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Expansion for support firm

Multrees turns to apprentices as company expands

Chris Fisher
Chris Fisher: ‘confidence’ Multrees Investor Services, which provides support to wealth managers and private banks, will be hiring more apprentices to help fill vacancies. The company, which has £11 billionRead More

Offer for patents firm

Murgitroyd poised to recommend £61m bid from Sovereign

Murgitroyd
Murgitroyd board would recommend the offer Patents company Murgitroyd has received a £61 million indicative takeover offer from Sovereign Capital Partners. The Glasgow firm’s board confirmed this morning that itRead More

Comparison deal

Care Sourcer scales up with acquisition of consumer sites

Care Sourcing team
Vision: Care Sourcer’s team Care Sourcer, the care homes comparison site, has acquired two social care consumer websites, Good Care Guide and Care Home Advisor from healthcare business intelligence provider, LaingBuisson. Good CareRead More

Recommended cash offer

Eland acquired by Nigeria oil firm Seplat in £382m deal

George Maxwell
George Maxwell: ‘culmination of a journey’ Eland Oil & Gas, the Aberdeen-based oil explorer focused on West Africa, is being acquired by Nigeria’s Seplat Petroleum for £382 million in cash. Seplat isRead More

Corporate finance tie-up

Hall Morrice in partnership deal with Dow Schofield Watts

Hall Morrice
New team: Tom Faichnie and Melanie Clark with Nicole Burstow and James Dow of Dow Schofield Watts Hall Morrice Corporate Finance has forged a partnership with the UK advisory firm DowRead More

Support for new firms

Call to scrap entrepreneurs tax relief and invest in start-ups

Scottish banknotes
Savings ‘should be diverted into helping start-ups’ A tax relief for entrepreneurs should be scrapped and the the money diverted into supporting start-ups and those firms looking to grow, saysRead More

Legal merger

Lindsays acquires Edinburgh law firm Hadden Rankin

Lindsays and Hadden Rankin
Dot Rankin, Ross Hadden, Alasdair Cummings, Ian Beattie (COO) Lindsays, the Scottish legal firm, has acquired the Edinburgh-based practice Hadden Rankin.  The deal, which is termed a merger, takes effectRead More

Finance package

Swan Group secures £50m support for affordable homes

Swan Group
Support package: Jamie Davidson and Phil McGinlay Swan Group, which focuses on delivering affordable homes across the UK, has secured access to a £50m facility that will accelerate its growth. ItRead More

Funding for expansion

Target Healthcare takes aim for jobs growth after bank support

An East Kilbride-based pharmaceutical wholesaler is bolstering its domestic and international business and increasing its headcount after securing a seven-figure funding package from HSBC. Target Healthcare Group is looking toRead More

Collaborative venture

Scottish and Japanese subsea tech firms share £9m fund

Fiona Hyslop speaking
Fiona Hyslop: investing in innovation (pic: Terry Murden) Scottish and Japanese companies will share £9 million from a joint fund to work together on innovative subsea technology. Combined with investmentRead More