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Tech-enabled business critical service group, AAB, has announced that Mark Perry has joined the executive team as chief people and integration officer. Mr Perry's appointment at AAB follows his executive director position at Accelerate, which he held for the past decade.

Deloitte has put forward a plan to increase the income of Scottish Professional Football League's (SPFL) clubs from £28.4 million to £50 million by 2029. The plan to almost double the SPFL's distributable income comes after Deloitte's Sports Business Group was commissioned by the member

Mears Group PLC has announced the acquisition of IRT Surveys Limited (IRT), for a total consideration of up to £4.1 million.

New draft legislation to change the R&D tax relief regime will create a vacuum of inequalities for businesses seeking relief according to audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK. The changes will come into effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2023. This will create marked in

The majority of Scots want finance companies to deliver more responsible investment to tackle climate change, according to a new report from the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI). In 2019 Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) asked YouGov to carry out a survey to ascertain what people in S

High street banks in the UK have failed to mirror the Bank of England's latest interest rate hike to millions of savers, with customers stuck with rates as low as 0.01%. The UK's ten largest banks have still not increased rates on their easy access savings accounts after the 0.5% increase in the bas

New PwC analysis has revealed that Scotland’s energy sector has a critical role to play in helping meet the emerging green energy skills gap, with the creation of green jobs related to energy transition north of the border more than one-and-a-half times the national average. The Energy Transit

Real earnings in the UK have fallen by a record 3.0%, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In real terms (adjusted for inflation), growth in total and regular pay fell on the year in April to June 2022 at 2.5% for total pay and 3.0% for regular pay.

Business in the Community (BITC), The Prince of Wales' Responsible Business Network, has appointed Louisa Macdonell as its new Scotland director. Louisa Macdonell joins BITC from the SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) Employability team and is Entrepreneur-in Residence at the Univer

A wildlife park in Perthshire is gearing up for a busy summer after a recent ownership transition.

An accountant who refused a court order to demolish his 'man cave' that was built without planning consent has been jailed for six weeks. Graham Wildin, of Cinderford, built a £10,000 leisure extension to his home in 2014 complete with a cinema, squash court, classic car, casino

Rightmove has released its monthly house price index figures showing a drop of almost £5,000 for the average asking price.

abrdn has concluded a deal to become the largest external shareholder in Archax, a UK-regulated digital securities exchange.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released the annual surveys of the UK's banks showing how well customers are being looked after. The surveys are independently conducted by Ipsos MORI (for personal accounts) and BVA BDRC (for business accounts) using a sample of thousands of individua

The UK's second oldest bank, C. Hoare & Co., has announced the appointment of Giles Andrews as an independent non-executive director of the bank. Mr Andrews has extensive experience in financial technology, lending and investment. In 2004, he co-founded Zopa, an online peer-to-peer lending busin