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Occupier demand for commercial property in Scotland remained firm during the last quarter of 2015, according to the latest RICS Commercial Market Survey Q4 2015. The office sector was particularly strong, with a net balance of 50 per cent more respondents reporting growth in demand, while the retail

Betsy Williamson The Scottish financial services industry needs to recruit more women from overseas if it hopes to achieve greater gender diversity, according to analysis published today by recruitment company Core-Asset Consulting.

Kenny Picken Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas is advising Traveltek, the East Kilbride-based provider of booking systems for many of the world’s leading travel and hotel businesses, on a three year plan to grow turnover five-fold to £25m, open three new overseas offices and create an ext

Andrew Bailey HM Treasury has today announced the appointment of Andrew Bailey as the new permanent chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

The commission was tasked with looking at how the Scottish Parliament could use new and existing powers to boost economic growth. Recommendations made included:

Scottish chartered accountant and business adviser Alexander Sloan is bringing in the New Year with major improvements to its sector-leading risk evaluation toolkit aimed exclusively at the credit union sector. It has launched a comprehensive update of its Credit Union Risk Evaluation software calle

Dundee-based Alliance Trust Savings has announced two new appointments to its executive team, including Ed Carey as sales director, who had was formerly head of distribution at Cofunds. ATS has made the hires following its separation from Alliance Trust to be a standalone business and they complete

John Waddell, Scott Middleton and Kelly Creighton One of north east Scotland’s most well-established independent financial advisory firms has shown its commitment to expansion with the appointment of two new directors.

A new report into the ability of Scottish companies to honour their pension commitments has revealed that many, including some of the biggest, are facing an uphill struggle as volatite markets continue to play havoc. Glasgow-based consultants Hymans Robertson has produced its annual Scottish Pension

Overseas sales of one of Scotland’s biggest exports dropped by more than one-fifth last year according to latest industry results. The salmon industry lost around £100 million as a result of the reversal as sales to the USA, Canada and the Far East dropped by about one-third compared with the pre

A new Clydesdale Bank £10 polymer note featuring poet Robert Burns is to go into production later this year, the Glasgow-based bank has announced.

A desire to capitalise on distressed situations, grow international market share and acquire new technology will drive a surge in M&A activity in the oilfield services sector during 2016, according to major new research from international law firm Pinsent Masons. A survey of 200 senior executive

Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh, has announced plans to launch two new postgraduate study programmes in family business this year. Following five years of industry consultation with organisations such as Scottish Family Business Association, Family Business United and a range of family-ru

PwC has moved to strengthen its fast-growing cyber security practice with the acquisition of Praxism, an Edinburgh-based consultancy specialising in identity and access management (IDaM). Praxism is renowned for solutions to effectively tackle staff, customer and consumer identity management problem

Paul Brown Recycling, resources and renewable energy company Viridor has announced the appointment of Paul Brown as its new Scottish regional managing director.