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Armstrong Watson CEO Paul Dickson (left) welcomes Jim Meakin to the firm Accountants, business and financial advisers Armstrong Watson LLP have announced the appointment of Jim Meakin to the role of tax partner and head of tax across the firm’s 15 offices.

A man who made £120,000 through an illegal code-sharing scheme has been ordered to repay the money.

David Ovens Optoscribe, a supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, today announced that the company has closed an investment round of £2.8 million led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, and also supported by its other existing investors, Par Equity, Scottis

Clearblue Innovation, Bedford Regional REIT, the office and industrial property-focused real estate investment trust, has announced the acquisition of three UK office properties with the support of Royal Bank of Scotland’s real estate finance team in Scotland.

Allan Wernham Law and tax firm CMS Scotland is launching an initiative aimed at helping Scottish-based intellectual Property (IP) rich start-ups scale up and maximise their full potential.

Heather McDonald in Moray secured a £700,000 finance package from HSBC UK as part of last year's SME fund HSBC UK has today launched a £650 million lending fund to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland, as part of its broader commitment to helping British businesses realise

Derek Mackay The Scottish economy grew by 0.5 per cent during the second quarter of 2018, according to statistics announced today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

Henderson Loggie has appointed Ian McDonald as senior manager in the firm’s corporate finance team following a strong performance which has seen the firm close a number of deals in recent months.

Andrew Howie Edinburgh has topped a list of the most vibrant places in Scotland, according to business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK.

Douglas Flint Sir Douglas Flint, the Glaswegian former chairman of banking giant HSBC has been appointed non-executive chairman and director of IP Group plc, the developer of intellectual property-based businesses.

The University of Glasgow has published a comprehensive report into the institution’s historical links with racial slavery and the significant financial support it received from people whose wealth at least in part derived from slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Jim Cormack, Partner, Pinsent Masons Pinsent Masons’ partner Jim Cormack, has been appointed Queen’s Counsel by the Queen on the recommendation of Scotland's First Minister.

Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary NatWest has joined forces with security firm G4S to pilot the UK’s first intelligent cash management solution for businesses.

Calum Paterson Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has been named as one of the world’s most consistent, top performing venture capital fund managers by Preqin, the data and intelligence specialists for the global alternative assets industry.

Catriona Aldridge Catriona Aldridge, Senior Associate at law and tax firm CMS looks at the dilemma of advertising and disclosing pay for employers and prospective employees alike