The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has reported a record-breaking financial year, with a turnover surge of 6% to £41.9 million, the highest in the league’s history.
Levenseat, a recycling and waste management firm, is set to generate 50 new jobs at its Lathallan facility in Polmont, close to Falkirk, following a nearly £1 million grant from Scottish Enterprise.
Orkney Fishermen’s Society, a supplier of crabs, lobsters, and fresh seafood, has been sold out of administration by joint administrators Michelle Elliot and Callum Carmichael, partners with FRP Advisory, to Orkney Crab Ltd, a subsidiary of PDK Shellfish Ltd, in a deal that saves the jobs of all 55 existing jobs.
Advanced space camera technology firm Metahelios has been named as one of the 12 new ambassadors for the Start Up Loans programme, an initiative of the British Business Bank.
Responsible finance provider SIS Group has seen a return to ‘business-as-usual’ as resilience funding decreased and demand for other funds reached near pre-pandemic levels, as detailed in its latest annual report.
Scotland has witnessed superficial growth in retail sales, increasing by 6.1% in the five weeks leading up to 30 September 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, slightly down from the previous year’s 6.5% growth.
Panoramic Growth Equity, and Maven Capital Partners, through its professional client investment platform, Maven Investor Partners, have backed the management buyout of Glasgow-based distribution and logistics specialist Bullet Express.
Tech-enabled business critical services group AAB has expanded its reach with the acquisition of Elstan HR, a South-East England-based outsourced and integrated HR firm, as part of its strategy to further extend the HR consultancy services offered across the group.
August has witnessed a sustained surge in wages, one of the fastest since records began in 2001, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), sparking concerns over persistent inflation contrary to the Bank of England’s expectations.
Scotland’s sole gold mining company Scotgold Resources has updated shareholders saying it is currently in advanced talks with a prospective new investor, following the withdrawal of a previous party earlier this month.
Scottish biotech firm Beta Bugs Limited, specialising in insect genetics, has garnered a £1.72 million investment to bolster its production and supply of Black Soldier Fly eggs and larvae to the insect farming sector, as a sustainable alternative to current sources of protein for animal feed.
While welcoming the UK government’s plans to launch more stringent initiatives to curtail the persistent problem of late payments to SMEs as a step in the right direction, Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, notes that the initiatives apply only to larger businesses with a turnover in excess of £10 million.