Scotland

Leading accountancy and advisory firm strengthens its market position and completes merger in a landmark deal

One of the UK’s leading accountancy firms, which recently completed two Scottish mergers, has concluded another significant deal. Following notification of the intention earlier this year, MHA and MHA Moore and Smalley have announced the successful completion of their merger as of 3rd April 2024. MHA Moore and Smalley is a prominent firm of chartered […]

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Clancy has designs on new North Stand at Somerset Park Stadium for Ayr United

The Prestwick office of multi-disciplinary engineering firm Clancy Consulting has designed the new North Stand at Somerset Park for Ayr United Football Club. Featuring a 748-seater stand beneath a cantilevered steel roof, work on the North Stand started on site last April with Clancy Consulting providing civil and structural engineering services on the development, working alongside Denham

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InnoScot Health spinout seeks to progress its acute stroke technology with London conference slot

Scottish biopharmaceutical company Aurum Biosciences has been invited to speak at a flagship life sciences conference in London this April, allowing it to demonstrate the huge potential of its technology to advance the management of acute stroke patients. A spinout of InnoScot Health, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and the University of Glasgow, clinical stage

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Women-led businesses secure less than 3% of funding in Scotland as new report names Equity Gap as the most frequent backer

(L) Rhona Bree, Senior Investment & Portfolio Manager,and (R) Fraser Lusty, Managing Director Equity Gap, the Edinburgh-based angel investment syndicate, has been named as the most frequent backer of women-owned businesses in Scotland, according to a new report by Young Company Finance. Between 2018 and 2023, Equity Gap backed 12 equity investment rounds in female-led

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DM Hall appoints its first Energy Services Manager

DM Hall proudly announces the appointment of Billy Thomson (pictured above) as its inaugural Energy Services Manager. In this newly created role, Thomson will spearhead DM Hall’s initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability across its portfolio. Harnessing and streamlining processes using new technologies to help their commercial client save energy in their properties is at

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Employee ownership drives growth of Fife textiles company

Image by Donald Milne Photography An award-winning Scottish technical textiles company, celebrating its 160th anniversary, is announcing ‘impressive’ profits despite a highly challenging year. Scott and Fyfe, an employee-owned company based in Tayport, Fife, started out as a linen works in 1864. Today, with a clear focus on design and innovation, the company’s 90-strong team

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£5m investment helps Scottish dental biotech prevent decay

Left to Right: Paul Callaghan (the Bank), AdamChristie (Calcivis), Mark Sterritt (British Business Bank) and DavidMilroy (Maven Capital Partners) Edinburgh-based biotechnology firm, Calcivis, has secured £5 million in funding to roll out its cutting-edge dental technology. The firm’s patented system enables early detection of tooth decay, which in turn can enable timely preventive treatment, by

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Thorntons opens the doors of its first permanent Inverness office

Full-service law firm Thorntons is formally opening its new Inverness office, which is its first permanent home in the Highlands after operating from serviced office space since December 2023. Since the business announced its plans to establish a permanent base in the north it has confirmed a string of strategic hires including commercial property partners

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Dundee charity transforms waste into fashion

Chika Inatimi, Christie Wanless and Amy Deans of FrontLounge, with Megan McKay from Little Peril Studio A Dundee charity changing lives through a clothes-making qualification has launched a project to turn Scottish designers’ waste material into fashion. Through Front Lounge, 34 learners have completed the SQA-accredited Kindred Clothing qualification since its launch in 2020, with

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US tech firms come calling for Glasgow-based digital marketing agency as it sets its sights on international expansion

Innovative Glasgow-based digital marketing agency, GRA has embarked on an ambitious international expansion phase with a series of significant contract wins from new players in the dynamic US tech sector. While Scotland remains the dominant market for the full-service agency, the move into the US arena – and the associated reputational boost – opens up

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