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Scottish business strategists Genoa Black has launched a new management consultancy arm after turnover and profits at the firm increased by 24% and 26% respectively. The Edinburgh-based specialist's profits reached £423,000 in 2020.

The Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has posted a net asset value (NAV) decline of 0.3% on a total return basis for the year ended 31 January 2021. The decline in NAV outperforms the company’s FTSE All-Share Index which fell by 7.5%

Nearly £1 billion worth of house sales were completed in the north-east between September and February, according to figures released by Aberdein Considine.

Glasgow-based Opinew, a startup that is developing a review management system used by online retailers on the Shopify ecommerce platform, is experiencing a high growth phase and has doubled its headcount over the last year as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen shoppers flock online. Shopif

UK SMEs plan to spend an average of £97,000 to grow their business in 2021 and help kickstart their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from Aldermore Bank.

Employers in the Scottish construction sector could face legal action for damages running into hundreds of thousands of pounds after new figures found the industry has accounted for 100 COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

A judge accused of selling judicial favours to the mafia had tens of thousands of euros stashed in his electrical sockets, Italian police have said.

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business critical services group, has implemented hybrid working policies for all staff across its Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London offices. The formalised shift follows discussions and feedback between the business leaders and staff, all of which

Standard Life Aberdeen plc has announced its intention to change its name to Abrdn plc. The firm has said that the new Abrdn name will be part of a "modern, agile, digitally-enabled brand" that will also be used for all the company's client-facing businesses globally.

Scottish family-run fresh produce, farming and haulage business Stewarts of Tayside has invested in new machinery to significantly boost the scale and quality of its production, following six-figure backing from HSBC UK.

Wylie & Bisset is the only Scottish headquartered accountancy practice to be shortlisted in the Managing Partners’ Forum Awards 2021. The Glasgow-based firm has been shortlisted in the Harvard Business Review-sponsored Best Operational Continuity category.

Stormcloud Games, the award-winning independent games studio based in Dundee, has secured a seven-figure investment from Chroma Ventures, the investment arm of 4J Studios. The investment will allow the studio to start the development of its latest game ideas.

Craig Alexander Rattray, a Glasgow-based growth strategist and founder of CR Corporate Solutions, reveals why the Scottish consumer is unlikely to splash their cash when the retail sector reopens its doors today. Too much uncertainty still exists over the effects of coronavirus to prompt any sp

Nearly two in five (39%) British adults, equivalent to 20 million people, plan to save a higher share of their income after the pandemic than they did before, including 17% who plan to save significantly more.

Edinburgh-based UK private bank Hampden & Co has launched self-build mortgages for clients who are acquiring land and building a new residential home, or who are significantly refurbishing an existing home. Loans for self-build projects are available from a minimum of £750,000 to a maximum