sum to bolster its decarbonisation capabilities and further support the energy sector’s net-zero emission ambitions. For more than a decade, award-winning Gla

Coll Murchison-MacDonald, partner at Saffery Champness' Inverness office, and a member of its Landed Estates and Rural Business Group, discusses the recommendations for farming and land-based businesses in the latest Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) report on Capital Gains Tax (CGT). The late

Analysis of fourteen company’s annual integrated reports by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has revealed that while there are clear opportunities in integrated thinking to help define purpose and understand value creation, the proliferation of reporting frameworks, re

A total of 29 businesses from a range of sectors across Scotland have benefited to the tune of £1,175,000 after being named as winners at the Scottish EDGE Awards. One of the biggest winners at the awards, held online on May 25, was Edinburgh-based Dyneval, a provider of portable technology fo

Digital tech consultancy AND Digital, has announced the launch of its second office in Scotland. The new office (which the firm refers to as a club) will be located in Glasgow and follows on from the rapid expansion of its first club in Edinburgh, which opened last year.

Scotland’s onshore GDP grew by 2.1% in March, according to statistics announced today by Scotland's chief statistician.

EIE21, Scotland’s premier tech investor conference which will see company founders pitch for investment from seed level to up to multimillion series A and later stage investment rounds on June 10, has revealed its keynote speaker line-up. Sir Ronald Cohen, FanDuel co-founder Lesley Eccles, UN

Mobile coverage in some of the most rural parts of Scotland will be improved with an additional £3.75 million investment from the Scottish Government. A further nine masts are earmarked for the Scottish Borders, Highlands, Angus and island communities, along with three to replace masts removed

A drug dealer inadvertently landed himself with a lengthy prison sentence after taking a photograph of a block of Stilton cheese. Carl Stewart, 39, was identified as a user of the EncroChat mobile encryption service by forensic experts using an image he shared of a block of cheese in the palm of his

Holyrood Distillery, Edinburgh’s first single malt distillery in almost a century, has partnered with Whisky Auctioneer to offer three “extra special” whisky casks up for charity auction.

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has promoted Claire Dalrymple from senior audit manager to director of corporate services. The promotion follows Ms Dalrymple’s Audit Qualification ratified by ICAS, making her a Responsible Individual able to sign off audits alongside partners Scott Gi

Glasgow-based accountancy and business advisory firm Russell & Russell has overcome the interruptions and restrictions of the Covid year and increased its limited company client portfolio by a fifth, while keeping the firm’s three-to-five-year growth plan firmly on track. The firm has

Aberdeen headquartered finance advisory specialists Hutcheon Mearns has appointed Peter Stuart as a non-executive adviser, as part of ambitious plans to accelerate the company’s growth nationwide. Mr Stuart draws upon over 40 years of experience in the international oil and gas industry, havin

Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has advised Aberdeen-based THREE60 Energy Group in a seven-figure funding package to support its growth strategy. Backed by Simmons Private Equity, THREE60 Energy has undergone a period of growth which shows no sign of abating, despite the o

Staff at Big Four accountancy firm EY will be allowed to work from home for at least two days per week after all coronavirus restrictions are eased. Yesterday, EY told UK employees that 17,000 staff would shift to a “hybrid working model” that mixed home and office working once social-di