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Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has sponsored a prize which recognises the top student in Financial Accounting Stage 2 on the BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance degree programme at Robert Gordon University. Second-year student Arran Robertson was awarded the prize, after achieving the highest ov

The office market in Aberdeen has seen a stable recovery, from the effects of the pandemic, in a relatively positive first half. Last quarter with another 60,000 sq. ft. of space has been transacted, according to Knight Frank.

Planning permission in principle has been granted by West Lothian Council for a new film studio to be created in Bathgate. Permission in principle is granted for 11,148 sqm of business, general industry and storage and distribution for use as film/studio/stage developments.

Demand and sales were lower in Scotland’s housing market during June and expectations for the next few months are muted, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) survey.

BMW has introduced a subscription service for customers in Korea where drivers can pay a monthly fee for physical options such as heated seats and a heated steering wheel.

Scottish wireless communications tech company, pureLiFI, has received £10 million in funding from the Scottish National Investment Bank. The following the funding, the Edinburgh based firm is planning a global roll out of their technology, which uses light to transmit data rather than conventi

A Perthshire-based dental firm has completed the take-over of a second Scottish borders dental practice as part of a £2 million investment into the growing business. Peebles’ Kingsmeadows Dental Practice has been acquired for £450,000 by Infinityblu Dental Care and Implant Clinic t

A study has revealed that millions of adults have no savings to fall back on as they have already been used up to pay for essential items rising in price. The study by Scottish Friendly and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) found that one in six (16%) adults have used all their s

Two new directors have been appointed at Wylie & Bisset. The promotions see insolvency and business recovery team associate director Paul McDougall, with almost 16 years’ service, become a director, and senior internal audit manager Stephen Pringle, with 11.5 years’ service with the

Burges Salmon has advised Cytomos Limited on its £1.6 million funding from a trio of investors to progress the development and qualification of its novel cell analysis platform, Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS).The fundraising was led by existing investor Archangels with participation fro

One of Scotland’s scenic hotels, The Drovers Inn at Inverarnan, Loch Lomond has been sold for over £3 million.

Integrated Graphene, a Stirling-based technology development and integration company, has announced plans to invest up to £8 million in scaling up its 3D Graphene foam, Gii, manufacturing process to meet surging global demand from the human diagnostics and energy markets. Founded in 2016, Inte

The number of disputes between commercial occupiers and landlords in Scotland being referred to third-party resolution is on track to be the lowest in a decade, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy obtained figures from the Royal Institution of

East Kilbride-based e-commerce business Dimensions Scotland has secured £522.5,000 from HSBC UK to purchase a new warehouse after demand for its services grew significantly during the pandemic. Dimensions partners with its customers by providing outsourced storage and order fulfilment services

Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.5% in May 2022, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). However, "spiralling living costs", sharp rises in inflation and further interest rate rises on the horizon "present an uncertain forecast for people and poli