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Pebbles Group, the specialist provider of social care services for vulnerable children, has received a significant investment from Ardenton Capital Corporation, with support from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s health and social care team. The bank provided a debt package to support Arden

Port of Leith Housing Association has attracted investment of £40 million from Scottish Widows, bolstering its plans to create more than 650 social and mid-market rent homes by 2025. The funding will be drawn in stages at a low 30-year fixed rate of 2.84%.

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited has appointed three new board members from the financial sector. Eric Hollanders' most recent position was that of CEO of a Dutch Bank, Loraine Strachan is a chartered accountant who completed her training with Ernst & Young in South Africa and Isabel Toden

Glasgow-based employment law, HR and health & safety specialist Law at Work (LAW) has become the newest member of the Marlowe PLC group of companies after being sold to the group for £6.3 million. The deal will enable the firm to offer increased services and secure its ambitious

Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has appointed Lucie Martin as its relationship director for Scotland. Originally from Australia, Ms Martin has held various positions at some of the biggest firms in the country such as National Australia Bank, BNP Paribas and Westpac.

The most recent IHS Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers Index has revealed that the British manufacturing industry's job losses have hit the worst level in seven years.

Scotland’s chief statistician has released the latest Council Tax Reduction (CTR) statistics which reveal that in September, Scotland’s CTR scheme supported 471,790 households.

Women's Enterprise Scotland (WES) has launched a new crowdfunding campaign with RBS Back Her Business to support its new Immaculate 'Classic G&T Non-Alcoholic Spirit'.

The Scottish Government has taken the Ferguson Marine shipyard into public ownership. Administrators have now agreed the final terms of the transaction with Scottish ministers.

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) has called for large retailers to install opt-out buttons on their websites to stop customers using buy now, pay later schemes which causes many to fall into debt.

Luxury skincare brand Foreo lost almost £8 million on Black Friday when a pricing error caused a £250 face mask to be reduced to £9.

Clothing retailer Ted Baker has said that it might have overstated the value of its stock by between £20 million and £25m. A review of the companies' accounts will be carried out by law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer with independent accountants also being appointed to investigate t

CJ Lang & Son, Scotland’s SPAR wholesaler and convenience store operator, plans to replace and develop its distribution assets over the next two years following an eight-figure refinance transaction with HSBC UK.

The highest earners in Scotland will pay less tax than their counterparts in the rest of the UK under Jeremy Corbyn's plan for government, a new analysis by the Fraser of Allander Institute has found. The economic research institute which is based at the University of Strathclyde has carried out an

Tunnocks' financial results have revealed that the company has sold £60 million of products for the first time.