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UK law firm TLT has advised Biffa on its £10 million acquisition of Scotland's only post-consumer plastics recycling facility. Biffa is the UK's leading sustainable waste management business and the acquisition is in line with the Group's strategy to quadruple its plastic recycling capaci

A three-year project to rebuild the tourism sector across Argyll and the Islands has secured £350,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and will create new jobs. The HIE funding will support two key areas of activity; product development and community engagement.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced a £1.9 million investment to help create a "world-class" attraction at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms National Park.

Chartered surveyor DM Hall is set to create a 'superhub' presence in south east Scotland with the merger of its Musselburgh satellite into the firm’s principal Edinburgh office. The new hub will be run by partners Jonathan Hunter and Andrew Milne.

Balfour Beatty has agreed the sale of three UK assets from its Infrastructure Investments portfolio including the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) and the Woodland View Hospital in Irvine.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has said that changes are needed to make environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting effective. The FRC published its Statement of Intent on Environmental, Social and Governance challenges this week. The statement sets out areas in which there are issue

A millionaire couple have agreed to hand over £4 million allegedly generated through the so-called "Azerbaijan laundromat". Suleyman Javadov and Izzat Khanim Javadova have been under investigation by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) for years.

George Dale, a prominent member of the Scottish restructuring and insolvency community, has joined Opus Restructuring & Insolvency as a partner.  Opus established an initial presence in Scotland, with the appointment of Mark Harper as partner, earlier this year. Mr Dale will open an office

HSBC UK and TSB have launched their lowest ever fixed-rate mortgages at 0.94%.

Scottish Enterprise has agreed to award Scottish EDGE an additional £75,000 in Round 18 in recognition of the number of promising high-growth businesses identified in previous rounds. The cash injection will enable the funding competition to support a further seven applicants of its Young EDGE

Pinsent Masons has released its latest year-end results, showing a record £503.3 million turnover. The firm reported that turnover broke through the half-billion pounds barrier for the first time, with the business recording 19% growth over a five year period.

Jennifer Campbell, head of estate agency in DM Hall Baird Lumsden, the specialist rural department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, discusses the continued demand for rural properties of all shapes and sizes in Scotland. Even as the pandemic, with all its attendant anxieties, appears to be beginning

The Scottish Government has spent more than £1 million on the litigation involving the collapse of Rangers Football Club, a freedom of information request has revealed. The figure is part of a total of more than £5.8m the government has paid in legal fees over the past five financia

Elgin-based Speyfruit Ltd, one of the largest suppliers of fruit and vegetables in the North East of Scotland, has secured up to £24,110 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

UK house prices slipped 0.5% in June, signalling the first month-on-month decline this year, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.