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The board of Walker’s Shortbread Ltd has appointed Nicky Walker as its new managing director with immediate effect. Mr Walker joined the family firm 25 years ago, was appointed to the Board in 2007 as production director and has been instrumental, working alongside his late father, Joe, in dev

Innis & Gunn has revealed plans to open its fifth taproom on Glasgow's West Nile Street.

Lismore Real Estate Advisors has advised an overseas investor on the purchase of two prime logistics units located in Aberdeen.

Unbranded Finance has completed a £2.5 million bridging loan on behalf of Courie Investments Limited, secured against a prime Glasgow City Centre office building with planning permission for a 113-room aparthotel at 249 West George Street, on the corner of Blythswood Square.

St Andrews-based Pneumagen, a clinical-stage biotech company, has raised £3.8 million to advance clinical development and manufacturing of its lead product Neumifil. The financing round was co-led by existing investors, Thairm Bio and Scottish Enterprise.

Fife-based retinal imaging company epipole is set to grow its presence within the global ophthalmic imaging market after raising £1.3 million in new investment. The company’s handheld epiCam enables clinicians to record epiStreams - scans of the retina using real-time video - from which

Economic growth in Edinburgh and Glasgow is set to more than double in 2022 while the two cities are also predicted to achieve record levels of employment, according to forecasts published by strategic real estate advisor Avison Young.

David Ferguson, the founder and former CEO of Edinburgh-based Nucleus Financial Group, has been appointed as CEO of investment technology firm Seccl. Mr Ferguson will join the Octopus Group-owned firm on April 4, subject to FCA approval.

As more information emerges about the Omicron variant and restrictions begin to ease, Scotland’s GDP is expected to grow by 4.8% this year, according to new analysis by KPMG UK. With Omicron posing a milder setback than earlier strains, KPMG expects all regions and nations to reach their pre-C

A fresh analysis undertaken by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) estimates shops in Scotland have missed out on £5.8 billion of retail sales during the past two years of the Covid pandemic.

Total retail sales in Scotland increased by 15.6% compared in December, compared to the same period the year before, when they had decreased by 16.6%, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) has announced a £4.45 million investment into Highland Coast Hotels to help to support more sustainable and community-led hospitality around the North Coast 500 tourist route. The investment will support tourism and employment opportunities in a rem

Almost three quarters (72%) of small or medium enterprises (SMEs) across Scotland are currently waiting on late payments from customers, according to new research from Barclays surveying 500 UK small business owners.

Amazon has scrapped plans to block UK Visa credit card payments this week, amid dispute resolution talks over payment fees. In a statement released yesterday, Amazon said: "The expected change regarding the use of Visa credit cards on Amazon.co.uk will no longer take place on January 19."

A two-year equality fund has been launched to make Scottish workplaces, including those in the finance industry, more inclusive and diverse. The Scottish Government-funded initiative, with £800,000 available in its first year, aims to address longstanding barriers in the labour market so that