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A takeaway boss who abused Covid-19 support schemes, wrongly claiming £50,000 of taxpayer support, has been banned from being a company director for seven years. Ifraz Nabi, 41, was disqualified as a director for seven years after claiming £30,000 through the Eat Out to Help Out scheme a

Family-run Brewster Brothers has secured more than £450,000 grant funding from Scottish Enterprise to create 22 new green jobs as part of its ambitious expansion plans. The sustainable resource management company, which recycles 99% of all construction, demolition and excavation (CDE) waste it

Scotland’s industrial biotechnology community is exceeding growth expectations and is on track to achieve annual turnover of £1.2 billion by 2025, according to a refreshed strategy being launched at the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC) annual conference today.

Investment management expert, Michael Dunglass, has been appointed as a director at Scottish Land & Estates. Previously working in London, Mr Dunglass now works in the investment management industry in Edinburgh.

An e-bike scheme in Dundee sponsored by fintech and retirement solutions provider, Embark Group, has saved 35,000kg of CO2 emissions, having been used for over 25,000 trips by almost 20,000 different people.

Insolvency specialist Shona Campbell of Henderson Loggie has been appointed liquidator by the directors of Dunfermline based Braisby Roofing. The 60-year-old family firm shut down on Friday 27 May, because of the impact of lockdown restrictions throughout the pandemic, cash flow challenges, rising c

Punter Southall Wealth (PSW) in Scotland has joined Adam & Company Wealth Management after Canaccord Genuity Group completed its previously announced acquisition of the company. Adam & Company Wealth Management was acquired by Canaccord Genuity last year and is led by Graham Storrie. The mov

Deloitte has announced the appointment of Angela Mitchell as a new senior partner for Scotland, becoming the first woman to hold this senior position in Scotland. Ms Mitchell has been office senior partner for Deloitte in Glasgow since 2020 and has led the firm’s public sector practice in Scot

Children's favourite Winnie the Pooh is to be reimagined as a serial killer. In addition to Pooh and Piglet, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield's new indie horror flick – Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey – will feature the likes of “Caged Man” and “Mauled Woman”.

East Lothian-based self-storage company Kangaroo Self Storage has expanded into the north-west of England through the acquisition of the Carlisle site of Box Clever Cumbria Limited. The transaction – which will see the Carlisle site rebranded as Kangaroo Self Storage Carlisle – was funde

Reforms to the UK's audit and corporate governance framework will make the country "an even more attractive place in which to do business and to invest", the UK government has said. In the government's response to an earlier consultation on audit and corporate governance, Business Secretary Kwasi Kw

Middle-market businesses across the UK have hit the brakes on crucial people and business investment as inflationary pressure, recessionary fears, wage pressures and staff shortages all converge to reduce confidence. RSM UK’s latest Middle Market Business Index (MMBI), the first economic index

Edinburgh-based Capricorn Energy, formerly known as Cairn Energy, has agreed a merger with Tullow Oil. The deal, which will see Capricorn chief executive Simon Thomson stand down, will create "a leading African energy company listed in London" with a market value of more than £4.1 billion.

Law firm Addleshaw Goddard has doubled turnover in Scotland in the five years since the merger which established its presence in the country. The firm is on course to record a fifth consecutive year of double-digit percentage income growth in Scotland since it merged with HBJ on 1 June 2017. Compare

Finance professional Alastair Couper has joined charity Flexible Childcare Services Scotland (FCSS) as treasurer of the board. Mr Couper is an advisor at Edinburgh Airport, having previously been the airport's chief financial officer for seven years prior to his retirement in 2021.