Leading Scottish law firm Thorntons Solicitors continues to make progress on workplacegender equality, with the mean hourly pay gap between men and women narrowing by13.6%.The firm, which now has 566 people including 70 partners, published its annual gender payreport today, covering the snapshot date of 5 April 2021.The report outlined the firm’s commitment to promoting […]
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A long-established dental practice in Balerno has joined Scotland’s dedicated dental group.Artis Dental and Implant Studio have joined the Clyde Munro Dental Group with its twodentists and 10 support staff promising “business as usual” for its 4,500 patients.Founded 16 years ago by owner Brian Clough and his wife Edel, Artis Dental services has athriving patient
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English insurance broker Partners& has acquired sector rival the MacDonald Group in orderto enter the Scottish market.The agreement, which is due to complete in June, will see the MacDonald team becomingpart of Partners&, while retaining its brand.The MacDonald Group was founded in 1978 and today, the team of 50 is based acrossScotland in locations including
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An aggressive recruitment market could hamper start-ups in Scotland’s booming financial technology sector, according to senior fintech experts. Buoyed by a £300 million UK Government investment last August, Edinburgh’s fintech community is populated by a swathe of financial services innovators, but newbies looking for talent face a “hot market” which makes it difficult to secure
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GlamCandy, the Scottish make-up academy, has bolstered staff numbers with the appointment of 18 former students. It selected hires from over 100 applicants to the college with an aim to encourage amateur makeup artists to join the business. GlamCandy, which has bases in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dunfermline and Aberdeen, said it is rebuilding its staff count from the
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L-R: Harris Grant & Robi Lambie Edinburgh based Cairngorm Coffee has appointed a new operations director and unveiled new packaging, as the business aims to reach a turnover of £1 million this year. Harris Grant, co-founder of the Edinburgh-based vegan fashion retailer Treen, has also joined as co-owner. The trained accountant spent almost five years
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AccelerateHER and Scottish Enterprise have teamed up to launch a new online training initiative designed to support the growing number of female business founders in Scotland. Using the Thinkific platform, AccelerateHER will now deliver its series of finance workshops as pre-recorded sessions so that female founders can learn at a time that suits them. The
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Award-winning Glasgow-based creative agency Bright Signals has grown from 31 to 45 staff following the acquisitions of digital agency Three Part Story and Edinburgh-based advertising agency PUNK Creative. The three agencies will now operate as a single integrated team under the Bright Signals brand. The turnover of the combined entity will now exceed £3 million.
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Business confidence in Scotland fell 18 points during March to 17%, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking. Companies in Scotland reported lower confidence in their own business prospects month-on-month, down 24 points at 18%. When taken alongside their optimism in the economy, down 12 points to 16%, this gives a headline confidence reading of 17%. Despite the dip in confidence, Scottish businesses have identified a range of growth opportunities for
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HFD Group picked up two major honours at the recent Scottish Property Award. The group picked up Property Company of the Year while their project at 177 Bothwell Street, picked up the Development of the Year (Commercial Buildings) Award. Comprising of six divisions to HFD supports the full property lifecycle: property, construction, offices, services, energy
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