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Global outsourcing and professional services company Capita has announced that Patrick Butcher is to join the company as chief financial officer.

Demand for science & technology professionals in Scotland rose by 15 per cent year-on-year to July 2018 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

David Alexander, managing director of D J Alexander Average house prices in Scotland have increased by just 5.7 per cent since they peaked in September 2007 compared to a UK rise of 20.2 per cent according to a study by a leading property management firm.

Derek Banks Fife Housing Group has announced the appointment of Derek Banks as its new director of finance and governance.

Glasgow City Council could be facing a period of unprecedented financial pressure on services because of the potential cost of resolving equal pay claims, the Accounts Commission has warned.

Mark Ellis Scottish law firm Burness Paull has advised on the acquisition of a UK-headquartered life sciences advisory company by a NASDAQ-listed US firm in what it has called a "highly significant deal for the sector".

Danish investor Julian Wolhardt has become a "person with significant control" at Glasgow-based football team Rangers and is set to become one of the club’s biggest shareholders, according to reports.

Stuart Petrie Stuart Petrie, senior tax manager at Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP, addresses the looming deadline to disclose overseas assets or income, using beneficial HMRC terms under its Worldwide Disclosure Facility

Over half a million insurance frauds were detected in the UK last year, or one every minute, new data has shown.

Sean McGinness Experts at Scottish accountancy firm Saffery Champness have raised concerns that recovery of all VAT on certain non-business activities may be under threat from HMRC as it appears to ignore guidance set out in its own internal manuals.

(Left to right) Jacob Bonner, Karen Brown, CEO Tony Marks, Operations Director Neil Harkin, Service Delivery Director Graham Chapman, Emma Davidson, Finance Director Mandy Buck, Emma Hart, Jamie Birse, and Business Development Director Tom Vincent A specialist provider of project management training

People in the poorest third of households have accounted for over half of the increase in employment since the start of the financial crisis but wages are still £13 a week lower than they were a decade ago, according to new analysis published today by the Resolution Foundation.

Invitations have been sent to nearly 500 banks, lenders and fintech firms that will provide them with details on how to access a £775 million Royal Bank of Scotland fund aimed at creating greater competition in the sector through an initiative forced on the Edinburgh-based lender as a result of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q7L2wGmj70&authuser=0 Spending on film and TV in Scotland last year reached £95 million – the highest level since records began – and a £26 million increase on the previous year.