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The UK government has committed to giving retail investors automatic voting rights, Scottish Financial News can reveal, although the department did not confirm whether the changes would cover the requisition of boards. Scottish Financial News understands the changes will apply to UK retail investors
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Board has appointed Liam Coleman as chair of the Financial Ombudsman Service, with the approval of the Treasury. Mr Coleman will take up the permanent role on 10 October 2026 for a 3-year term, having served as interim chair for the last year.
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Working capital and credit management specialist itsettled has expanded into Scotland, establishing a new Highlands base to support businesses facing increasing pressure on working capital and receivables performance. Victoria Herd, itsettled's director for Scotland and head of working capital proje
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Gillespie Macandrew has appointed three new senior appointments to strengthen its planning, corporate and finance teams. Nikki Robertson joins the firm as head of finance. She brings expertise in financial planning and analysis, business partnering, governance, regulatory processes and Board-level r
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Aegon Asset Management has appointed Iain McGowan as its new partnership director. In a new role for the business, McGowan will strengthen and grow relationships across some of Aegon AM’s key UK-based institutional partners. Based in Edinburgh, he will report into Aegon AM’s head of UK c
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Aberdein Considine has promoted eleven colleagues Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Newcastle, with its lender, banking and private client teams among those strengthened. Alison Forbes, who has more than 18 years with the firm as lender services UK quality assurance manager has been made an associate director
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Dains Group has appointed Gemma Edwards as its new chief operating officer. Edwards will be tasked with the development of the Dains Group’s operating model and operational performance, working with its service lines and central teams to create greater, consistency, connectivity and capacity a
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Greig McKnight, centre, Regional Managing Director for Scotland, with newly promoted Partners, from left: Michael Walker, Audit; Graeme Dreghorn and Will Bleasdale, and Victoria Walker, Jennifer Spence and David Samborek
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Early-career accountants and finance professionals believe they will depend on AI for future career success, according to a new survey. Findings from accountancy and book keeping platform Intuit QuickBooks, revealed that around 90% said they will be better equipped to use AI compared to future
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Wirecard whistleblower Pav Gill has launched a new agentic governance platform bringing governance, risk and compliance (GRC) into one system to end reliance on a "patchwork of disconnected point solutions". Confide will give professionals a shared environment in which to set the standard for how GR
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has extended Making Tax Digital for Income Tax to landlords and sole traders earning more than £30,000 to kick off from April 6, 2027. The UK Government's tax agency urged landlords and sole traders to act now, explaining that customers who sign up early have more
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The UK association for restructuring, turnaround and insolvency professionals has welcomed the Insolvency Service's new five-year strategy promising to crack down on abusive business practices and resolve insolvencies faster. Chief executive of R3, Caroline Summers, said the group welcomed the focus
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