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Alpha Projects, a north-east contracting business specialising in construction, fit-out and refurbishment projects, has grown from a £5,000 start-up to securing £7.6 million turnover in just three years. After four years incorporated, and three and a half years trading, co-founders Kevin

Law firm Gilson Gray has taken over fellow Dundee legal firm Baillie Shepherd as it pursues further growth in the city. The deal, which was mutually agreed, will see all Baillie Shepherd employees join the Gilson Gray team in Dundee, including directors Alan Baillie and Peter Shepherd along with wel

The Farm Energy Company has reached financial close and broken ground on its 28MW solar and wind power development at GSK’s Irvine facility, one of Scotland’s largest individual consumers of electricity.

A cross-border collaboration project to develop an energy and cost-efficient power management system for the aquaculture sector has secured up to £129,428 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The project aims to research and develop a clean energy storage system, recharged f

Tourism businesses, communities and social enterprises are set to benefit from £1.47m of net-zero transition funding being distributed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

Police officers came to the rescue of seven baby squirrels whose tails were tangled together. A concerned citizen in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan rang 911 after spotting the troubled scurry of squirrels.

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business critical services group, has announced the promotion of Katy Thomson to director. Ms Thomson who is based in the business’ Edinburgh office, is a key member of AAB’s corporate tax team, advising both individual and corporate

Wylie & Bisset, the Glasgow-based chartered accountants, has appointed Scott Grant, a seasoned head of sales with demonstrable success driving profitable growth in highly competitive markets, as its first-ever business development director. Experienced at developing new customer networks and mai

RSM UK in Scotland has strengthened its plans for long-term growth almost doubling its annual trainee intake, recruiting a record number of trainees, with the majority joining the firm this summer. The leading audit, tax and consulting firm has recruited 39 new recruits across five Scottish offices,

Partners at KPMG have voted to receive lower pay packets than partners at rival firms, opting to reinvest more profits back into the company. KPMG's UK partners have agreed to reduce the minimum level of profits distributed to partners from 90% to 75%.

Martin Gilbert is set to be awarded about £5 million worth of shares for nine months’ work as chairman at his new company, AssetCo. Deputy chairman Peter McKellar is set to receive around £4m worth of shares under the same allocation plan announced by the firm last week.

Coutts, the wealth manager and private bank has today announced it is launching in Scotland, with an experienced team, led by Alisdair Dewar, located across a network of offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. This move follows the completion of the sale of the Adam & Company investment mana

Wheatley Group has appointed Caroline Gardner and Eric Gibson to its board. Ms Gardner has joined as a non-executive director and chair of the Group Audit committee while Mr Gibson becomes chair of Loretto Housing Association and Lowther.

Two Scottish business owners of a bespoke civil and structural engineering consultancy firm have realised a life’s goal in adopting employee ownership, just six years after founding the company. Alistair Christie and Richard Gillespie of Christie Gillespie Consulting Engineers have taken their

The provision of financial education to young people in Scotland received a massive boost this month as OSCR approved the transfer of Stewart Ivory Financial Education Trust’s (SIFET’s) assets and activities to Young Enterprise Scotland (YE Scotland), signalling an expansion of financial