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Douglas Home & Co (DH&Co) has welcomed three new trainees to the firm following the success of last year’s programme. The firm welcomed Jessica Howlett, Jake Kerr and Rhys Lawrence to the team in September.

Stuart Gillies, an associate at CMS, wrote for The Scotsman, on how the burgeoning Fintech industry is set to plunge the corporate world into a tech-driven revolution. Fintech, the use of technology in the delivery of financial services, is thriving. Companies and products such as Monzo and App

Clyde & Co has entered into an agreement to transfer its Simpson & Marwick Aberdeen estate agency team to Ledingham Chalmers LLP from 4 November this year. All 12 Simpson & Marwick Aberdeen staff, including property partner David Geddie and senior associate Lynne Stewart, will transfer a

The British fintech sector faces a shortfall of talent, according to a census of UK fintech firms conducted by EY and Innovate Finance.

Scotland's food and drink sector is growing three times faster than the whole of the Scottish economy in the last decade, the RBS Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) has revealed. The bank's PMI was at 53.5 in August, which surpassed the all-manufacturing reading of 49.6.

Last weekend, the number of daily subscribers to our sister publication Scottish Housing News broke through 7,000 on the back of record website traffic for August with 69,209 unique visitors accessing the website. The number of Twitter followers for Scottish Housing News, which was established in 20

Written by Stephen Cowan, managing director Yuill + Kyle. Charles Dickens is a British institution. His serial writings had a significant impact on the social consciences of the day, often highlighting the poverty and other hardships which existed in the early part of the 19th century. This may be h

Scotland faces the prospect of a recession in the coming year if a No Deal Brexit occurs with £2 billion of investment aligned to be eradicated if uncertainty continues, warns Scotland's chief economist.

A survey conducted by Which? has found that more than one-third of Scotland's bank branches have closed down within the last five years.

Insolvency Support Services’ training division, ISS Training, has launched an innovative new Compliance Awareness Online Learning course. The launch has added an online learning platform to the firm’s course delivery methods.

Forfar-born Lesley Eccles has launched new relationship advice app, Relish, in the United States.

Over a third of adults in Scotland order takeaways every week, adding up to a total cost of £1.5 billion per year, new research reveals.

Alison Rose has been announced as the new chief executive of RBS. The Scotsman reported, that following her appointment, Ms Rose said RBS faced "a series of challenges".

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that Sheree Howard has been appointed as executive director of Risk and Compliance Oversight (R&CO). Sheree is currently interim director of R&CO having joined the FCA as a senior adviser in December 2017. Before joining the FCA, Sheree spe

The administration process for McGill & Co has been extended until January 2021 as administrators said the “level and timing” of distributions to unsecured creditors in the former Dundee building services firm remains unclear. Almost 380 jobs were lost when McGill collapsed at the st