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Katherine Garret-Cox Former Alliance Trust director Tim Ingram has followed up the open letter he addressed to shareholders in the Dundee firm last week and further turned up the heat on the investment house’s current board by claiming that chief executive Katherine Garrett-Cox’sremuneration can

New road and rail links to Edinburgh Airport and an extended Borders Railway are among major projects being drawn up by a partnership of local authorities, under ambitious £1 billion city deal plans announced today.

Shares in Scottish companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) rose by 1.01 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, according to analysis by accountants BDO.

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The Strathclyde Pension Fund, one of the biggest local authority pension funds in the world, with net assets of more than £13.9 billion, has been exposed for having investments worth £83 million in 11 of the world's 20 biggest arms manufacturers.

Blair Stewart A single Edinburgh estate agent office sold 14 properties worth £330,000 or more over in just three weeks last month as well-off Scottish homebuyers raced to beat the deadline for the new property tax.

Sandra Gilchrist KPMG has strengthened the depth and range of its tax team specialising in Innovation Reliefs and Incentives (“IRI”) with the appointments of five new staff across Scotland.

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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