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Clyde & Co has entered into an agreement to transfer its Edinburgh-based private client practice to Gillespie Macandrew LLP with effect from 2 September 2019. The team, led by partner Nikki Dundas, offers private client services including succession and tax planning, advice on powers of attorney

Insurance firm GS Group has announced that it is to acquire I&D Insurance Services at the beginning of next month. I&D Insurance is based in Alyth and was set up 25 years ago by Iain and Dawn Butchart. The two owners sought a local company to take over the business.

Shares in transport company Eddie Stobart have been suspended and its chief executive has left after a £2 million accounting discrepancy.

The number of people claiming Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) compensation has increased this week ahead of next week's deadline.

The University of Glasgow has agreed to pay back £20 million after revelations that it benefited from the slave trade.

Two French tourists who removed 40kg of sand from Sardinian beaches could face up to six years in prison.

Brian Milne of French Duncan has been appointed provisional liquidator of a Scottish mead producer which ceased trading this month. Viking Mead Limited went into liquidation following the loss of a major customer earlier this year.

The headquarters of Scottish Gas has been sold to the Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME) for around £27 million. The grade-A Office building at Edinburgh's Waterfront Avenue was sold with the help of private equity specialist Palm Capital to the UK-based Islamic bank. The building

Ahead of this week's Scottish Budget, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has called for business taxes to be reduced to boost the retail industry. Retail is Scotland’s largest private-sector employer, providing a quarter of a million jobs. However, it is an industry in transition and recent

Despite pay cuts, chief executives continue to earn 117 times more than the average full-time employee in the UK, a new report has found.

Construction materials supplier Breedon has announced its intention to move the tax domicile of the group from Jersey to the United Kingdom.

Several Irish companies which deal in foreign currency are putting themselves at financial risk due to a lack of appropriate hedging in their organisations, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Ireland.

Scotland has been identified as one of the most productive areas in Britain, according to a study at Durham University.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has financially supported Perth-based company J&S McKenzie's purchase of Moness Resort and Aberfeldy Caravan Park. RBS has provided the family-run business with a seven-figure funding package to help them to make the purchase.

Specialist provider of arrears management and legal services Ascent has welcomed its prosperity in the face of challenging market conditions following the release of its 2018/2019 financial results. The company, which is part of the Irwin Mitchell Group, announced that its revenue increased to &poun