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Hundreds of thousands of boxes of Kellogg's cereals have been seized by Mexican authorities for being too appealing to children.

Scottish mid-market firms are still facing challenges relating to the implementation of hybrid working, according to new research from Grant Thornton UK LLP.

Fraserburgh-headquartered BrewDog has hired law firm Freshfields to work on a stock market listing that could be worth around £2 billion. James Watt, chief executive and co-founder of BrewDog, told the Mail on Sunday that the initial public offering (IPO) "could be this year or some point in t

ACCA has welcomed the beginning of trade negotiations between the United Kingdom and India. International trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan met with her counterpart, Indian minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal, to formally start talks on a free trade agreement which the UK government be

A new body established to foster greater collaboration between the Scottish Government and the financial services industry has met for the first time today. The Financial Services Growth and Development Board, which will meet every quarter, replaces the outgoing Financial Services Advisory Board as

Knight Property Group has secured a further tenant at Phase 1 of Langlands Commercial Park in East Kilbride.

Former KPMG UK head of communications Sorrelle Harper has joined Storegga, the firm behind the Acorn carbon capture and storage (CSS) project in Aberdeenshire, as head of corporate affairs. Ms Harper has run her own strategic communications consultancy, Sharpener Communications, for the past four ye

Financial backing of up to £80 million is being offered to help the Scottish Cluster carbon capture project accelerate its effort to help the nation's just transition to net zero. The investment would come from the Scottish Government’s Emerging Energy Technologies Fund. It is proposed t

Industrial property and retail warehousing are driving investment in Scottish commercial property after overtaking offices in annual volumes for the first time since 2011, according to new figures from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that retail warehousing and in

John Tutte is to join the board of housebuilder Bellway as non-executive chairman designate on 1st March 2022. Mr Tutte will succeed Paul Hampden Smith, who will retire from the board as non-executive chairman on 1st April 2022, following almost nine years' service as a non-executive director.

Housebuilder Persimmon has appointed Jason Windsor as its new chief financial officer as the firm noted a return to near pre-pandemic levels. Mr Windsor is expected to join in the summer and will become an executive director on the board at that time. He will succeed Mike Killoran, who announced in

A new report from BDO has found that 70% of businesses are only planning nine months ahead, despite ambitions to launch new products and services and ongoing investments in research and development both at home and abroad.

Scotland’s predicted rapid return to pre-pandemic levels of economic growth has been put at risk as businesses report increased concerns over rising costs, recruitment challenges and concern over the return of COVID-19 restrictions, according to a new survey conducted by the Scottish Chambers

Professional sports affected by the recent Covid-19 crowd limits have been allocated £2.55 million in financial support from the Scottish Government. The funding comes from the £5 million announced for professional sport on 5 January, as part of £375 million in wider business suppo

The first development at Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) in Dundee is complete and sees the delivery of a new design and build industrial space. Comprising of six light industrial units, the Fulhame Building is the Parc’s first lettable space for small start-up businesses and covers 1