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The Amazon Academy event in Edinburgh today will see experts from Enterprise Nation, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish Development International, Entrepreneurial Spark, Women’s Enterprise Scotland, ScotlandIS, and the CBI work alongside Amazon to help hundreds of Scottish businesses learn how to harne

Irvine Spowart, Sandy Manson (CEO), Iain Castles, Rosalind Catto, Scott Jeffrey, Ryan Diplexcito, Gavin Young, Emma Waterman and Andrew Shepherd (Chairman). Accountancy and Business Advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has expanded its leadership team with seven new promotions as part of the firm’s g

2016 was a record-breaking year of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Scotland, according to the latest annual survey into FDI attractiveness published today by EY.

Gordon Duncan Lockton, the world’s largest privately owned insurance broker, is bolstering its presence in Scotland with the launch of a new office in Aberdeen.

The High Court The trial of Royal Bank of Scotland and its former bosses over what they knew about the financial health of the bank prior to a 2008 rights issue and its subsequent £45 billion taxpayer bailout has been adjourned for 24 hours as a last minute settlement was being sought.

Dianne Paterson Dianne Paterson, a Partner at Edinburgh-based law firm Russel + Aitken LLP, looks at the shifting sands of inheritance rules and what the future holds for the swelling "wealth mountain" of more than £400 billion held by today's ageing population.

Mathias Marta Edinburgh-based global investment manager Standard Life Investments has added to its Multi-Asset Investing (MAI) Structuring team with the appointment of Mathias Marta as a quantitative investment director.

Glasgow has the highest concentration of wealthy individuals by value of all the cities in Scotland, ahead of Edinburgh and Aberdeen, according to new analysis of the fortunes of the 100 individuals and families who make up the 2017 Sunday Times Scottish Rich List, published last week.

Martyn Gilbey Martyn Gilbey, who left Aberdeen Asset Management earlier this month where he was head of U.K. distribution, has joined American global investment firm Franklin Templeton as its UK country head.

Claire Armstrong Scottish law firm Maclay Murray & Spens earlier this month saw the bell ring at the London Stock Exchange for the IPO of Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust raising more than £55 million.

Bruce Cartwright The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland has announced that former PwC Corporate Restructuring Partner Bruce Cartwright CA has been appointed as its executive director for policy leadership.

David Smith Legal firms with five or more partners have had a third year of growth across the sector and experienced significant income growth rates of between 8 per cent and 20 per cent, fuelled by mergers and the volume of corporate transactions, according to Scottish accountants Henderson Loggieâ

Royal Bank of Scotland and Deloitte have joined forces in a collaborative project, led by RBS subsidiary Ulster Bank, known as Project GreenPay, which is exploring the application of RBS developed Blockchain technology to improve domestic payments systems.

A healthy level of residential sales and local buyer activity in Stirlingshire has been reported during the first three months of 2017.

Liz Cameron With three weeks to go until the UK General Election, one of the most important issues for Scottish businesses will be the next Government’s approach to taxation, according to the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.