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The director of a security firm hired by Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire golf business, who was convicted of a £419,000 VAT fraud and removing criminal property from Scotland after he was investigated by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), has been jailed for four years. Kevin McKay, of Aberde

Ross Caldwell Scottish law firm Morton Fraser has enhanced its business banking expertise and links to the City of London with the appointment of Ross Caldwell as partner. Mr Caldwell joins the firm’s banking & asset finance team, bringing the firm's total number of partners to 44.Mr Caldwell

Fraser Sime February’s Bank of Scotland Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has pointed to the fastest increase in output levels in Scotland’s private sector for 19 months.

Barbara Walton Corporate tax specialist Barbara Walton has been promoted to Director at Henderson Loggie and will head up the accountancy firm’s successful Life Sciences division.

Lindsay Gardiner, Jamie Coleman, Stephen Coleman, Douglas Shand. PwC has announced an alliance with CodeBase, Europe’s largest incubator, to help accelerate its growth in a move that reinforces the professional services firm’s commitment to startup and scale-up technology companies in Scotland.

David Horne David Horne of HBJ Gateley takes a look at how fintech, the application of technology to the financial industry, is addressing crime and corruption.

Debjani Raffan A massive 120 Scottish cultural projects have benefited from a collective investment of more than £1.87 million by partnering with businesses operating in Scotland’s business services, financial and legal sectors in what is being hailed as a decade of success for a pioneering progr

Despite a generally healthy attitude towards cash savings, one in five Brits (18 per cent) expect to have less than £2,500 in cash savings when they retire - equivalent to the average monthly wage before tax.

A law firm that dates back to the reign of Queen Victoria is to close its doors after the senior partner announced his retirement, The Herald reports.

Thousands of shareholders suing the Royal Bank of Scotland over its “misleading” £12 billion rescue fundraising during the financial crash must prove they have the insurance to satisfy the costs of a trial, a High Court judge has said. RBoS Shareholder Action Group, which consists of 27,000 ret

Scotland's construction industry generated total output of £14.5 billion last year, a modest decline on record output of £14.7 billion during 2015, according to new official figures from the Office for National Statistics, issued today.

The demand for one and two bedroom flats has now been outstripped by three bedroom homes, potentially making it easier for first time buyers to get on the property market, according to the latest analysis from ESPC.

Baillie Gifford has announced a new partnership that extends the firm’s ongoing commitment to dance at the Edinburgh International Festival for a further three years.

Rebecca Pick Three Scottish-based female entrepreneurs are celebrating after securing an all-expense paid trip to meet US investors in California next month.

Mike Brown Anderson Anderson Brown has said it is the end of an era at the Aberdeen-based accountancy firm after it announced that the last of its remaining three founding partners is to retire.