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Allan Murray Architects (AMA) has entered into an employee ownership trust (EOT) with its staff as the beneficiaries. The firm is behind many of Scotland’s most impressive new buildings and masterplans and has arguably played a bigger role in Edinburgh’s recent architectural renaissance

Halifax has estimated that house prices in the UK will drop by up to 5% next year as a result of rising unemployment and the end of the UK Government’s stamp duty holiday.

North Berwick-based Jerba Campervans has secured its first Fair Tax Mark certification, and joins the growing movement of responsible businesses who are proud to 'say what they pay with pride'.

Two north-east families have invested £2 million to launch Scotland’s first dedicated gluten free oat plant in Aberdeenshire. The 1,000sq metre Oat Co. Scotland facility has been built at Enerfield Business Park, near Foveran, which lies within the 30-mile Energetica corridor between Abe

Glasgow-based fintech Guiide has secured another successful round of funding from a group of investors as the firm looks to increase its user base. The funding will help support Guiide develop more features and increase its already growing user base which continues to grow month on month. The invest

Businesses and projects in rural Scotland are set to miss out on part of a £1.283 billion funding programme next April following the UK’s exit from the EU. Twenty-one rural areas in Scotland will lose funding on economic, environmental and social measures from EU Structural Funds.

The Can Do Collective, a connected community of enterprise support organisations, is concluding the year celebrating a 25% increase in community size in Scotland.

Amiqus, the Leith-headquartered software company that enables organisations to engage new clients or staff remotely, has entered the public sector after securing contracts with the Scottish Government and the NHS Business Services Authority. Founded by Callum Murray in 2015, Amiqus is already used b

Tourism and hospitality businesses across Scotland are to benefit from a £104.3 million package of support from the Scottish Government in the New Year. The funding is part of the short term response to the Scottish Tourism Recovery Taskforce recommendations and follows lengthy discussions wit

A record number of Bitcoin ATMs were set up last month, with 1,120 new machines installed across the world.

Johnston Carmichael has added to its leadership team with the promotion of a new partner and seven new directors. New partner Barry Masson, based in Edinburgh, qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003 and joined Johnston Carmichael in 2014. He has been integral to growing the firm’s audit p

Scottish businessman Crawford Gillies has been named as the next chair of Barclays Bank UK PLC, succeeding Sir Ian Cheshire. Barclays Group said Sir Ian is stepping down "with regret" because he is "unable to accommodate the increased time commitment and duration" required to see through its post-pa

The Scottish Government should extend the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) holiday from the end of March to later in 2021, apropos by DJ Alexander has urged. The lettings firm said First Minister Nicola Sturgeon could make a "competitive difference for Scotland" by extending the tax holiday

A legal action by more than 100 Scottish businesses against Clydesdale Bank over loans that were allegedly mis-sold will be heard in the English High Court, with Scots law applied to claims from businesses based in Scotland. The action, which involves some 500 businesses, is being brought against th

Business confidence in Scotland increased this month to its highest point since the pandemic began in March, according to the latest business barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking. Confidence rose 29 points month-on-month to -9% during December, following the start of the roll-out of th