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Derek Forsyth and Nicola Banham, partners with Azets, have been appointed joint administrators of Bracknell Property LLP and Bracknell Property Subco Limited.

The latest round of awards from the first year of the Marine Fund Scotland (MFS) has provided fishing businesses and marine organisations in coastal communities with £7.4 million in funding. Overall, around £14 million has been awarded to date in 2021/22 across a range of projects, inclu

The corporate finance team at Henderson Loggie has advised on the sale of Edinburgh-based Truststream Security Solutions, one of the UK’s fastest growing providers of professional and managed cyber security services, to SysGroup plc, the managed IT services, cyber security and cloud hosting pr

Following a multi-million-pound refurbishment, worldwide IT specialist Fujitsu has taken 7,664 sq ft of workspace at CEG’s Verdant office development at South Gyle Business Park in west Edinburgh.

Glasgow-based creative agency Bright Signals has grown from 31 to 45 staff following the acquisitions of digital agency Three Part Story and Edinburgh-based advertising agency PUNK Creative. The three agencies will now operate as a single integrated team under the Bright Signals brand.

Partners at Grant Thornton saw their pay rise by 35% in 2021, according to the firm's 2021 Annual Report. Grant Thornton's 190 UK partners, took home £611,000 for their work in 2021. However, this remains significantly less than partners at Big Four firms.

An aggressive recruitment market could hamper start-ups in Scotland’s booming financial technology sector, according to senior fintech experts. Buoyed by a £300 million UK Government investment last August, Edinburgh’s fintech community is populated by a swathe of financial service

Police are investigating a series of bizarre meat attacks including one where lamb chops were stuffed into the exhaust pipe of a car.

Businesses are being urged to stay vigilant when paying their bills or changing supplier, as new data from Barclays reveals that in the last three months, fraudsters stole the most money from SMEs through invoice scams.

Standard Life Private Equity Trust plc has confirmed that, following its AGM on 22 March 2022, the company’s name has changed to abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc “APEO”. The board felt that this would fully align the company with the investment manager’s rebranded

Savills has announced that Graeme Fraser will take on the role of head of valuation in Scotland, working closely with Craig Timney in his new role as head of UK valuation operations. Mr Fraser has over 25 years’ experience providing valuation and consultancy advice specialising primarily in lo

Public bodies are being given advice on how to handle contract bids from companies linked to Russia. To help strengthen economic sanctions imposed on Russia following the illegal invasion of Ukraine, guidance has been published on how to reject bids to procure a contract for goods or services from f

Dundee-based cloud computing company iomart Group has posted its pre-close trading statement for the year ended 31 March 2022, revealing that the group expects to report revenue of approximately £103 million, compared to £111.9m in 2021. The firm has also revealed an adjusted p

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has asked the Royal Mint to create a non-fungible token (NFT) as part of larger plans to convert the UK into a “global crypto assets hub”. NFTs are digital files that serve as a certificate of ownership of a digital asset such as images, video and audio.

Glasgow-based venture capitalist firm Maven Capital Partners has announced the sale of energy services specialist RMEC Group Limited to Aberdeen-based Centurion Group, generating a 2.26x blended return for investors. RMEC is a provider of managed solutions for the oil & gas intervention and