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Scottish firms that could be eligible to claim tax relief through the HMRC Tax Incentive are missing out on thousands of pounds that could be injected back into developing their businesses, according to an analysis conducted by Research and Development Specialists.

Dundee-based M2M Cloud is aiming to develop what is believed to be a world-first water monitoring device with CENSIS after receiving a prestigious SMART award grant from Scottish Enterprise. The £140,000 project will help the IoT technology company to enhance its existing Neptune water monitor

A design and build contractor has been tasked with safely transporting a Banksy mural originally painted on the side of a garage wall.

The board of John Menzies has rejected an unsolicited £468 million proposal from National Aviation Services (NAS) to acquire the entire share capital of the company. NAS proposed to buy the firm at a price of 510 pence per share in cash.

Forth Ports Limited has acquired Dundee-based project engineering company OM Heavy Lift (OMHL) for an undisclosed sum.  The acquisition further enhances Forth Ports’ ability to offer an attractive, full-service package for offshore renewables projects, providing marine services; quayside

Glasgow-based iomart Group plc, the cloud computing and managed services company, has appointed Ben Savage as its new chief commercial officer. Mr Svage boasts more than 25 years’ experience working across a range of technology-based sales leadership roles. He has also worked for organisations

NatWest Group has appointed Raghu Narula as managing director, customer engagement & distribution, within its retail banking division. Mr Narula brings a wealth of leadership experience from a career spanning over 20 years at HSBC in Retail, Wealth Management, Commercial Banking and Strategy and

Every primary and secondary school across Scotland will receive support to refresh computing science for pupils thanks to £1.3 million of funding from the Scottish Government. Secondary schools can now bid for grants of up to £3,000 to purchase additional computing science equipment, dev

Edinburgh-based TV advertising platform Innovid has acquired TV measurement and attribution platform, TVSquared Ltd for $160 million. Innovid said that the deal establishes a new currency-grade standard for cross-platform measurement, powered by the scale and automation of an independent global ad s

Big Four firm PwC is being investigated by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over its audits of construction firms Kier and Galliford Try. The initiation of these investigations takes the number of probes into the firm to seven. The FRC was already scrutinising PwC's audits of Eddie Stobart, BT,

Terms have been agreed by South of Scotland Enterprise on behalf of the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal to purchase Caerlee Mill in Innerleithen to create a home for the new Mountain Bike Innovation Centre.

Pensions giant Royal London has confirmed that it has held merger talks with LV=. Royal London has issued a statement revealing that the firm has had initial exploratory discussions with LV=, as the firm believes it could offer an "attractive future for the members of LV=" as part of "a growing and

Clyde Munro Dental Group has been given a further £25 million war chest for acquisitions – after getting the green light from its biggest backer for a new funding package. Already Scotland’s biggest independent dental group, the firm will now embark on a period of further growth th

Dundee-based Twisted Sisters has launched some of the first Scottish hard seltzers to market after business owner Ruth Jones received advice and support from Business Gateway.

Royal Bank of Scotland is offering £150 to new and existing customers who switch their main current account. New RBS customers can apply to switch to a Select or Reward account. In addition to Select or Reward accounts, existing customers can also switch to Reward Silver, Reward Platinum or Re