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Fife-based healthcare screening and diagnostics firm Agilis Health has acquired the UK occupational health division of global safety training and competency company, RelyOn Nutec. The firm has now over the delivery of the corporate health services at RelyOn Nutec’s training centres in Aberdeen

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its 3-Year Plan which sets out the FRC’s progress toward establishing the new Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA). The FRC’s 3-Year Plan follows the government’s 2021 consultation ‘Restoring Trust in Audit and C

Murgitroyd, the pan-European intellectual property protection (IP) business, has acquired the Glasgow-based IP specialist firm, Creation IP. The move is the latest step in Murgitroyd’s growth and expansion strategy and is the company’s third acquisition inside eight months.

Balerno-based Artis Dental and Implant Studio has joined the Clyde Munro Dental Group with its two dentists and 10 support staff promising “business as usual” for its 4500 patients. Founded 16 years ago by owner Brian Clough and his wife Edel, Artis Dental services has a thriving patient

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