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A rare Roman coin depicting Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar, has sold at auction for €1.98m (£1.64m).

Scottish Financial Enterprise has selected Daniel-Pilley and Jess Insall to co-chair the organisation’s flagship Young Professionals Network. Jess is a Pensions Consultant at EY and has been a Chartered Accountant since 2024, with experience at Steedman and Co and Johnston Carmichael. She has

Scotland's private sector maintained growth in November 2024, driven by the service sector, although manufacturing output continued to contract, according to RBS. The Scotland Business Activity Index remained above 50, with a reading of 51.1, indicating expansion, but eased slightly from October's r

Scottish consumers are set to channel some more spending into this festive season, according to PwC’s Festive Predictions. The increase in intended spending north of the border closely aligns with PwC’s findings across the UK, which suggests spending on gifts and celebrations will reach

The CBI has appointed Michelle Ferguson as its new Scotland director, starting from January 2025. With expertise across a range of sectors, Ms Ferguson has held a number of high-profile leadership positions, including serving as UK managing director of social enterprises at Royal British Legion Indu

A pair of Judy Garland's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, stolen from a Minnesota museum in 2005 and recovered by the FBI in 2018, sold at auction on Saturday for a staggering $28 million (£22.4m). With the auction house's fee, the final price tag for the unknown buyer reached $32.5m (&pou

The burgeoning market for rare whisky has experienced a significant downturn, with auction prices plummeting in the past year, according to a report by Edinburgh-based investment bank Noble & Co. The report records that the value of bottles sold for over £1,000 has fallen by 40%, with sale

Aviva has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire rival insurer Direct Line for £3.6 billion after its third takeover bid was accepted.

UK job vacancies have fallen at their fastest rate since the start of the pandemic, with businesses facing slumping confidence, rising costs, and weakening consumer demand. The KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global, signalled a further deterioration of UK labour market c

Sales rose during Black Friday week as Scottish shoppers embraced deals both online and in-store, providing a much-needed boost to retailers. The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has published data on shopping patterns on the Black Friday week (Sunday to Saturday sales figures) compared to the equiv

Sustainability solutions firm SLR Consulting has moved into a new 175-person office at The Tun in Edinburgh following a number of business acquisitions. The move will see SLR, OPEN and ITPEnergised all working from a single base and in a better position to support new and existing clients and projec

Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has appointed Jonathan Parkes as its new group commercial director. The hire comes as the Aberdeen-based company continues to build on a period of rapid international growth and expansion.

The chief executive of Scottish Financial Enterprise, Sandy Begbie CBE FRSE, has received the Freedom of the City of London, in recognition of his significant contribution to Scotland’s financial and professional services sector. At the helm of the SFE since October 2020, he previously led the

A new report by the Scottish Land Commission has revealed a significant slowdown in Scotland's forestry transactions and low activity in large-scale land sales. Only 0.5% of Scotland's land changed hands in 2023, with forestry transactions plummeting by 54% compared to the previous year. This declin

Gilson Gray has appointed Stephen Forsyth as a legal director in Dundee.