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Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has appointed Aileen Mathieson as its new global head of insurance following the retirement of Stephen Acheson. In leading the Global Insurance team, Ms Mathieson will take responsibility for ASI’s global insurance remit in addition to her previous responsib

BGF experienced a year of growth across its Scottish portfolio in 2019, having invested more than £280 million to date to support the region’s most ambitious entrepreneurs. BGF is the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses which provides patient capital to smal

Business activity across Scotland's private sector was unchanged during December following growth in November, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland PMI.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has revealed it will need at least another six months to investigate KPMG’s auditing of collapsed construction and services firm Carillion due to the scale and complexity of the case.

The Scottish Government has announced that its budget will be published on 6 February 2020. The announcement comes after the UK Government confirmed that its budget would be delayed until 11 March 2020.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has today unveiled a new £7 million programme to help support communities and organisations across Scotland. The Royal Bank 300 Fund has been set up to mark the bank’s 300th anniversary in 2027 and will see the bank invest £1m a year, for the next seven y

The Scottish Government has announced that enterprise projects in Dumfries and Galloway will receive a share of more than £500,000 from the South of Scotland Economic Partnership (SOSEP). This latest tranche of funding includes the following:

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has revealed that a total of 4,659 students completed their final exams to become ACCA affiliates during the last sitting of 2019. A total of 137,000 around the world entered over 173,000 exams.

Paul Rippon, the co-founder and deputy CEO of Monzo, is stepping down from his role to farm alpacas with his wife in Northumberland.

Baillie Gifford's Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust has appointed former PwC partner Caroline Roxburgh and McKinsey alumnus Jonathan Simpson-Dent as non-executive directors. The two will join the board on the 1st of February this year.

UK Finance has appointed Scottish Building Society chief executive Paul Denton to its mortgages board. Mr Denton joins other senior industry figures, including Santander’s Michael Sard, on the product and services board (PSB).

Cluff Natural Resources Plc, the AIM-quoted North Sea exploration firm, has appointed Sarah McLeod as chief financial officer. Ms McLeod has over 20 years' experience in the international oil and gas industry and joins the company from New Age (African Global Energy) Ltd where she held the role

Permanent staff appointments increased for the second consecutive month in December, although growth remained historically subdued, the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs has found. The data has also revealed that temp billings declined for the first time since June, albeit only

Andrew Sackey, partner and head of tax fraud investigation at Pinsent Masons, discusses the accelerating speed of the crackdown on corporate fraud. As we edge towards the end of the first working week of this new decade, it is worth noting that tax compliance measures first introduced at the start o

Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate team in Scotland has advised on the completion of more than a deal a day across a busy December. The team has provided support on some 30 significant deals including a major investment into telecommunications and ISP provider Commsworld by mid-market private equit