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Stuart Robb and Chad Griffin, partners with FRP Advisory, have sold The Glenburn Hotel, which was in administration, to the UK’s largest independent hotel group, Bespoke Hotels. The sale, which is for an undisclosed sum, adds to Bespoke Hotels’ portfolio of 90 hotels in the UK, including

Partners at global law firm Clyde & Co and UK-headquartered BLM have voted in favour of merging this July to create a combined entity with a global revenue of over £700 million per year. To be known as Clyde & Co, the merged firm will have a headcount of over 5,000 and offices in over

JP Morgan's digital arm Chase has launched a new saver account which offers savers a rate of 1.5%.

Scottish Widows has announced that it will divest millions of pounds from tobacco companies due to an update to its exclusions policy. The firm revealed that it will not invest in any company deriving more than 10% of its revenue from tobacco. This 10% threshold means that all tobacco manufacturers

Plans to develop a new timber manufacturing and processing facility in Forres, Moray, have secured up to £279,000 Green Jobs Fund investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The funding was announced on Friday by Richard Lochhead, minister for just transition, employment and fair w

The Cumberland Building Society has announced a six-figure investment to support the acquisition of a guest house and cake school in Perthshire, Scotland.

People aged between 20 and 39 are the most likely to have reported being scammed in the past year, Which? research reveals, with many young victims losing huge sums of money to online shopping scams, pyramid schemes and rental fraud.

CodeClan, Scotland’s national digital skills academy, has partnered with Baillie Gifford to launch CodeClan Youth Academy, an 8-week programme based in Edinburgh and sponsored by the investment manager that includes a 4-week coding bootcamp at CodeClan, followed by a 4-week paid internship at

A medieval priory seal matrix which is believed to be about 800 years old, has been sold after it was dug up by a metal detectorist who is just ten years old. The copper-alloy seal was found in Woodbridge, Suffolk, by George Henderson from Nottinghamshire.

Real estate firm Savills has urged that it is time for the real estate sector to take its environmental and social impact seriously and get its house in order. The firm has said that the sectror faces challenges, but has the potential to provide many solutions.

Glasgow has once again shown its strength as a leading tech location, retaining its position in the top three leading tech cities in the UK outside of London according to the UK Tech Cities report, published today by global real estate advisor CBRE. Edinburgh comes in the listing at number five.

Renewable energy product innovator Autonomous iOt has secured strategic partnerships with two Scottish companies to ramp up its activity in helping businesses reach their carbon-neutral goals. North Lanarkshire-based Autonomous will work alongside Worksmart Contracts, the office fit-out and refurbis

Grant Thornton UK has revealed that Dave Dunckley has been appointed as the firm's chief executive officer (CEO) for a second term. In line with the firm’s membership agreement, the partnership voted for Mr Dunckley to serve a second four-year term from December 2022.

The Hunter Foundation has acquired the Blair Castle and the 220-acre Estate as its new headquarters and home to all of its leadership programmes. The Castle was acquired from previous owners Charles and Sallie Hendry for an undisclosed sum last month.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has won the Citywire Adviser Choice award for the Scotland and Northern Ireland regions. The awards recognise the exemplary service provided by wealth management companies to financial advisers and is voted for by advisers across various categories, including value for