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Puma Private Equity, provider of growth capital to small and medium-sized businesses, has revealed its expansion plans for Scotland and rebrand to Puma Growth Partners. The team in Scotland will be led by investment director Ben Leslie, who has relocated back to Scotland after spending six years hel
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Ashley Howieson has joined Deeside Timberframe as its new business development manager, following her successful tenure at the Muir Group. With 17 years of experience in the construction industry, including 14 in timber frame, Ashley brings a wealth of knowledge, energy, and enthusiasm to the team.
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Audit Scotland's board has appointed Chartered Accountant Colin Crosby OBE as its new chair. Mr Crosby joined the board as an independent non-executive director in 2020. He has significant leadership experience across the public, private and third sectors, and was formerly CEO of a subsidiary of Abe
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The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has strengthened its board of directors in a move to boost its fight for greater investment and support for Scotland’s businesses. President Stephen Leckie said: "At a critical time for business in Scotland, with huge budget pressures for both the UK and Scott
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Craig Reid CA has been named partner at Armstrong Watson, and will head up the firm's accounting and business services team in Glasgow. He joins the accountancy, business and financial advisory firm in Blythswood Square after four years as a director at Mazars, where he led the Scottish SME team.
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Mark Shaw has stepped into the role of BDO UK managing partner. Reaffirming the firm's dedication to the mid-market, Mr Shaw emphasised the importance of mid-sized businesses as the "economic engine" of UK economic growth.
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Caledonia Housing Association (CHA) has appointed two new executive directors to its leadership team. Peter Fotheringham joins CHA as executive director of finance and will be responsible for finance and treasury management, IT and business improvement. He is a Chartered Accountant and is currently
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New research released today by KPMG has revealed boosting their savings would be a top priority if the impact of the cost-of-living crisis was to ease. KPMG UK’s Consumer Pulse survey gauged the quarterly confidence and buying behaviour of 3000 UK consumers across regions, ages and income grou
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has made history by hosting over 400 accounting students from throughout the UK at its inaugural national induction day at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The event is a key part of ICAS's revamped approach to training fut
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Professional bodies Chartered Accountants Ireland and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland have merged into a single entity. Over 37,000 members of the two Irish-based accountancy bodies first voted on an amalgamation proposal in February 2024 with a majority of members voting in
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Total UK fintech investment hit $7.3 billion in the first half of 2024, up from $2.5bn in the same period in 2023, according to KPMG’s latest Pulse of Fintech report, a bi-annual report on fintech investment trends published this week.
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Wbg, the independent accounting advisory, audit and tax firm, has made two senior appointments to newly created roles to drive forward its growth plans. As people & culture partner, Victoria Kirkhope’s role is to lead the people and culture agenda across Wbg to help underpin its ambitious
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The founders of Styled by Macs are gearing up for expansion and targeting customers across the UK following the success of their Linlithgow clothing boutique in its first 18 months.
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Robert P. Slight & Sons, a Scottish company with links to the construction of Capitol Hill in 1825, has made the move to employee ownership.
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In a sign of the strong potential of the UK economy, 468,000 new firms have started up in the first half of 2024, according to the New Startup Index, published by Beauhurst and supported by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
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Scotland's private sector showed solid growth in July, driven mainly by the service sector, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The bank's latest Regional Growth Tracker data shows private sector firms across Scotland signalled a solid rise in activity at the start of the second half
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Scottish candle making supply giant Candle Shack has recorded 14% revenue growth driven by rapid expansion in mainland Europe. The Falkirk-based firm, the UK’s leading candle making and training supplier, which also has a site in The Netherlands, grew revenues from £11.9m to £13.4m
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