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John Swinney has promised to advance the Scottish Government's £1.5 billion bond plans, nicknamed 'kilts', to help attract new investment into Scotland, as he unveiled his programme for government. The First Minister pledged to "deliver the investment needed to achieve Scotland’s economi
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Tricapital Angels has appointed former joint senior partner and chief investment officer at Baillie Gifford Richard Burns to its board as a non-executive director. The Melrose-based investment syndicate also revealed that investor and ocean technology entrepreneur Mogens Mathieson is taking on an ex
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Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has appointed its first chief technology officer, a new audit partner and two other senior leaders to strengthen its team across the UK. Tamsyn Weston joins as chief technology officer leading the firm’s strategy across IT, cyber secur
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Barclays has hired one of Bank of America's most senior bankers as part of a shake-up of its investment bank team to compete with larger Wall Street rivals. The UK lender has hired Mike Joo to serve as co-chief executive at its investment bank, while Adeel Khan will be promoted to co-chief executive
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Iain Morrison has been appointed as Regional Managing Director, Commercial Mid-Market (CMM), for the Royal Bank of Scotland, replacing Judith Cruickshank who was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of the bank's retail business earlier this year. Mr Morrison brings three decades of experience
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Aberdeen-based professional services firm AAB has strengthened its Central Scotland leadership team with the appointment of Malcolm Crawford as Business Development Partner, and the promotion of Corporate Finance Partner Iain Walker to Head of Central Scotland. Mr Crawford joins the company with a s
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Aon, the global professional services firm, has bolstered its commercial risk business in Scotland with the appointment of Andy Hall, the former Barclays head of corporate banking for central Scotland, to the role of ambassador. With more than 30 years’ experience in senior banking roles, Mr H
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Accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has appointed its first chief technology officer, a new audit partner and two other senior leaders to strengthen its team across the UK. Tamsyn Weston joins as chief technology officer leading the firm’s strategy across IT, cyber secur
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Accountancy firm Henderson Loggie is calling on the UK Government to radically reform regulation and taxation in the food and drink sector following growing fears for the sector's future. Matthew McDermott, head of food and drink at Henderson Loggie, urged ministers to review employers' National Ins
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The UK collected a record £24.2 billion in capital gains tax in 2024/25, according to new data released on Thursday, following Rachel Reeves' decision to raise the rate in her first Budget. HM Revenue & Customs revealed an 89% increase in capital gains tax receipts compared with the previo
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KPMG has been appointed as liquidators of JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets after shareholders approved plans to voluntarily wind up the fund at an extraordinary general meeting. Shareholders approved all four resolutions with more than 99% support, with the special resolution to voluntarily wind up
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Junior staff could be ordered back to the office more frequently as part of a push to sharpen their 'human skills' as artificial intelligence (AI) begins to take over a growing proportion of technical work. Consulting executives said AI had made interpersonal skills more valuable, arguing these skil
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