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A health innovation specialist believes that Glasgow City Region’s MedTech cluster will only continue to expand apace amid an exciting picture of rapid growth. A recently published Glasgow City Council report has served to underline the strength, rising value, and huge global opportunity which

Scottish hospitality group Buzzworks has posted a 8.4% rise in revenue to £37.3 million for the 53 weeks to 4 May 2025. This compares with revenue of £34.4m in the previous year. Underlying EBITDA was £3.32m, down from £3.77m in the previous year, which benefited from in

Former UK government Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is facing a trademark dispute after naming his private firm after the renowned single malt whisky Glenfiddich. The High Court case alleges that Mr Wallace's company has breached intellectual property rights.

Edinburgh’s Smart Data Foundry has secured £35,000 in funding to develop a new data-driven platform designed to ease the transport and accommodation pressures facing Scotland’s cultural events. The data-for-good pioneer is one of just twelve Scottish companies selected by CivTech,

AM Sci Tech, a subsidiary of Hurstwood Holdings, the owner of Aberdeen Energy and Innovation Parks, has concluded a further letting at the Innovation Park, in Bridge of Don.

New figures released by Scotland's Chief Statistician provide a comprehensive overview of local government financial activity across the country for the 2024-25 period, covering service delivery costs, infrastructure investment, and overall debt levels. During this financial year, local authorities

The boards of OneFamily and Scottish Friendly have announced a proposal to merge, a move set to create one of the UK's largest mutuals. Expected to take effect in early 2027 subject to regulatory approval, the unified organisation will oversee nearly £10 billion in assets under management whil

FinTech Scotland has launched the Finance and Health Lab innovation open call, inviting fintechs, startups, and innovators to develop and test ideas that address key challenges affecting financial resilience, financial confidence and quality of life as people age. The Finance and Health Lab is a nat

Livingston Designer Outlet has marked a successful 2025 with strong retailer investment for key categories, increased footfall and dwell time within the outlet. The brand investment and new openings in H2 of 2025, showed particular successes in the run up to the festive period, with the outlet marki

The Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced an updated package of £10 billion of funding to the UK social housing sector before the end of 2028.

Watermans has welcomed Kirsty Millar as property sales manager. Ms Millar will oversee the firm’s property marketing and sales strategies. She said: “I’m feeling positive about this role. It’s a great opportunity to lead the team, streamline processes and drive the estate age

A woman in China has been blamed for a series of car accidents after repeatedly removing traffic mirrors outside her home for better feng shui. Police were called to the neighbourhood in Shanghai after the local property management company and neighbours failed to convince the woman to desist, the S

MFMac has announced the appointment of Claire Macpherson as a partner in its expanding private client team. Ms Macpherson is dual-accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in both private client tax and trust law – an accolade held by only a small number of practitioners in the

Anderson Strathern has announced the appointment of Carole Tomlinson as its new chair as the firm celebrates its 325th year in business in Scotland. Ms Tomlinson will take up the role from 1 April, succeeding Fraser Geddes following the end of his three-year term. She is a dual-qualified solicitor i

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is set to secure a windfall exceeding £100 million after an estimated one million taxpayers missed the 31 January self-assessment deadline. Data from HMRC revealed that although nearly 11.5 million returns were submitted on time, those who failed to file now face