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A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: The University of Strathclyde's digital whisky cask filling solution, John Lowrie Morrison's lockdown photo project, Blue Box Design's premium whisky packaging, PhysioWizard's new self-assessment neck and back pain tool, 

Falkirk is to benefit from £90 million investment over ten years as part of a new growth deal which aims to drive inclusive and sustainable economic recovery and growth across the region.

Scotland's economy is on track to have contracted by over 19% during lockdown, according to the latest research from University of Strathclyde's Fraser of Allander Institute.

Online mortgage broker Trussle has seen a 136% increase in mortgage applications for properties in Scotland.

An estimated one million furloughed UK workers are at risk of unemployment when the UK Government's furlough scheme ends in October, according to the latest analysis by the Resolution Foundation.

A sheepdog has been sold at auction for a record-breaking £12,000. 

The Higgins Report of the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery for the Scottish Government has attracted considerable comment in the media and several alternative views have surfaced from senior business figures. At the same time, Campbell Dallas has been holding round table and one to one discussion

Chartered accountants Meston Reid & Co has continued to support the next generation of accountants with four new recruits joining the firm next month. The new arrivals include Kyle Gordon and Gemma Spence, who were both third-year placement students at Meston Reid & Co in 2018/19. Both

Glasgow-based data analytics firm Bellrock Technology has appointed Hugh Lennie as its new chief financial officer. The firm has also appointed Dave McConachie as its new chief commercial officer.

The number of profit warnings issued by listed businesses headquartered in Scotland in the first half of 2020 (H1 2020) increased by 45% year-on-year, with 94% citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings report. EY recorded 16 profit warnings in the

Finance leaders expect a slow pick-up in activity, with no quick bounce back anticipated, according to Deloitte’s latest CFO survey. The survey found that almost half of CFOs surveyed (49%) do not expect demand for their own businesses to recover to pre-pandemic levels until after the second q

Edinburgh-based private security firm GTS Solutions has appointed finance specialist Stephen Paterson to its board. Mr Paterson takes up the position as a non-executive director and brings a wealth of experience to the role.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has launched a £50,000 open, ongoing rapid-response funding call to support Scotland’s growing aquaculture sector through the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Business groups, trades unions and leaders from local government and the third sector have committed to putting fair work at the heart of Scotland’s economic recovery.

Job vacancies in Scotland dropped drastically by 64.7% during the three months of the coronavirus lockdown, according to the latest quarterly job market report from CV-Library.