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Impact Solutions, a Grangemouth-based provider of technical testing and analysis, has acquired a new facility in Livingston to help transform its operations with the help of a £1.19 million loan from Bank of Scotland.

Law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced a number of promotions across its offices in Scotland. The firm is celebrating the promotion of four members of staff; two to associate and two to senior solicitor.   

BlackArrow Financial Solutions, an international start-up firm that utilises artificial intelligence technology to support its customers in their journey to financial freedom, has announced plans to locate its headquarters in Glasgow. Approximately 45 new software developer and technical support job

Edinburgh-based US healthcare specialist Craneware has acquired pharmacy software business Sentry for $400 million. Yesterday, the firm announced that the acquisition would give it access to subsidiary Sentry Data Systems' customer base of about 10,000 hospitals, pharmacies and clinics, including mo

Savills, acting on behalf of Wirefox, has acquired The Scores Hotel in St Andrews for an undisclosed amount. It will be the first time the property has come under new ownership in 34 years.

Aberdeen-based Stena Drilling has acquired a 30% stake in digital offshore lifting technology company Intebloc. The deal marks another milestone on Stena Drilling’s digital evolution, as it positions itself as one of the most digitally efficient and sustainable drilling contractors globally.

A key part of Aberdeen’s £350 million harbour development is in the balance due to a shortfall in financing, according to reports.

A total of 38 Scottish businesses are amongst the first cohort to sign up to The Academy, a new and unique training initiative to help food and drink businesses targeting growth, after the industry was one of the hardest hit by COVID-19 and Brexit. Open to food and drink businesses of all sizes and

Community organisations on Highland’s West Coast are supporting the safe return of visitors to the region by upgrading a range of local tourism facilities.

Around 23,000 people in Scotland will be given new online skills and training to help improve their chances of securing a job or to reduce isolation. The £26 million Connecting Scotland programme, which helps those on lower incomes and groups like the elderly, will offer online training skills

A woman who lost her wallet in a California movie theatre has found the item 46 years later.

Accountancy firm Azets has hired Matthew Allan as an associate director based in the audit team within the firm’s fast-growing Aberdeen office. Mr Allan has extensive experience auditing businesses in the O&G, food and drink, construction, manufacturing, retail and family business sectors.

International law firm CMS has appointed Michael Urquhart in the role of Of Counsel to its banking and finance team in Edinburgh. With over 14 years of transactional experience, Mr Urquhart specialises in advising a wide range of funders and borrowers in relation to infrastructure and energy project

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has engaged umbrella organisation The Professional Partner Network (TPPN) to augment the range of specialist expertise and advice it provides to the hospitality sector. The move follows the recent appointment by TPPN of senior hospitality experts Christine Ox

Scotland bucked a UK and European trend by attracting more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in 2020 than in 2019, while the country has reached its highest-ever attractiveness level for investment and bolstered its position as the UK’s most attractive FDI location outside London, accor