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The board of John Menzies has recommended that shareholders accept a £571 million offer from Kuwait company National Aviation Services (NAS).

Businesses linked to tax havens have more than doubled the number of land and property they own in Scotland over the last four years. According to new figures published by Registers of Scotland, there has been an exponential growth in ownership among firms registered in places including Jersey, the

Scotgold Resources, the gold exploration and production company focused on Scotland, has signalled its ambitions for further growth as the firm posted revenues of £3.65 million for the six months to 31 December 2021. The firm, which has been focused on the Conoish mine in Tyndrum, reported no

Edinburgh-headquartered Rhizocore Technologies, a company behind innovation to create healthy forest ecosystems which support successful tree-planting has secured £370,000 in equity investment. Rhizocore Technologies produces locally-adapted mycorrhizal fungi to enhance tree-planting projects,

The British Museum is facing legal action after refusing to allow 3D scanning of part of the famous Parthenon Marbles. The Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA), which wants to use technology to create a replica of the collection as a possible solution to the drawn-out international dispute over th

Business rates for retailers as well as hospitality and leisure premises in Scotland are being reinstated from tomorrow, at a rate which has been labelled by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) as an "onerous" 23-year high.

Lar Housing Trust has appointed Alana Durnin as director of finance to help drive growth at the Dunfermline-based housing charity and its two subsidiary companies. She joins Lar from Oak Tree and Cloch Housing Association where she also held the role of Finance Director.

The annual National Economic Forum will take place in Edinburgh later today, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and economy secretary Kate Forbes will engage with a range of entrepreneurs, business experts, stakeholders and economists on the Scottish Government’s ambitious economic plans.

HSP Investment Partners (HSP) has acquired a new majority stake in Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group for an undisclosed sum. Existing shareholder Epiris is retaining a significant minority stake, despite the acquisition.

Shares in Barclays dropped by 2.4% to 156.5 pence per share after one of the bank's biggest shareholders sold a stake worth around £900 million. The unidentified investor offloaded a stake of about 3.6% within a day of Barclays revealing a multi-billion-pound error that has been labelled by an

Ogilvie Construction has opened a new office in Aberdeen as part of a programme of investment to continue to grow its business in the north east of Scotland.

A police investigation into alleged Covid-19 breaches in Downing Street has led to 20 fines – and a warning that more could be on the way. The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into the UK's so-called "partygate" scandal months after it first emerged that parties and other gatherin

Smaller businesses in Scotland have the greatest understanding of the language and information on emissions and green issues in the UK, according to a new study commissioned by the British Business Bank. Only around two-fifths (39%) of Scottish respondents said they felt the language, terminology an

Highland-based Caley Timber and Building Supplies has laid the foundations for further success and guaranteed the future of more than 20 jobs with a switch to employee ownership. Caley Timber and Building Supplies was established by Donald John Morrison in 2003, and with depots in Inverness and Uist

Millions of UK bank account holders are putting themselves at a much greater risk of fraud by ignoring crucial warnings provided by the Confirmation of Payee (CoP) service, according to new research by Lloyds Bank. When sending money online to someone that hasn’t been paid before, Confirmation