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Edinburgh-based investment management firm Baillie Gifford & Co has announced the IPO of Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust, the new investment vehicle to which it will act as investment manager.

There were 17,601 new build homes completed across all sectors over the year ending September 2017, an increase of 5 per cent, or 908 homes, on the previous year.

Munro & Noble’s Bruce Miller (left) with Jill Miller and Alpin Stewart of George Street Law Inverness-headquartered Munro & Noble has finalised a merger with George Street Law, based in Dingwall.

Glasgow City Council faces a payout of hundreds of millions of pounds to settle equal pay claims with female staff who are demanding pensions are factored into any settlement.

Craig Vickery, Kayleigh Milne and ACCA Vice-President Jenny Gu Johnston Carmichael employee and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) student Kayleigh Milne has been awarded a Gold Medal in recognition of coming first in the world for her performance in her December exams.

Small and medium sized businesses are facing a triple whammy of threats, according to the UK’s largest challenger bank.

Michael Currie (left) and Graeme Ross Aberdein Considine has strengthened its corporate and commercial practice with the appointment of new partner Michael Currie to its Glasgow office.

Kerrigan Procter Insurance giant Legal & General has announced that its Legal & General Capital division has acquired the 52.1 per cent of Scottish housebuilder Cala Homes which it did not previously own.

Companies reporting under the International Integrated Reporting (<IR>) Framework have, made “striking progress” in quality over the last year but there’s scope for businesses to reap more benefits by embedding integrated thinking into internal decision-making processes, according to th

A graduate is suing her university for providing her with nothing more than a “Mickey Mouse” degree. Pok Wong, 29, is suing Anglia Ruskin University for more than £60,000, claiming the institution made fraudulent claims about a “quality education and prospect of employment after graduation”

Martin Gill Manufacturers are lifting overall UK business output, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisors BDO LLP.

Salaries for Scottish property professionals have increased to a ten year high, according to a new survey. The 2018 Salary Survey by RICS and Macdonald & Company found that the base salaries grew on average by 11% to £50,969 across Scotland.

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Catherine Burnet KPMG doubled its apprenticeship hires from six to 12 between 2016 and 2017, mirroring a UK-wide increase in apprentice numbers.

Macdonald Henderson has advised the directors of Kained Holdings, the firm behind the Lebowskis, Finnieston and Porter & Rye venues, on its entry into a joint partnership with pub company and brewer Greene King in a deal that could see the firms open venues across the UK. Kained Holdings was fou