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A collection of prized Meissen porcelain which was seized by the Nazis is set to be sold at an auction in New York next month. The porcelain was smuggled across Europe after its Jewish owners were forced to flee the Nazis and were later taken for Hitler before being found in a salt mine by the "Monu

SolarisKit, a Dundee company that launched a pioneering thermal collector flat pack kit following support from Royal Bank of Scotland’s Climate Entrepreneur Accelerator, has been accepted onto Amazon Launchpad, enabling the product to be offered globally. The firm was established in 2019 by me

Lesley-Anne Junner has been appointed as the new head of finance (corporate & IT services) at Thenue Group. Ms Junner will take up her new role in mid-September and follows the retirement of long-serving finance chief John Russell.

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is advising SMEs working in the construction sector confronting material price rises and skills shortages to consider collaboration, diversification, innovation and incentivisation strategies to help them recover from the pandemic. A recent Federation of Mast

Scottish Enterprise has today announced unprecedented support for businesses after investing over £568 million in Scotland’s economy in 2020/21. The record level of funding ensured the country’s national economic development agency supported more firms than ever before, resulting i

Business confidence in Scotland rose six points during August to 34%, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking. The full easing of lockdown restrictions in Scotland in August was a clear boost for businesses, with overall confidence in the economy also risi

Asset & wealth management firm AssetCo has appointed Lucy Draper as director of distribution. Ms Draper was previously director, business development – Middle East Africa at Standard Life Aberdeen (now abrdn) based in Abu Dhabi engaging with a mix of financial institutions in the region.

The UK’s largest privately-owned construction company Laing O’Rourke is planning a listing on the stock exchange within the next three years. Founder and chief executive Ray O’Rourke revealed the timeline in an interview with the Financial Times.

Scottish diagnostics specialist FlexMedical Solutions has doubled headcount to over 30 over the twelve months while investing £1 million in equipment and leasehold improvements, and growing its floor space with five new R&D labs and new office facilities. Livingston-headquartered FlexMedic

Professional services firm Moray Group has appointed Joseph Bowie as its new group-wide chief operating officer to help drive growth. Father-of-two Joseph Bowie, 36, takes on the COO position after more than a decade at legal firm Aberdein Considine.

Consumers are currently facing a £371 billion savings shortfall when it comes to feeling able to withstand a financial shock, according to Yorkshire Building Society’s The Nation’s Nest Egg report.

John Lawrie Metals Ltd has announced plans to construct a new dedicated decommissioning facility at Montrose Port for offshore oil and gas infrastructure which has reached the end of its service life, to help meet demand for the service in the North Sea. The firm has signed a 12-year lease with Mont

A new Scottish Government scheme will provide up to £715,000 of financial support to pig producers affected by the temporary closure of the abattoir at Brechin earlier this year. The Pig Producers Hardship Support Scheme delivers essential funding to eligible pig producers who supplied the Qua

A couple have been ordered to pay over £22,000 to their son after they binned his massive porn collection. An expert in porn valuation told a court that the destroyed collection was probably worth $30,441.54 (around £22,139), MLive.com reports.

Jasmine Limited, a printing and marketing business based in East Tullos, Aberdeen, has been sold as a going concern, saving all 22 jobs. The firm was the subject of a pre-pack administration sale to PFI Group based in Manchester which intends to continue operations in Aberdeen.