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Firm relocates

COCO Chocolatier finds new home at Port Edgar marina

Calum Haggerty
Calum Haggerty: ‘fell in love with the place’ Chocolate maker COCO Chocolatier is relocating to bigger premises at Port Edgar Marina in South Queensferry. It is switching from its PortobelloRead More

Firms buoyant

Rising VC deals shows appetite for scale-ups

Amy Burnett
Amy Burnett: ‘impressive results’ Scotland’s scale-up businesses finished 2020 on a buoyant note, with venture capital funded deal values rising every quarter as the economy reopened. The latest KPMG VentureRead More

Wrap acquisition

Nucleus acquired by James Hay in £144.6m deal

David Ferguson
David Ferguson: key role in a bigger story Financial wrap platform Nucleus is being acquired by James Hay Holdings in a recommended deal valuing the Edinburgh-based company at £144.6m. ItRead More

Daily Business Live

Ocado boosted by pandemic; Bellway demand ‘robust’

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REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 4.30pm: London close The FTSE 100 closed just 8.03 points higher at 6,531.56. 2pm: Storage firms hopes to raise £300m Aberdeen-based Carbon Neutral Energy (CNE) hopesRead More

Daily Business Live

Frasers sells French Connection stake; Boohoo Arcadia deal

French Connection
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES: 9.30pm: Wall St’s winning streak The Dow Jones secured its longest daily winning streak since August as traders grew confident about Covid-19 stimulus. The index closedRead More

Private equity offer

Aggreko in talks over £2bn bid from consortium

Aggreko
Aggreko is a supplier of temporary power Shares in Scottish temporary power provider Aggreko rocketed after it confirmed it was in talks about a £2 billion-plus takeover offer from aRead More

Regular deal

Arc’s nuclear safety contract marks success for SMEs

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The hall of the Halden reactor in Norway A nuclear safety contract won by a consortium led by an Edinburgh risk management consultancy is seen as a milestone for SMEsRead More

Appetite falls

Scottish deals slow to return after private equity slump

james kergon
James Kergon: evidence of ‘retreat and recover’ Scotland’s deal activity has been slow to recover after a slump last year in private equity activity.  Mid-market transactions involving private equity investorsRead More

Royal Society scheme

Entrepreneurs in residence to guide next generation

Jamie Graves
Jamie Graves: great honour (pic: Terry Murden) Sixteen entrepreneurs, senior scientists and business leaders, including three from Scotland, have been awarded a place on this year’s Royal Society Entrepreneur inRead More

Daily Business Live

Enquest North Sea deal; Shell slumps; Barratt; BT; JD Sports

REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 4.30pm: Rates comments hit FTSE 100 The FTSE 100 staged a late recovery but stayed just in negative territory, closing 4.1 points down at 6,503.72. TradersRead More