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MKM Building Supplies’ has opened the doors of its new flagship Peterhead branch. Customers that attended the launch event were treated to a special guest appearance from local radio presenter, DJ Graeme Strachan, who broadcast his popular Pub Shed Radio show live from the branch.

British rocket company Skyrora has agreed a multi-launch deal with the SaxaVord spaceport on Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands, as it moves closer to launching its XL rocket in 2022.

A £7.4 million project to rebuild Shetland’s world-renowned bird observatory on Fair Isle takes a step forward yesterday, as Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Government announced a funding package totalling £2.35m.

E-commerce retailers and start-ups have been warned by Scottish-based cloud software experts Eureka Solutions, that the highly-anticipated Black Friday and festive shopping rushes could end up damaging their operations instead of benefitting them. Online business experts say thousands of eager retai

An additional £450,000 has been made available as part of Scotland’s Events Recovery Fund to help the return of events across the country.

A speeding motorist was relieved of his brand-new Lamborghini just hours after he purchased it under new Danish legislation. The owner, an unnamed Iraqi man, was driving his new £228,000 car home from Germany to Norway when he was stopped by police in Denmark.

The entrepreneurial tax team at accountancy firm Chiene + Tait (C+T) has taken on five new recruits to help service major growth over the last quarter. The new colleagues include senior associates, Olivia Reilly and Romana Mohammed and associates Amber Young and Jak Henderson who bolster the si

McCrea Financial Services has announced the appointment Gerard Cumming as its new mortgage and protection adviser, as part of a recruitment drive which follows strong growth this year. With 16 years of financial services experience, the last 13 spent specialising in mortgage and protection, Mr Cummi

Edinburgh-based investment manager Par Equity has won Best EIS Manager at the prestigious 2021 EISA (Enterprise Investment Scheme Association) awards. The firm was also highly commended in the EISA Impact Award.

Exizent, the Glasgow-based technology firm, has appointed Graeme Jones, the former CEO of Scottish Financial Enterprise, as a senior adviser to its board. Mr Jones brings has decades of senior management experience within some of the UK’s leading financial institutions and extensive strategic

Wealth management and professional services group Tilney Smith & Williamson has announced two further senior hires in its financial intermediaries business development team which provides investment management services to financial advisers. Crawford Armstrong and Mark Johnson have joined the fi

G&S Investments is now the sole owner of Lanarkshire chemist thanks to substantial funding from HSBC UK. The company purchased the remaining 50% of Lesmahagow-based Abbeygreen pharmacy after owning half the business for 3.5 years.

Integrated fee-sharing law firm Spencer West LLP has launched a Scottish practice. The firm’s presence in Scotland will be spearheaded by former DLA Piper banking and finance partner, David Morton, assisted by former Fenwick Elliott Construction partner, Jonathan More, as business growth direc

Independent chartered surveyors DM Hall is set to move next month to new, highly visible office premises at 12 Bothwell Street in Glasgow.

Perth-based insurance giant Aviva has trawled through its archives to unearth a treasure trove of unusual claims dating back centuries, as it approaches its 325th anniversary on November 12. Historical claims involve a leap-frogging vicar, a swearing parrot and an elephant who attempted to get insid