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Perth-based Realise Energy Services has acquired Optinergy Ltd (NI), the Northern Ireland medium wind turbine operation and maintenance arm of Optinergy Ltd (ROI), an established technical services provider in the marketplace, for an undisclosed sum. The deal will further enhance Realise Energy Serv

ZEDRA, the global specialist in active wealth, global expansion and fund services, has acquired Inside Pensions, a UK-based independent occupational pension scheme governance support provider. The transaction is in line with the firm’s aim to diversify its service offering and expand its prese

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched its TCA fees instrument consultation. This consultation seeks views on the proposed Third Country Auditors (Fees) Instrument 2021, which includes an increase in the periodical fees for registered Third Country Auditors in the UK.The consultation is

Fake reviews for products sold on Amazon's Marketplace are being sold online in bulk. The consumer body Which? found ten websites selling fake reviews for products sold on Amazon from £5 each.

Accountancy firm Azets has promoted four Scottish partners, Chris Horne, Peter Gallanagh, Greig McKnight and Bernadette Higgins into senior management roles across the international and UK business. Chris Horne has been appointed deputy chief executive officer and will support chief executive office

MHA Henderson Loggie has appointed Dawn MacDougall as tax director. She joins from EY where latterly she was head of tax in their Inverness office and focused on supporting owner-managed businesses and entrepreneurs throughout the UK, with complex tax issues.

Neil Woodford has broken his silence on the collapse of Woodford Investment Management and revealed he plans to start all over again in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph. Speaking publicly for the first time since his business collapsed in October 2019, exclusively to The Sunday Telegraph, Mr W

St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory has entered into a strategic partnership with US-based Kineticos Life Sciences to co-invest in early stage Scottish life sciences companies. The venture partnership aims to invest over £10 million over the next five years in oncology-focused life s

Global exports of Scotch whisky fell by more than £1.1 billion during 2020, according to figures released today by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA).

Businesses across Scotland are to benefit from a £1 million funding boost from The Data Lab, Scotland’s Innovation Centre for data and AI. The Data lab has announced two new funding schemes – Data Skills for Work, and an SME data internship grant – to support further bus

NatWest Group has launched a joint offering with green energy tech company Octopus Energy to help people and businesses go green, demonstrating the bank’s commitment to playing an active role in tackling climate change as part of its purpose-led strategy. The package is available to NatWest Gr

Wholesums, launched last year by the Taylor family behind Mackie's Crisps, has invested £750,000 in a new production facility in Errol, Perthshire to produce a healthy vegetable chip. Wholesums is made thanks to an innovative slow baking process that – unlike other “popped snacks&r

Scottish construction chiefs are calling for the Treasury to change VAT reforms which they argue could cripple them further and cause massive job cuts.

Demand for detached houses in the UK has boomed during the coronavirus pandemic, pushing prices three times faster than for flats, according to new figures released by Halifax.

Michelle Maddox, the owner of the world’s only clootie dumpling shop, Clootie McToot, has secured her dream retail deal in which her products will be sold by John Lewis. In a blog post written last year, Ms Maddox listed her three dream retailers for her products, those being Fortnum & Mas