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Albert Bartlett, The Black Isle Brewing Co and The Borders Forest Trust were among companies from across Scotland whose success has been celebrated at the Scottish Rural Awards & Gala Dinner. The event, held at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, is the culmination of a second year of partnership betwee

Atria One from Morrison Street The City of Edinburgh Council has today announced the sale of Atria, its award winning Grade A office development, to Deka Immobilien, a global real estate investment company based in Germany, for £105m.

Martin Murray, Dunnet Bay Distillery and David MacDonald, Spey Valley Brewer. An inaugural indoor craft beer culture festival is returning to Aberdeen for a second year, increasing its exhibitor offering by 300 per cent.

Ken Patullo Financial distress across the leading football clubs in Scotland, which peaked in 2011 at almost 10% of all clubs, remains at a record low, according to football finance experts at Begbies Traynor following their analysis of key indicators of business distress in the sector.

Martin Findlay Professional services firm KPMG has announced the appointment of a new office senior partner in Aberdeen.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s civil recovery unit will recover £2.2 million, under an agreed civil settlement with a Glasgow-based company which accepted that it had obtained business through unlawful conduct. The recovered funds will be used for community projects across Scotl

Lindsey Miller is head of the serious and organised crime division at the Crown Office.  

Mark Smeaton EQ Accountants LLP has been appointed Mark Smeaton as a new partner who specialises in agricultural services.

Ian Bremner Scottish accountancy and business services firm French Duncan has boosted its hospitality and leisure team by appointing Ian Bremner as its new hotel accounting director.

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has announced a new drive to help thousands of UK businesses become ‘first time’ exporters, as part of an effort to help support the growth of small and medium sized firms, and to help reverse the country’s widening trade deficit. The Group, which includes

Vaughan Hart Almost one in three Scottish building employers think leaving the EU would have a negative impact on their business compared to 8 per cent who think the impact would be positive.

Gair Brisbane Edinburgh-based discretionary fund manager, Standard Life Wealth, has announced the appointment of Gair Brisbane as senior client portfolio manager based in the Scottish capital.

Niall Booker The Co-operative Bank has reported a pre-tax loss of £610m for 2015, more than doubling its losses of £264m a year ago and bringing it under fresh pressure from regulators to accelerate an overhaul of its business three years after it nearly collapsed.

George Osborne UK Chancellor George Osborne could target former Rangers players and staff, who have benefited from “disguised remuneration schemes” such as the now infamous Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs), to pay millions in unpaid taxes.