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Lord John McFall Scottish accounting trade body ICAS has appointed Lord John McFall to its council as a public interest member following Stagecoach co-founder Sir Brian Souter'snomination as vice president of the institute.

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The Money Advice Service has announced the appointment of four new non-executive directors to their board including solicitor Mike Dailly. Along with Mr Dailly, Caroline Fawcett, Nicola Bruce and Christopher Morson have been appointed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

The first new national Scottish taxes introduced by a Scottish parliament in more than 300 years are being collected from today. Scotland’s new tax authority, Revenue Scotland, is now accepting tax returns – making history as the first national administrator of solely Scottish taxes since 1707.

Janet Murray Police Scotland will need to find £11 million in funding to break even in the coming financial year, its finance chief has warned.

A property development company which claimed that its lawyers were in “breach of contract” has been awarded more than £2.7 million. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the legal firm was “negligent” in its failure to ensure that the company complied with the terms of two revolving cr

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John Swinney A new tax which changes the way people pay duty on house purchases has come into effect in Scotland today.

Partners of EQ Accountants, which has merged with Fife firm Carters, gathered today to mark the official launch of the new business.

Paul McCluskey It’s a sad fact that as technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, so do the techniques employed by criminals to commit fraudulent activity.

Phil Loney Royal London, owner of the Scottish Provident brand, has reported a 48 per cent drop in profits.

Katherine Garret-Cox US hedge Elliott Investors has criticised what it described as “unsubstantiated attacks” on a trio of prospective directors that it is agitating to have installed on the Dundee-based wealth manager Alliance trust’s board.

Rory Cullinan, the executive chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland’s Corporate and Institutional Bank who sent photographs to his daughter claiming that he was bored in meetings, is to quit after just a month in the role. The announcement comes just weeks after reports revealed Mr Cullinan (pictured)

The latest twist in the ongoingAlliance Trust board saga has seen the company’s broker, JP Morgan Cazenove now say that it understands the concern’s of the current board over the methods used by agitating US investor Elliot Advisors to select a trio of prospective new members. The board of the �