Scotgold Resources, the gold exploration and production company focused on Scotland, has raised £1.5 million as it continues to face production delays at its Cononish gold and silver mine near Tyndrum. The money will be used for working capital through the current production ramp-up period at
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More Scottish employers are reporting increased productivity benefits from homeworking compared to last summer, according to hte latest research conducted by The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Green investors and COVID-travellers - those escaping the city during the pandemic - helped drive a record £112 million of sales in the purchase of Scottish estates in 2020, according to rural land agency Strutt & Parker. New figures released by the firm have revealed that 24 of the 36 Sco
Denise Coates, the joint chief executive of online betting giant Bet365, is understood to have been paid a record £421 million last year, taking her total pay over the past four years to more than £1.2 billion. For the year to March the privately-owned gambling company, based in Stoke-on
An estimated two million of the UK’S lowest-paid workers will receive pay rise from today as statutory minimum wages increase. The National Living Wage rises by 2.2% to £8.91, the equivalent of more than £345 a year for a full-time employee, and will be given to 23 and 24-year-olds
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The world's largest video game cheating ring, worth around €65 million, has been broken up by an unprecedented police operation.
RSM’s capital markets team advised on Parsley Box Group plc, a direct to consumer provider of long-life ready meals, on its £83.8 million initial public offering (IPO) today and Calnex Solutions plc IPO which raised £22.5m in October 2020. Parsley Box Group plc, which admits to AIM
Independent accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has launched a unique virtual workplace challenge for more than 100 students across the country. The scheme, which is the first of its kind, is a partnership with Skills Development Scotland, schools and further education college
Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group has announced that its acquisition by James Hay Holdings will be implemented by way of a recommended takeover cash offer after employees at the firm voiced concerns about the deal. The firm said that the takeover offer will be u
Clyde Munro Dental Group has secured a £10 million funding package from Investec that will help it consolidate its place as the dominant firm of its type in Scotland. The cash injection is enabling Glasgow-based Clyde Munro to exceed a milestone of 50 practices owned in the coming weeks - with
John Docherty, associate director of accounting & finance at Core-Asset Consulting, discusses the growing appeal of start-ups and commerce for Scotland's accountants. Ambitious young accountants who saw traditional career prospects flattened by Covid have responded by embracing start-ups and oth
Following business growth and a number of recent promotions and new hires, Savills Rural, Energy and Projects (REP) is now seeking new talent at a range of levels. In order to service Savills expanding rural division Ewan Reid, has been made director in the Forestry team in Perth. Mr Reid undertakes
UK annual house price growth slowed in March as prices dropped 0.2% month-on-month after taking account of seasonal factors, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.
Edinburgh-based ELE Global, the first responsibility-focused strategic communications agency for the legal sector, has announced its certification as a B Corporation (or B Corp), joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit. ELE Global has been cert