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A University of Aberdeen law graduate has become a qualified insolvency practitioner after passing two sets of rigorous exams.

A bid to establish a Global Open Finance Centre of Excellence (GOFCOE) in Edinburgh has reached a major funding milestone. Assessors from the Strength in Places Fund have given "very good feedback" to the Scottish consortium behind the bid, and the application has now moved to the second stage.

An Edinburgh-based anti-piracy equipment developer has seen growth of 300 per cent year-on-year since its foundation in 2016. ARX Maritime, an award-winning developer of self-install anti-piracy barriers and current cohort of Royal Bank of Scotland’s Entrepreneur Accelerator programme, now sup

Scottish commercial property attracted more investment from private overseas investors than France, Japan and South Korea in 2018, according to the latest edition of Knight Frank’s Wealth Report. The firm’s analysis found that total investment from internationally-based ultra-high-net-wo

Insurance payouts that provide a lifeline to help businesses struggling to cope with bad debts are at their highest level since 2009, with the equivalent of 50 new claims made every day, according to new figures out today from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The figures highlight the supp

Tom Stocker contrasts English DPAs and the Scottish civil settlement regime in the context of a parliamentary inquiry into bribery legislation, at which he himself gave evidence. The UK's 2010 Bribery Act has created "an international gold standard for anti-bribery and corruption legislation",

Deloitte has announced changes to its Return to Work programme, which helps people find their way back into professional services after a career break. Nearly 50 people have joined Deloitte’s Return to Work programme since its launch in 2015.

North east firm Phil Anderson Financial Services has taken the honours as winner of the Best Firm Scotland category at the NatWest Intermediary Solutions Local Hero Mortgage Awards. The winners of the inaugural awards were revealed at the Town Hall in Birmingham last week.

A suspected teenage bank robber allegedly told police that he carried out an armed robbery because had "decided to try something new today". However, things didn't go to plan - as he was caught by police within minutes.

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has announced the promotion of three new divisional directors across its Scottish offices as it continues to strengthen its operations. Alistair Douglas will make the step up from assistant director in Edinburgh, while Alan MacPhee and David Moore have been pr

EY's estimate of how much financial services companies have committed to move out of the UK and into Europe in the event of a worst-case Brexit scenario has been pushed up to about £1tn, according to the firm's lates survey.

The personal service company of Scottish broadcaster Lorraine Kelly has won a First-Tier tribunal appeal against a £1.2m demand from HMRC for unpaid income tax and National Insurance Contributions. Albatel Limited, the personal service company of Mr Stephen Smith and Mrs Lorraine Smi

The next step in Aberdeen Standard Investments and Virgin Money's joint venture has been taken with the appointment of the Edinburgh-based wealth manager as investment adviser for £3.6bn of assets across a range the CYBG-owned bank's portfolios. The development sees ASI appointed investme

Economic growth in Scotland is expected to dip to 1.2 per cent in 2019, before accelerating to 1.6 per cent in 2020, according to PwC’s latest UK Economic Outlook report. The projections come as official figures show Scotland saw GDP growth of 0.3 per cent in real terms during the fo

The Scottish public are just as likely to invest their savings in art, antiques, jewellery or wine as they are in the stock market, according to new research from Barclays. The research, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the ISA, reveals that only a quarter of Scots (25 per cent) hav