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Big Four accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been fined £5 million in relation to its audits of Galliford Try and Kier Group. The company was fined a total of £8,850,000, adjusted to £4,998,500, by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) - £3,038,750 and 

Broadband challenger brand Brillband has made two key appointments as it prepares to launch a trial of its technology in Scotland. Helena Murphy, an entrepreneur and fundraising expert behind investing company Raising Partners, has joined the firm’s board, while Euan Plater, the brains be

GS Group, Scotland’s largest independent insurance broker, has been acquired by the JMG Group, subject to FCA approval. The GS Group was formed in Perth 31 years ago from a standing start by managing director George Stubbs, with second hand furniture and a coffee percolator. It has since grown

Johnston Carmichael has confirmed two senior promotions, boosting the leadership of its business advisory team. Jenn Stewart, who is head of the firm’s Dundee office, joins Johnston Carmichael’s partner group and Elspeth Jamieson, based in Edinburgh, becomes director.

Gearing up for a maiden launch from British soil, Edinburgh-headquartered rocket company, Skyrora, has appointed industry veteran Lee Rosen as chief operations officer. Mr Rosen is a retired US Airforce Colonel and former vice president of mission and launch operations and customer operations and in

A private company that controls the Elvis Presley name has apologised after threatening to end unlicensed Elvis-themed weddings in Las Vegas.

The Virgin Money Foundation has partnered with the HFD Charitable Foundation to support a Glasgow charity's employability programme with a £20,000 funding grant. FARE Scotland received the support through the two charities' Glasgow Community Anchors' Fund for its latest career development prog

Scottish hotels group, McMillan Hotels, was acquired by Bespoke Hotels, the UK’s largest independent hotel group. The Bespoke Hotels group continues to build its portfolio after securing ownership of the McMillan Hotels collection, which comprises three family-friendly hotels operating across

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