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Advisers secure funding boost

Scottish stock exchange receives equity investment

Tomas Carruthers
Tomas Carruthers addressing delegates at a briefing in Edinburgh (pic: Terry Murden)   Scotland’s new stock exchange has secured a seven-figure equity investment to support the project ahead of itRead More

Scottish Edge support

First Scottish Wedge winners share £200,000 prize

Chidley and Coyle
Two previous Scottish Edge winners, Beauty Kitchen and Premiership Experience, have taken an equal share of a £200,000 prize fund. They were recipients of the inaugural Winners Edge (Wedge), aRead More

Move prompted by Brexit

Court backs switch of Standard Life assets to Dublin

Standard Life
Assets on the move from Edinburgh   Standard Life Assurance has transferred almost £17 billion (€19bn) of assets to its Dublin office to ensure continuity of service for European customersRead More

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Sainsbury’s and Asda may sell stores in merger plan

Sainsbury's Local
Sainsbury’s and Asda have offered to sell between 125 and 150 stores in order to satisfy competition watchdogs investigating their proposed merger. Sainsbury’s has more than 1,400 shops, of whichRead More

Funding round launched

Knox and Walton seek £2.5m for ‘next tech success’

Robin Knox and Paul Walton: ready to go to next level   Technology entrepreneurs Robin Knox and Paul Walton, are seeking investment for their new venture, Boundary, a smart home alarm.Read More

Ambitious plan for growth

Seedcorn funding to boost Scotland’s ‘bio-revolution’

Biopta
Industrial biotechnology has ‘enormous promise’   Ambitious plans to boost the economic impact of Scotland’s burgeoning industrial biotechnology sector have received early-stage funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). TheRead More

AccelerateHER Awards

Eight compete for Investing Women’s trade missions

AcceleratHER short list
Jackie Waring, centre, with finalists   Eight aspirational female-led Scottish companies have been shortlisted as finalists for this year’s AccelerateHER Awards. They include Glasgow-based businesses All Day Designs, manufacturer ofRead More

Property firms combine

Galbraith builds border agency with Land Factor deal

Iain Russell
Iain Russell: ‘enhanced services’   Galbraith, the Scotland-based rural property consultancy, is acquiring Land Factor, a specialised rural estate management company operating in Northumbia and Cumbria. The deal, which willRead More

Company targets rapid growth

Bruce Group unveils £20m bond for pubs expansion

George IV pub
George IV pub, one of the group’s Edinburgh outlets   Scottish independent pub company, the Bruce Group, is raising £20 million to fund acquisitions across the central belt. The Edinburgh-basedRead More

As German banks consider tie-up

Florida-based FIS in £32.5bn acquisition of Worldpay

worldpay
Two giant deals are in the offing in the financial services sector, with Worldpay being acquired by FIS in a $43 billion (£32.5bn) deal, while Germany’s Commerzbank and Deutsche BankRead More