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Call for £30m bailout

Workers fear for jobs as British Steel enters insolvency

British Steel
Steel workers fear for the future of the industry   Thousands of steel workers were left fearing for their jobs after the High Court ordered British Steel into compulsory liquidation,Read More

Atkinson becomes chairman

Taranata unveils Hanya deal and change of senior roles

Paul Atkinson
Paul Atkinson: becomes chairman (pic: Terry Murden)   Recruitment firm Taranata Group has acquired consulting business Hanya Partners and announced that group founder Paul Atkinson will become non-executive chairman. MartinRead More

More than 1,000 users invest

Money Dashboard crowdfunds £2 million in 24 hours

Steve Tigar
Steve Tigar: ‘blown away by response’   Money Dashboard, the personal finance app, raised more than £2 million within 24 hours yesterday after launching Scotland’s biggest fintech crowdfunding exercise privatelyRead More

Lending goes ex-growth

Tesco Bank seeks sale of £3.7bn mortgage business

Tesco Bank
Limited growth has prompted Tesco to seek a buyer for its mortgage portfolio   Tesco Bank has announced that it is pulling out of the mortgage business and is lookingRead More

£3m school deal

Deanestor secures its biggest-ever education contract

Deanestor - Inverurie Campus
Inverurie Campus: biggest school project   Deanestor, the furniture and fit-out firm, has been awarded a £3 million contract – its largest-ever in the education sector. The project is forRead More

Funding deal for small firms

LendingCrowd in SME loans tie-up with SIB and NIBC

Stuart Lunn
Stuart Lunn: ‘record requests’   LendingCrowd has announced a funding partnership with the Scottish Investment Bank and Dutch entrepreneurial institution NIBC to support SMEs.  NIBC and SIB will provide aRead More

Significant move by US bank

Goldman Sachs skips Big Four to hire Mazars for audit

Audit (Mazars)
US bank Goldman Sachs has appointed Mazars to audit its London-based European operations in a significant break from a Big Four accounting firm. The switch will be seen as aRead More

Perth firm invests £80m

Alexander Dennis boost from Stagecoach eco-buses

Alexander Dennis enviro bus
Falkirk bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis has received a share of an £80 million order for low-emission vehicles from transport company Stagecoach. The Perth company is introducing 351 “cleaner, greener” busesRead More

Scottish firm aims for New York

TC BioPharm plots route to ‘billion dollar’ Nasdaq IPO

Angela Scott
Angela Scott: growth plans   One of Scotland’s fast-growing life sciences companies is working on plans to float on the Nasdaq market in New York next year. Daily Business hasRead More

Part of international expansion plans

Wellpro Group acquires first Dubai-based business

Wellpro
Wellpro Group operations director Grant Forsyth (left) with Jim Thomson   Wellpro Group, the Aberdeen-based well intervention specialist, has expanded into the Middle East with its first acquisition in Dubai.Read More