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Sandy Findlay Edinburgh-headquartered R&D tax specialist Jumpstart has consolidated its position as the provider of choice for R&D tax relief services within UK manufacturing, securing two partnership arrangements which give it exclusive access to around 4,000 firms across the sector in the

Dr Roger Barker An independent Corporate Governance Commission should be established to oversee the UK’s corporate governance framework, enabling the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to better focus on its core task of improving company audits, the Institute of Directors has argued.

Martin Gill The UK’s services sector has contracted for the first time in eight years, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisors BDO LLP.

Bibby Financial Services has provided an £850,000 funding facility to Glasgow-based Fyne Audio, a new entrant into the high-end, loudspeaker audio market.

Paul Dounis Family-owned bakery Aulds has issued an update after last week placing its retail business into liquidation as part of a group turnaround plan allowing it to focus on the growth of its production and wholesale operations.

The Bank of England has identified an increase in the number of consumers defaulting on credit cards, raising alarms in the City of “an early warning indicator” of an economic downturn.

Assets under management and administration (AUMA) continued to fall at Edinburgh-based financial giant Standard Life Aberdeen in the first half of the year, with operating income lower as a result.

Sebastian Burnside Weakening sterling and the current global growth acceleration has helped fuel the country’s economy during the first half of 2018, creating strong pickup in overseas businesses for Scotland’s exporters.

Greg McNally and Alan Bird Campbell Dallas has appointed a second VAT Partner and a specialist customs international trade specialist within the firm’s fast-growing Indirect Tax practice.

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has successfully registered ‘Scotch Whisky’ as a certification trademark in South Africa – the seventh largest Scotch Whisky market by volume.

Louise Dingwall (Oldmeldrum GC), Phil Anderson, Louise Sutherland (Children 1st) and Pat Ramsay (Oldmeldrum GC) North-east financial advisers Phil Anderson Financial Services has once again sponsored the Oldmeldrum Golf Club charity open which was held recently.

Mark Carney The possibility of a no-deal Brexit is "uncomfortably high" Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said today.

Blair Nimmo The number of larger businesses failing in Scotland has fallen by more than half in the last quarter (April – June 2018) compared to the same period in 2017, according to new statistics from KPMG.

Deloitte has bolstered its senior team in Scotland with the appointment of seven new directors.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has announced plans to pay its first dividend since it was bailed out by the UK taxpayer to the tune of £46 billion a decade ago.