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Day: 11 April 2016

Polar Academy fund-raiser

Meet Mark Beaumont and hear his cycling tales

Mark Beaumont
Endurance cyclist and television broadcaster Mark Beaumont will talk about his remarkable adventures in a one-off charity event in Edinburgh next week. Mark will be at Edinburgh Academy in Stockbridge, sharing shortRead More

Tax expert Brown joins Burness Paull

Ronnie Brown
Burness Paull has further strengthened its tax team with the appointment of a tax expert. Ronnie Brown has joined as a partner in the firm’s Glasgow office, moving from DWF.Read More

Cleaner, greener vehicles to be built

Stagecoach orders 415 buses from Alexander Dennis

Stagecoach
Falkirk-based Alexander Dennis will build 415 buses for transport group Stagecoach as part of a £97 million order. READ MORE

4,400 UK jobs secured

British Steel reborn as Tata confirms Greybull deal

The British Steel name will be reborn after Tata Steel agreed to the sale of UK assets mainly across northern England to Greybull Capital for a nominal sum. The dealRead More

New showroom and offices

Document Data Group expands into Eurocentral

Document Data Group
Document Data Group will increase its profile with the opening of a showpiece facility at Eurocentral. It will take an initial 2,000 sq ft at the development off the M8 fromRead More

Windfall for shareholders

Bionic limb firm sold to Icelandic rival for £27.5m

Touch Bionics 3
Artificial limb company, Touch Bionics, has been sold for £27.5 million to Össur Hf, an Iceland-based provider of prosthetics, providing a substantial windfall for its founder and business angel shareholders. READ MORE

Initial £100,000 available

West founder Wetzel launches fund to support women

Petra Wetzel
Petra Wetzel, the founder of the West brewery in Glasgow, has launched West Women, an investment fund to back emerging female entrepreneurs in Scotland’s food and drink sector. READ MORE

Atlantis in deal with Belgian firm

Tidal project valued at £100m after stake sale

tidal power turbine
Atlantis Resources has sold a minority stake in Tidal Power Scotland (TPSL) to Belgian offshore construction firm DEME for £2 million in a cash deal that values the project at £100m. READ MORE

Three partners for Pinsent Masons in Scotland

International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced the promotion of 18 individuals – three in Scotland – to its partnership. Of the 18 lawyers being made up to partner, eightRead More

Deal leads to £30m loss

Aegon sells bulk of annuity portfolio to Rothesay Life

Adrian Grace
Aegon is selling two-thirds of its UK annuity portfolio to specialist insurer Rothesay Life for an undisclosed sum. READ MORE