News

Independent pharmacy business Porter Pharmacy has purchased two pharmacies as part of its ongoing growth plans. Porter Pharmacy, which is owned and run by husband and wife team Andy and Lynne Porter, have added two pharmacies to their existing group of outlets, with the company now operating a total

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has publicly censured Amigo Loans Ltd (Amigo) for failing to conduct adequate affordability checks on borrowers and guarantors.

The Trusts, Fiduciaries and Executries Bar Group (TrustBar) will present a seminar on Thursday 23rd March 2023 in the Royal Northern and University Club, 9 Albyn Place, Aberdeen, AB10 1YE. Chaired by Terra Firma Chambers’ Gordon Watt, the event will feature three talks by distinguished ad

Dow Schofield Watts, the challenger professional services firm, has announced it is offering a cash lump sum of up to £50,000 per person to support ambitious teams who join its award-winning network of advisory businesses. The firm - which has offices in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh - is ta

The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has called for the UK government to protect businesses from the “strange arithmetic intricacies” resulting from the permanent increase of the Annual Investment Allowance to prevent them unwittingly going over their allowances this year.

Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has launched its 2023 JC Futures training programme, which offers a direct pathway for school and college leavers to become fully qualified accountants. The four-to-six-year programme is part of the company’s commitment to ‘grow

The Scotch Whisky Experience, an attraction operating from the top of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, has begun work on a £3 million refurbishment of its premises.

Wylie & Bisset has won its first contract to deliver internal audit services to a housing association in England. Already a provider of internal audit services for housing in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the contract win makes Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, the UK’s first tenant and emplo

Lothian Pension Fund has acquired Corstorphine Retail Park from Hunter Real Estate Investment Management for £16.265 million.

A chocolate factory has been fined after workers fell into a vat of chocolate and became trapped in it.

Founded in 1848, Scottish Building Society is celebrating 175 years of providing savings and mortgages products to thousands of members across the UK. The landmark anniversary retains the Society’s position as the oldest remaining building society in the world, having always operated as a mutu

Accountancy firm Azets has announced plans to recruit up to 80 apprentices, graduates and school leavers in Scotland during 2023. Across the UK the firm is looking to recruit up to 551, taking the overall number employed at the firm to 1600.

South Lanarkshire-based The Electric Heating Company (EHC) has received a £3.8 million investment from private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group. Founded in 2005, EHC is a distributor of electric heating products. It supplies electric boilers, heaters and water cylin

Homegrown Scottish brand Beira Moda is moving forward with its mission to bring luxury and sustainable fashion together after having completed Royal Bank of Scotland’s Entrepreneur Accelerator Hub. Following a career as a fashion designer, Antoinette Fionda decided to launch her own brand in 2

FRP Advisory, the specialist business advisory firm, has told shareholders to expect another rise in restructuring activity over the next few months. In a trading update issued yesterday, the firm said it expects to see increased activity in the higher value restructuring and administration market a