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AAB appoints Jon Grainger as chief operating officer
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (271+ words) AAB has announced the appointment of Jonathan Grainger as the firm's chief operating officer. He will lead AAB's technology, operations and integration teams, driving the next phase of operational excellence and enabling the firm to embed end-to-end automation capability throughout…...
Business leaders receive Help to Grow from University experts
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (363+ words) A cohort of Tayside business leaders will apply lessons learned from University of Dundee experts to help their organisations grow and thrive after successfully completing an innovative management initiative. The 2026 Help to Grow: Management course brought 22 leaders from across the…...
Historic Scottish family pastry-making business becomes employee-owned
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (709+ words) Pictured (L-R): Douglas Sword, David Sword, Alexander Gordon and Caitlin Stevenson with the wider William Sword team A Scottish pastry-making business run by its founding family for four generations has become employee-owned. Cumbernauld-based William Sword says its transition to an…...
Kerr’s Tyres Group acquires Scotland’s Farmers Autocare
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (606+ words) Norman Kerr, founder and chief executive of Kerr's Tyres Group, and Colin McNeill, managing director of Farmer Autocare Farmer Autocare has been acquired by Belfast-based Kerr's Tyres Group, bringing together two family-run organisations with strong community roots. Farmer Autocare, a…...
New Pathways guide to support diversity in entrepreneurship
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (536+ words) The University of Edinburgh has launched a new guide for those working with entrepreneurs to help them make their practice more inclusive. Launched at the Edinburgh Futures Institute yesterday, the Practitioner's Guide to Inclusive Entrepreneurship Support is part of the…...
Projects share £170k to support region’s small food and drink producers
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (810+ words) Oliver and Nikki Lake from Thorabella Farm Seven innovative projects to support small food and drink producers in parts of the Highlands and Islands have been awarded a total of "169,750 through the Small Producers Pilot Fund. The successful initiatives in…...
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4+ hour, 42+ min ago (12+ words) CT elevates Claire Proctor and Phil Pagan to director level'Scottish Financial News...
Knight Frank: Edinburgh office market bounces back with 39% rise in take-up
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (456+ words) Edinburgh's office market had an "encouraging' start to the year, rebounding from a subdued 2025 despite the uncertainty caused by geopolitical issues, according to new research from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that there was 128,000 sq ft of…...
April change sees abolition of tax relief for household expenses for 300,000 people
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (461+ words) Clair Williams " Azets" head of employment tax Research by Azets, which has offices in Aberdeen, Ayr, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Perth, shows that HMRC estimates the abolition measure for homeworkers will save "115 million over five years from April 2026. But the…...
SCC: Soaring business rates among top concerns for Scottish firms ahead of election
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (843+ words) Charandeep Singh BEM " chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce New data from the Scottish Chambers of Commerce shows nearly half of firms (48%) are concerned about business rates " the highest level in the last five years. The findings from…...