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Graham Burnside Graham Burnside, a consultant at Shepherd and Wedderburn, is to speak at a major Zurich conference.

Haig Bathgate, Tcam’s Joint Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer - Sandy Kennedy, CEO of Entrepreneurial Scotland (centre), and Alex Montgomery, Joint Chief Executive Officer at Tcam Integrated wealth management firm Tcam has been announced as a new corporate partner for Entreprene

Gillian Docherty at DataFest17 The number of data science projects supported by Scottish innovation centre, The Data Lab, has more than doubled in the last year to 52 which means the projected contribution to the Scottish economy has jumped to £70m, from £34m this time last year.

Anita Eunson Grant Thornton has appointed a new director as it sets its sights on further growth in Scotland.

David Walker By David Walker, managing partner at Thompson Cooper Accountants

Caryn Penley Three Scottish-based colleagues at tax and law firm CMS are included among the 48 partner promotions announced across 26 of the global company’s offices.

Sharon Bell The north of Scotland has the highest levels of debt in Scotland, according to debt charity StepChange.

An optimistic AGM of the Alliance Trust in Dundee yesterday heard chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin deliver an upbeat report on a year of progress. US activist shareholder Elliott had been bought out in a £600 million deal in February and since then much had been done to restructure the business with t

Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited, in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research, has published statistics for the first quarter of 2017 on the Aberdeen Housing Market. The report is based on a constant quality methodology. The main poi

Helen Brand Ahead of the General Election, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has released a five-point manifesto for the next government.

Rod Ashley Britain's only independent savings bank has finally closed, as Airdrie Savings Bank (ASB) shuts its last two branches in Bellshill and Coatbridge today.

The British Banking Association's latest high street banking data shows that consumer credit growth was 6.1 per cent in March, compared with 6.5 per cent in the previous month. Net mortgage borrowing was 2.2 per cent higher than a year ago. Eric Leenders, BBA managing director for retail banking, sa

Ian Ferguson Ian Ferguson, leader of Aviva's Perth office, is set to retire after a career spanning 38 years with Aviva.

Ross McEwan RBS has reached an out-of-court settlement with a group of shareholders who alleged they were misled by the bank in the run-up to its £12 billion rights issue in 2008.

RBS has reported an attributable profit of £259 million in the first quarter of 2017, compared with a loss of £968 million in the first quarter of 2016. Ross McEwan, CEO of RBS, said the results represented an "important step" on the path to profitability.