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Insurance AI leader targets industry combined ratios and margins with a $50 million growth equity raise from SEP

  mea Platform (“mea”), the AI-native insurance technology company, today announced a $50 million minority growth equity investment from SEP, a leading investor in enterprise technology companies. Since formation in 2021, mea has consistently driven the market for AI applied to the insurance industry. Demand is accelerating for mea’s AI products that rapidly improve combined […]

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Hardies celebrates magnificent seven newly qualified chartered surveyors

  Hardies Chartered Surveyors is celebrating the achievements of its magnificent seven newly qualified chartered surveyors who have successfully passed their Assessment of Professional Competence (APC). The seven comprise six building surveyors – Shaun Strachan, Dundee; Bailey Mone, Inverness; Giorgia Murray, Aberdeen; Steph Haig, Edinburgh; Sophie Ellison, Edinburgh and Jamie McCormack, Stirling – and one

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Wild Child Animation appoints Wbg Joint Administrators

  Multi-award-winning Wild Child Animation, the Stirling-based studio and contractor, has appointed Wbg turnaround specialists Gordon McIntyre and Donald McKinnon as Joint Administrators. Since 2020, Wild Child Animation has created hours of content for leading partners like Cartoon Network, Disney, Warner Bros., BBC, and Sky. Scotland’s largest surviving animation content provider, it employs 32 staff

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ATS expands to offer ‘game-changing’ flooring system

  Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS), the Fife-based specialist flooring contractor, is expanding with a new division delivering a ‘game-changing’ flooring system to Scottish house builders. The award-winning company’s Super Floor System is a patented, first-of-its-kind insulation which is now available at scale in Scotland for the first time thanks to ATS’ dedicated installation team. Combining

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Accountancy firm MHA announces senior appointments and partner promotions

  MHA, the chartered accountancy and business advisory firm, has announced a series of senior appointments and partner promotions as it continues to grow its Scotland team. In Edinburgh, the firm has appointed Stephen Thom as corporate tax partner and Joshua Williams as personal client tax director, alongside the promotion of Alan Downie and Allan Smith to

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Northern Cricket Union secures new Senior Leagues sponsorship deal with Mercury

  Lisburn based company Mercury Security & Facilities Management (MSFM) has been unveiled as the new title sponsor of the Northern Cricket Union (NCU) Senior Leagues. MSFM will enjoy exclusive naming rights across NCU’s senior leagues in a three-year partnership that will see all competitions rebranded under the Mercury name – including the Men’s Premier

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Law firm’s national reputation grows with major appointments and awards success

  Mackenzie Jones Solicitors underlined its growing reputation after a standout year saw the practice secure major industry accolades, prestigious charity appointments and recognition alongside some of the UK’s largest law firms. With offices in St Asaph, Menai Bridge and Chester, the company is celebrating a landmark period that firmly places it on the national

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McLaren Corrugate appoints new Managing Director

  Port Glasgow headquartered specialist paper and cardboard packaging manufacturer, McLaren Corrugate, part of the McLaren Packaging family, has appointed Jennifer Riddell (pictured above) as Managing Director. A proven business leader with both domestic and international experience leading and developing manufacturing and operational businesses, Riddell joins McLaren from her role as Managing Director at the

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Holmes Mackillop announces quartet of promotions

  Holmes Mackillop Solicitors has announced a quartet of promotions from solicitor to senior solicitor. The four promoted personnel are: Grant Cairnduff (pictured above) based in the firm’s Milngavie office and specialising in property and private client matters; Hannah McKay, in the Johnstone office and specialising in residential conveyancing; Mark Joseph, also based in the

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David Shadwell joins Wbg leadership team as UK Head of Business Advisory Services

  Wbg, a leading independent specialist full-service accountancy firm, has appointed David Shadwell as Head of Business Advisory Services. With offices across the UK, Shadwell who will be based in Edinburgh, brings a wealth of experience helping founders and leadership teams turn financial data into strategic growth through driving digital transformation to create competitive advantage,

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