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Dr Olga Kozlova, director of Converge Challenge and Dr. Claudia Cavalluzzo, deputy director of Converge Challenge Royal Bank of Scotland and Talent Spark have announced their sponsorship of the Converge Challenge Kickstart Award with a cash prize of £10,000.

Karen Hain The latest annual Legal Benchmarking Report from MHA, the UK-wide group of accountancy and business advisory firms, has revealed law firms saw an overall reversal of income and profitability growth trends experienced over the last three years.

Dominic Rose Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Advisers (OMWPCA) has acquired Scottish Borders financial advisory firm DG Pryde Ltd, adding £200 million of assets under advice to its national financial planning business.

Claire Reid The cost of spending the night in an Edinburgh hotel during 2017 grew three times faster than the UK average, with Glasgow rates also outpacing the UK, according to PwC’s latest survey of hotel performance.

A Dundee-based building engineering services company has announced it has completed its transition to become Scotland’s latest employee-owned business, with 56 members of staff becoming owners via a process managed by accountancy firm Henderson Loggie.

Employability Minister Jamie Hepburn The number of unemployed people in Scotland fell by 6,000 between January and March to 118,000, according to official figures.

Finance professionals have cautiously welcomed the provisional agreement on the UK’s exit from the European Union, announced in March but there is deepening pessimism about the ultimate impact of Brexit, according to the findings of the latest Brexit Tracker survey commissioned by accountancy bod

Stephen Wilkie (left), Andrew Sinclair, Chris Horne (right) Ayr-based Sinclair Scott, a long-established independent accountancy firm stretching back more than 100 years, has joined Campbell Dallas.

Anja Balfour Scottish Friendly, Scotland’s largest financial mutual, has announced the appointment of two new non-executive Board members.

In a record-breaking year for Scottish billionaires, Glenn Gordon and family are the richest in the country, according to the new edition of The Sunday Times Rich List, published yesterday.

The University of Glasgow is to carry out an extensive assessment of the economic value of Robert Burns to Scotland, it was announced today.

Mental health projects across Scotland are being offered vital financial support this year, with the launch of a new Mental Health Fund from Bank of Scotland Foundation.

The Office of Tax Simplification has launched a consultation on the review of Inheritance Tax (IHT).

Helen Brand The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, have agreed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a programme of focused activity that will see both bodies collaborating on a number of

Euan Morrison Thinking of taking on a trustee role? Euan Morrison, head of charities at Edinburgh accountancy firm Chiene + Tait, talks us through the potential pitfalls