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An £8.7 million five-year research collaboration led by the University of Edinburgh and FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies UK (FDB) that will develop more cost-effective ways to make modern antibody-based medicines has been announced.

The UK new car market recorded its first ‘growth’ since August 2020, with 29,280 more units registered during March compared to the same month last year, according to figures published yesterday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Collaboration and sustainability will be recognised at this year’s Business Women Scotland Business Awards. The key themes at the prestigious annual awards are watch words reflecting the changing ways we have been doing business since the start of the pandemic.

Advice Direct Scotland (ADS) has announced £180,000 of investment provided by Big Issue Invest (BII), to support vulnerable people across Scotland with advice, training and volunteering opportunities. The social investment arm of The Big Issue will be providing support to ADS, a Scottish chari

Lawyers in Pakistan have condemned waiters for stealing their uniform – a black suit with a white shirt and black tie.

Noting that the Scottish Government’s road map to recovery means it can re-open its office on Monday 26 April, chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has unveiled its own road map to the adoption of new hybrid working practices. Donald McKinnon, managing partner, said: “The last year h

Stonehaven-based firm Buchanan & Associates Financial Planning has been acquired by Independent Wealth Planners (IWP) for an undisclosed sum. Buchanan & Associates Financial Planning will continue to trade under its own name and from the same premises on David Street.

Mark Bell, partner at Anderson Anderson & Brown Consulting (AAB), discusses how business development programmes in Scotland are adapting to help young entrepreneurs cope in a post-COVID world. According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of business creations in the UK in Q3 of 20

More than £500,000 of fraudulent claims for COVID-19 business relief schemes have been identified by the Highland Council. Checks implemented by the council have so far revealed 144 suspicious claims, of which 133 were found to be fraudulent and stopped at source.

The first three months of 2021 saw the volume of property sales in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders rise by 55.7% compared to the previous year, according to ESPC's House Price Report for March 2021.

Jack Anderson, a consultant specialising in wealth management at Core-Asset Consulting, details how wealth management may bring new jobs to Scotland. Wealth management could enjoy a jobs boom in Scotland, with national firms likely to set up regional hubs here as part of a post-pandemic recovery str

The 2nd of April marked the first anniversary of restructuring and insolvency specialists Dunedin Advisory’s transition to becoming an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). Christine Convy, director, said: "It’s been a very quick and unprecedented first EOT year for the DA team. Completing our

Former Rettie managing partner, Patrick Paton, and his wife, property marketing specialist Celia Paton, have joined forces to launch a new Scottish estate agency, Paton & Co. Paton & Co launched on March 15, 2021 from the couple’s home in the Borders, covering properties across Scotlan

The post-lockdown house-move boom has seen Scottish law firm and estate agent Lindsays defy disruption to record a rise in the number of homes sold in the past 12 months. Sales by its residential property division rose by 4.26% in the last financial year, with homes valued at a total of £177.3

Investment firm 7IM’s new Edinburgh-based chairman has highlighted the company's commitment to growing its presence in Scotland as it works towards securing £20 billion of assets under management. Adrian Grace spent ten years as the boss of insurer Aegon’s Edinburgh-based UK operat