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Barrhead Travel has invested £250,000 in the future of Scotland's high streets through a series of store refits, expansions and new uniforms for customer-facing teams. The first half of this year has seen the revamp of four stores including the Gyle, Braehead, Newton Mearns and Glasgow Fo

Scottish PR agency Muckle Media has acquired 100 per cent of Spey's shares, making it a fully owned subsidiary.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has congratulated Sir Keir Starmer on winning yesterday's UK general election in a landslide. Following heavy losses for the Conservatives and SNP, and gains for the Liberal Democrats and other parties, the election resulted in a new Labour g

A former local authority employee who embezzled more than £1 million from Aberdeen City Council over a 17-year period has been imprisoned for four years. Michael Paterson, 59, set up an internal pathway which allowed him to fraudulently issue council tax refunds into his own bank account.

A team from wealth manager RBC Brewin Dolphin’s Edinburgh office has abseiled down the city’s famous Forth Rail Bridge to raise money for Scottish charity Harmeny Education Trust. The five participants, Judith Henderson, Audrey Mackie, Jill Somerville, Abigail Housley and Joss Mitchell,

Scottish veterinary diagnostics company, MI:RNA, has secured $4 million (around £3.13m) in Series A funding. Aiming to change the future of animal health treatments through improved, earlier diagnostics, the capital will be used to continue global growth plans and revolutionise animal health t

Monks Investment Trust, managed by Baillie Gifford, has sold its £20 million stake in Rio Tinto due to concerns over the mining giant's environmental and governance practices.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced it is shutting down 60 more branches, with 15 of them being Bank of Scotland outlets. This is part of a larger plan to close 190 branches this year and 47 more in 2025. The bank attributes this to the increasing popularity of digital banking, stating that usage of

Balmoral Group has appointed Sarah Jane Hogg as a non-executive director. Ms Hogg is currently chief executive of Friends of ANCHOR – a charity dedicated to supporting cancer and haematology patients in the North of Scotland.

Russia is expected to double its import tariffs on whisky as early as next month, in retaliation for Western sanctions. A Kremlin source said the country will increase the duty on "hard liquor from unfriendly countries” as it moves to counter foreign sanctions and boost domestic production. Th

Civil engineering firm Kilmac has reported a nearly 30% rise in profit to a record £1.7 million in the year to September 2023. The Dundee-based business saw turnover increase to a record £26.57m, up from £25.65m in the previous year.

Ian Mitchell, a partner in the corporate law team at Lindsays, advised on a recent deal which saw Bishopbriggs-based Synergy Financial Planning acquired by AAB Wealth. It is the latest in a series of deals across the sector which has seen smaller firms become part of larger groups, with Lindsays law

Scottish estate and letting agency DJ Alexander has acquired Sandstone UK Property Management Solutions Ltd which trades as Sandstone Management. DJ Alexander is the Scottish arm of Lomond, which has purchased close to 60 property businesses in three years with total estate and lettings agency reven

Aberdeen's commercial property market has received significant inflows in the first half of 2024, reaching its highest investment level since 2018, according to Knight Frank.

A US district judge has rejected Visa and Mastercard's "paltry" $30 billion settlement with merchants.