The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), alongside companies including Deloitte, Aviva, Brunswick, and Microsoft, is working to launch Change the Race Ratio – a campaign to increase racial and ethnic participation in British businesses.
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A rare first edition Harry Potter book is set to fetch £50,000 at an auction in Staffordshire.
EY has strengthened its leadership in Scotland with three internal partner promotions, as Julie Cavin and Nicola McIntyre, both in the audit service line and Iain Wintour in tax bring the partner total in Scotland to 33. Ms Cavin and Ms McIntyre's promotions have also brought the numb
MHA Henderson Loggie has announced the appointment of three new partners with Shona Campbell, David Archibald and David Taylor, previously directors with the firm, taking up their new partnership roles from today. Since joining MHA Henderson Loggie two years ago from KPMG, Shona Campbell&n
Partners at Deloitte are to be hit with a 17% pay cut after revenue growth dropped during the coronavirus pandemic. All 709 equity partners of Deloitte’s UK operation will receive an average payment of £731,000 for the year to the end of May 2020, a drop from a record £882,000 in t
Partners at Deloitte are to be hit with a 17% pay cut after revenue growth dropped during the coronavirus pandemic. All 709 equity partners of Deloitte’s UK operation will receive an average payment of £731,000 for the year to the end of May 2020, a drop from a record £882,000 in t
The use of technology and the adoption of digital innovation within Scottish businesses has accelerated at an extraordinary level in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by Addleshaw Goddard in partnership with the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institut
Scotland has seen another rise in R&D (research and development) tax credit claims, according to statistics released by HMRC yesterday. The latest 2018-19 figures show Scottish companies made a total of 2,925 claims, up from 2,210 made at this time last year. There were 2,405 successful R&D
Gillian Maclellan, partner at international law firm CMS, discusses the use of tracking technology to monitor employees working from home. As employers across the UK now look at another sustained period of their workforce working from home, we are hearing tales of some using tracking technolog
The number of female ISA subscribers is continuing to fall sharply despite a surge in the number of younger women investing into stocks and shares ISAs, analysis of official HMRC data by Scottish Friendly has found. The latest figures show that between 2016-17 and 2017-18 the number of female ISA su
Edinburgh-based Rockifi, a new global streaming service, has launched today aiming to capture a significant share of the worldwide hard rock and heavy metal music market, which is worth upwards of £19 billion. Rockifi offers the only dedicated streaming platform for fans and artists
Two leading energy industry entrepreneurs Doug Duguid and Michael Buchan have launched a family investment company which will support fledgling technology enterprises with development capital and decades of experience gained building international businesses. Indigo 7 Ventures (I7V) will have a focu
Jill Glen, director of Dunedin Advisory, highlights the long term impact for those struggling with debt at this time and outlines options which may help individuals plan ahead and remove uncertainty. Current financial help
A former Crown Office employee has admitted taking hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash and drugs from the procurator fiscal's office in Aberdeen. Katherine Vaughan, 34, pleaded guilty to a single charge of embezzlement before Lord Beckett at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday.
Eight in ten (84%) Scottish consumers are worried about the future of their high street, according to new research from Visa.