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Catriona Finnie Catriona Finnie, a key member of the Charities and Education Group at Edinburgh accountancy firm Chiene + Tait (C+T), has joined HMRC’s newly-formed working group, set up to consider increasing the effectiveness of UK Gift Aid relief.

Alasdair Cummings Law firm Lindsays has moved to new offices in central Glasgow, reflecting the growth of the firm’s team, services and client base in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. The new offices are at 100 Queen Street, at the heart of the city’s corporate and professional services distric

Eileen Blackburn An Edinburgh-based chartered accountant has been recognised for her achievements in the insolvency and restructuring sector with a national award win.

Leaders from Scotland’s main opposing political parties came together last week in a pledge to work together with the Scottish Chambers of Commerce to heed the concerns of business and prioritise economic growth.

Paul Gibson Aberdeen-based Granite Financial Planning has announced that managing director Paul Gibson has been shortlisted for a FT Money Management Financial Planner of the Year Award.

Claire MarwickEdinburgh investment house Martin Currie has hailed the success of the FUTURE AS5ET, a one day conference held at the capital’s International Conference Centre aimed at secondary school fifth year girls from across Scotland to promote the fact that gender should never be seen as a ba

Jackie Baillie Greater effort is required to prevent criminals and fraudsters cheating the public purse, Holyrood’s Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee has found.

Royal Bank of Scotland, through its subsidiary brand NatWest, has become the first UK bank to offer a paperless mortgage.

The UK government is to have banks and building societies carry out checks on their current account holders in order to help authorities identify illegal immigrants.

Scott Henderson Edinburgh-based research and development tax expert Jumpstart is redefining its direction of travel in order to maintain and enhance its position as "the most innovative pure-play specialist in the sector", the firm has said.

Ryan Yule and Laura Stephen of Phil Anderson Financial Services Two members of staff at north east firm Phil Anderson Financial Services are celebrating after a double success for the firm.

Shona Duncan From this summer’s snap general election to the impact of Brexit and the looming prospect of a second referendum on Scottish independence, the country’s political landscape seems to be on a continual journey of uncertainty.

Appointedd CEO, Leah Hutcheon Edinburgh based online booking software specialist Appointedd has been shortlisted in two categories for the 2017 Royal Bank of Scotland Great British Entrepreneur Awards.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has suggested improvements to increase the uptake of a little used tax relief that was created to address the problems faced by some small businesses that have chosen to be a limited company in the past and want to return to a simpler legal form, be it a s

Punitive rates of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) are curtailing the million pound market in Scotland, according to latest research from easte agent Savills.