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Wealth managers Brewin Dolphin has acquired Mathieson Consulting Ltd, a specialist pension and actuarial consulting firm in a move to augment its professional services offering.

The influential Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee of MPs has publicly endorsed the recommendations made last year by a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) report on the reform of the audit industry, and have even called for a break-up of the so-called “Big Four&rdqu

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has promoted Linda Gray to partner in its audit team in Glasgow to help drive the firm’s future direction and growth strategy. The promotion took effect on Monday 1 April 2019.

Scottish taxation and accountancy practice, EQ Accountants LLP is celebrating significant growth of almost 95 per cent in just five years. The firm, which has offices in Dundee, Forfar, Cupar and Glenrothes, is reporting an increase in turnover to £7.5 million, compared to £3.8 mill

Scottish independent wrap platform provider, Nucleus, saw net revenue growth of 9.6 per cent last year, according to the firm's latest annual results. Audited annual results for the year ended 31 December 2018, a year that saw Nucleus' successful admission to trading on AIM in July, were descri

Scottish Slimmers has ceased trading with effect, with Blair Milne, restructuring partner based in Campbell Dallas’ Glasgow office, appointed as liquidator.

A group of companies based in Scotland have increased their combined turnover by £2.2bn in the last three years, according to new research carried out by UK and Irish equity investor Business Growth Fund (BGF). For the first time, the research calculates growth through changes in turnover

Independent Scottish law firm BTO Solicitors LLP has appointed David Gibson as its new chairman. Mr Gibson succeeds Alan Borthwick.

An extended online portal that helps small to medium enterprises in the Highlands and Islands find new business opportunities from large contracts will be launched this week. The Open4Business (O4B) portal was originally set up in 2012 by SSE to link supply chain firms with large SSE const

The Law Society of Scotland, The Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) and Co-operative Development Scotland are joining forces to promote employee ownership amongst Scotland’s professional advisers. The partners are coming together to host a unique series of events on employee ow

Manchester is to be the location for the global launch of finger vein payments system, Fingopay. The fintech firm uses finger vein ID technology for payments and ID, and bosses says it will hit the streets of Manchester this Summer, following current negotiations with leisure and hospitality ve

Glasgow-headquartered chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has today opened an office in the heart of Manchester’s financial district as it gears up to target growth across the north of England. Located at 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, the new office is headed by Wylie & Bisset joi

Thorntons and Blackadders have acquired certain assets and work-in-progress of the firm's Edinburgh and Glasgow offices respectively, following the appointment of Tom MacLennan and Iain Fraser, partners with FRP Advisory LLP, as joint administrators of the firm. Morison

Accountants and business & financial advisers Armstrong Watson LLP have announced that Karen Thomson, director of group payroll services, has been promoted to the role of partner and becomes only the second known payroll partner of an accountancy firm in the whole of the UK. Ms Thomson has

Edinburgh-based accountancy firm Chiene + Tait (C+T) has significantly expanded its Inverness operation just two years after opening its first office in the city. The firm has moved into a larger 1200 square foot office space at Fairways House in the city’s Fairways Business Park.