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The Beatles and John Lennon memorabilia are set to be sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) by John Lennon's eldest son, Julian.

Almost 90% of global financial services investors are planning to establish or expand operations in the UK in 2022, according to EY’s latest UK attractiveness survey, representing the highest level of confidence since EY started attractiveness analysis. Sentiment around planned investment into

Firms using company or insolvency law to manage their liabilities have been warned they could face assertive action by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) if their proposals unfairly benefit them at the expense of their customers. The FCA has seen an increase in the number of firms developing prop

Office market activity in Edinburgh has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest figures published by real estate advisor CBRE.

Decom Engineering has opened a new facility near Aberdeen, investing more than £250,000 to set up a base at Potterton near Dyce. The 6,000 sq ft facility will be used for equipment testing and storage, hosting customer trials days, and it will allow faster deployment of Decom’s asse

Three of Scotland’s most innovative SMEs have secured a global audience spot at the CAN DO Innovation Summit after entering a competition to appear on the events #SMEstage. The successful candidates; FC Laboratories Ltd, Cheemia ReSET and Danu Robotics Ltd, will join a host of world-class spea

BR-DGE, the Edinburgh-based payment orchestration provider, has announced major growth plans for 2022, following a substantial follow on investment from existing shareholders in Q3 2021. Led by Brian Coburn, BR-DGE’s platform promises to revolutionise online payments for merchants by offering

Scottish property prices have increased by over 20% since the start of the pandemic according to an analysis of the latest data from real estate firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The firm said that between March 2020 and November 2021 (the latest month for which there is data) average property prices in Scotla

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business-critical services group, has announced the appointment of Ken Beaty as non-executive chair of AAB Group. Mr Beaty has extensive experience working with the boards and shareholders of high growth private companies through his 20 years as

Scotland’s onshore GDP grew by 0.8% in November, according to statistics announced today by Scotland's Chief Statistician. The figures indicate that output is now back above the pre-pandemic level of February 2020 for the first time, by 0.6%.

Loyal fans of Hollywood star Ana de Armas are suing a film studio for $5 million after renting a film in the mistaken belief that she was in it alongside actress Lily James. Ms de Armas – who shot to fame with her appearance in Blade Runner 2049, Knives Out and No Time to Die – appeared

Jan du Plessis, the chairman-designate of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has told the Big Four accountancy firms that “the outcome could be much worse for them” if they do not actively participate in the drive to improve the audit industry. Mr du Plessis' warning came as he faced

Asset & wealth management firm AssetCo has reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of an all-share acquisition of River and Mercantile Group (RMG), in a deal worth £98.8 million. The deal takes the number of asset management businesses it has acquired in the past year to four.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has appointed restructuring specialist Alan Brown and corporate tax professional James Strang as partners in the Glasgow office. Alan Brown joins RSM from industry where he led Envoy International Limited through a period of change following a merger and prepared t

New research published by Financial Consultants, Enryo, shows that Scotland has both the highest cash and mobile payment (e.g. Apple/Google Pay) usage in Britain. Over half of the country’s population (54%) now uses cash at least once a week to pay for goods and services, while 33% of Scots us