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Paul Lawrie UK audit, tax and consulting firm, RSM UK, has announced that it has signed a three year agreement with Scottish golfer Paul Lawrie in a further expansion of its sponsorship programme within the sport.

Ian White, director at Run4It and Tim Laundon, relationship manager at HSBC Scotland’s largest independent running retailer, Run4It, is investing in an HSBC-backed programme of improvements as part of a wider growth plan that includes expanding its high street presence.

Fettes College, Edinburgh. (Image: Kim Traynor) Parents of private school leavers in 2016 who started Primary 1 in 2004 will have paid an average total cost of £128,529 in fees, according to the latest research by Bank of Scotland Private Banking.

Economic confidence has suffered a severe blow following the referendum on Europe, according to a new survey of more than 100 Finance Directors and CFOs, commissioned by ICAS in partnership with law firm DLA Piper.

More than £825,000 will be paid by the average UK household in taxes over a lifetime, according to analysis by campaign group, The Taxpayers' Alliance (TPA).

Some payday lenders are still failing to carry out basic checks to make sure borrowers can afford to pay back their loans, new research by the Citizens Advice Bureau has uncovered.

Donald McNaught Donald McNaught, a restructuring partner at Johnston Carmichael, has been appointed as the provisional liquidator to TFD (Scotland) Ltd.

Andrew Howie Grant Thornton UK has announced that it has more than doubled its trainee intake this year as it welcomes 26 young people to its Scottish practice.

A company director who participated in “bribery offences” has had an appeal rejected after he challenged a court order compelling him to sell millions of pounds of holdings in a business for less than their true market value.

Nicola Sturgeon and Michael Russell Michael Russell, who has previously held the environment, culture and education briefs in the Scottish Government, has been appointed as Scotland’s new minister with responsibility for Brexit negotiations with the UK government.

Aspiring homeowners believe they will need to save for more than four years in order to afford a deposit for their first home, research from Aviva reveals today.

New papers filed at the High Court in London have revealed that Lloyds Banking Group is attempting to sue property investors West Ten Properties (UK) for £4.3m over unpaid debt.

Funds coming to Scotland from the UK Government’s apprenticeship levy should be spent on vocational skills academies, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Immigration lawyers have said European migrants are rushing to the UK before the UK government begins the process of leaving the EU, The Brief reports. Following the publication of quarterly figures on migration to the UK from the Office of National Statistics, lawyers have said the government's pla

Alasdair Irvine Alasdair Irvine is a solicitor at MacRoberts LLP principally concerned with health & safety, cyber security compliance and the defence of white collar crime.