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A one-week work placement has led to a promising career for an Aberdeen trainee, who has become one of the youngest in Scotland to complete their financial diploma. Having joined Acumen Financial Planning from school, Andrew McRae has combined working and studying and recently passed his R02 Level 4

Henderson Loggie has promoted tax director Dawn MacDougall and audit and accounting director Blair Davidson to partner. The new additions have brought the total number of partners in the Dundee-based firm to 18.

A man has fled after receiving 330 times his normal monthly salary due to a payroll error. The employee of Chilean food producer Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos received a paycheck of 165,398,851 Chilean pesos (£146,000) for the month of May, Fox News reports - in excess of 300 times hi

Scottish renewable energy company, Orbital, reached a significant operational funding milestone with financing from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB).

A £429,000 project to expand production and create new skilled jobs at Argyll-based specialist manufacturing firm Midton Acrylics Limited has secured a £147,618 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The Lochgilphead already employs 43 people and has built a global reput

The number of UK consumers who have adopted a more sustainable lifestyle has risen in the past year, but cost is proving to be a barrier for those wanting to make more sustainable and ethical purchasing decisions, according to new research from Deloitte. According to Deloitte’s Sustainable Con

PwC has announced four new equity partners in Scotland, alongside eight new directors, among a total of 240 promotions across the region. The admission of Katrina Hallpike, Ross Marshall, Kenny Munro and Stuart Copeland as equity partners– all of whom were directors in the Scotland firm &ndash

Following its launch last year, the Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC) is scaling up having secured a strategic partnership with Scottish Enterprise that will deliver additional services and support to Scotland’s first Internet of Things (IoT) accelerator programme. Additionally, 13 new co

With the price of food, fuel, energy, clothes, travel costs and rent continuing to increase as inflation rises, Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisors, is advising SMEs to adopt a ‘trench warfare mentality’ and adapt their covid working from home plans to help employers an

Edinburgh-based PhysioMedics has secured equity and grant funding totalling £1.5 million from Archangels, Scottish Enterprise and Innovate UK to allow it to accelerate its commercial growth and product roadmap, including expanding into European and Indian markets. The investment follows the ap

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering plans to allow extra-long mortgages of up to fifty years that could be passed between generations, in an attempt to tackle the UK's housing crisis. Under the plans, borrowers could borrow larger sums, then pass the loans down to their children, along with

The new Edinburgh-based Port of Leith Distillery has completed its latest funding round in record time, raising £2 million for its forthcoming £12m vertical distillery.

Scottish law firm, Brodies LLP, has reported a twelfth consecutive year of growth for the 12 months to 30 April 2022, reaching revenue of £98.5 million, up 19.5% from £82.5m the previous year. Moving closer to £100m in revenue, the Edinburgh-based firm's operating profit increased

A homing pigeon, worth more than £1,000 has turned up in Alabama after getting lost on his return to Tyneside.

The March 2022 Football Distress Survey, conducted by business recovery specialist Begbies Traynor, has highlighted that Scottish clubs are keeping a better handle on their finances and more realistic player payroll than their counterparts in the English Football League.