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KPMG UK has promoted four colleagues to partner and 26 colleagues to new positions in Scotland. Arleen Arnott, Paula Holland, Deborah May and Eddie Norrie all became partners of the professional services firm on 1 April 2022.

Impact investor SIS Ventures has secured £1 million for its investment fund – Impact First - from Chroma Ventures. Chroma Ventures was created in 2021 by technology entrepreneurs Paddy Burns and Chris van der Kuyl as a broad-spectrum investment arm of their video game development studio,

The Executive Counsel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has imposed sanctions against Deloitte and John Charlton, one of the firm's audit engagement partners, in relation to the statutory audit of the financial statements of Mitie Group plc, for the financial year ended 31 March 2016. Deloitt

Commercial property firm HFD Group has announced it will take the top floor of its flagship 177 Bothwell Street office development.

Aberdeen-based problem-solving company STC INSISO has moved into new headquarters, doubling its space after significant business growth over the last 12 months. The expansion also brings the launch of their new onsite training facility.

Scottish financial planning and investment management firm Carbon Financial Partners has opened a new office in Perth’s Whitefriars business park. Since being established in Perth 11 years ago, the firm has rolled out offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.

Edinburgh-based brewery Vault City has launched two new beers made using real fruit nationwide in Tesco, as the firm revealed that its sales have tripled year-on-year to almost £2 million.

Moock Environmental Solutions, a waste management recycling business, has secured £6,000 in funding and prevented tonnes of plastic waste from going to landfills by diversifying its offering with the support of Business Gateway. The team at Moock Environmental Solutions, which is based in Cumb

Ryrie’s, one of Edinburgh’s oldest pubs, is going from strength to strength following restoration by new owners, thanks to a funding deal worth £1.6 million from Royal Bank of Scotland. Ryrie’s, originally built in the 1800s as a fuelling station for horse and carts, has had

A family's puppy has dug up sovereign coins worth thousands of pounds on his first walk.

Trust Housing Association has recently completed a refinancing exercise, securing £22 million of bond finance from bLEND Funding Plc to support the delivery of its three-year business strategy, the Time is Now. bLEND is an A2 rated Social Bond programme providing bond finance to housing associ

With impersonation fraud accounting for a third (33%) of TSB fraud cases since the start of the year, TSB has revealed the most impersonated companies behind the attacks, to help households avoid prolific scams as the cost-of-living bites. TSB categorises impersonation fraud as an attack in which a

Stephen McGee has taken over as chief executive of financial mutual Scottish Friendly following regulatory approval. McGee will replace acting CEO Martin Pringle, who has temporarily been in charge of the business since the passing of Jim Galbraith in April 2021.

The search for Scotland’s top tech innovator has begun as KPMG UK launches its annual competition to propel exciting technology businesses onto the global stage. The competition - KPMG Private Enterprise Tech Innovator in the UK - is now in its ninth year and has seen previous winners such as

Scottish retail sales have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG retail sales monitor.