Acting on the instructions of the joint administrators for Pioneer Mutual Credit Union, Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has brought the former Credit Union property in Barrhead to the market for sale.
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Scotland faces being left behind in the COVID-19 economic recovery compared with England if the incoming Scottish Government is allowed to continue with a two-tier system to emerge in the summer, according to the Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG).
German teenagers who planned a sophisticated heist to get their hands on school exam papers have received suspended sentences.
Accountancy firm Azets has announced plans to grow the business in Scotland by 50% during the next five years, creating 250 new jobs and taking turnover to more than £60 million. Launched in 2020 following a rebrand of leading independent accountancy firms, Azets has grown rapidly and now empl
A series of recent tender wins by its external and internal audit teams has prompted chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset to boost this year’s annual graduate intake. While the firm took on three graduates last year, this summer will see another eight – five who will follow the Insti
KPMG has completed the sale of its UK Restructuring practice, now known as Interpath Advisory, to H.I.G. Europe, the European affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, LLC. The sale of the business, which sees circa 528 staff and 22 partners transferring to Interpath, enables KPMG to accelerate its programme of
ESPC has reported a 128% increase in the volume of properties sold in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders over the last three months compared to last year. Looking further back and comparing to February to April 2019, the volume of property sales in the area was up 35.95%, further highligh
Shirley McIntosh, RSM’s head of tax in Scotland, details the importance of tax during an election campaign. Five years ago tax was a hot topic in the Scottish Parliamentary election. How the newly devolved tax powers would be used to deliver policy was part of every party’s manifesto. Bu
Scotland’s construction-led economic recovery is threatened by a combination of sharply rising prices, disrupted supply chains and a chronic shortage of labour as the consequences of a no-deal Brexit coupled with the impact of the Covid pandemic.
Virgin Money, the owner of Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank, has reported pre-tax profits of £72 million for the first quarter of this year, despite the economic upheaval of COVID-19.
Edinburgh-based Par Equity has led an investment of £2 million in Datactics, a leader in the field of data management. Belfast-based Datactics provides software and services to large organisations that need to improve and control the quality of the data held in their computer systems. The AI-e
Scottish entrepreneurs Lee Fitzpatrick and Jake Murray have joined forces to create Hink, a digital enterprise with a difference. Funded with the support of the DigitalBoost Development Grant, Hink is on a mission to help businesses solve real problems, in a post-pandemic era, using the power of cre
A Starbucks franchise business has opened a new drive-thru and café in Glasgow, adding to its growing portfolio of locations throughout Scotland, thanks to funding from HSBC UK. Glasgow-based OCO Westend, one of Starbucks’ longest licensed partners in the UK, opened its new store in Pol
The £10,000 earnings threshold for automatically being placed in a workplace pension should be abandoned, according to Scottish Widows. The pensions giant has urged that many workers earning less than £10,000 and even some employers, are not aware that employees can choose to opt into th
A consortium of research partners in Scotland has been awarded a £250,000 funding package to revolutionise the collection, interpretation, and use of data on fish farms, with the development of a new digital platform that will enable actionable insights. Led by R3-IoT, the Glasgow-based satell