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Azets, the accountancy firm specialising in the SME sector, has appointed Andrew Addie as a tax advisory director within the firm’s specialist tax consultancy team. He is returning to the profession after working for a leading Ayrshire care home business. He has more than 35 years’ exper

Aberdeen-based accountancy firm SBP Accountants & Business Advisers has appointed Phil Bellringer as its new director. The firm has promoted Mr Bellringer, who previously held the role of senior manager, to be head of its Peterhead office following a restructuring.

Accountants Chiene + Tait (C+T) have appointed John Kirkpatrick as its new head of payroll. Mr Kirkpatrick began his career 12 years ago, rising through the ranks to become a payroll manager for Dumfries-based Carson & Trotter.

Glasgow-based credit management software firm Know-it has announced the appointment of Gordon Merrylees, as its chief commercial officer. As the former managing director of entrepreneurship for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), NatWest and Ulster Bank, Mr Merrylees' leadership and wealth of customer exp

Aberdeen-based Drummond Finance has been shortlisted for the final of the UK-wide Commercial Broker Awards (CBAs) 2021. The firm is one of the only Scottish firms that have been nominated and is in the running for the top prize in the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) broker of t

UK residents paid out a record amount of inheritance tax in July after the number of coronavirus deaths soared. According to new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), receipts from the 40% death duty hit £571 million in last month, marking the most ever paid in a singl

Scottish businesses face increasing pressure to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues but their good intentions in meeting the challenges need to be backed with more robust planning and better reporting, according to a new report by Grant Thornton.

HBOS has reigned supreme in Bestinvest's hall of shame Spot the Dog report which lists the "bad mutts" of the fund management industry. The report uses statistical fund performance data to identify funds that have consistently performed badly compared to their benchmark.

Shepherd and Wedderburn has reported a 4.1% turnover growth to £59.3 million in the year to 30 April 2021, with profits before partner distributions rising 13% to £25.3m. In recognition of the exemplary resilience, adaptability and commitment shown by colleagues to clients during th

Scottish private equity investment rose considerably in the first half of 2021, as investor confidence returned and vendors brought their assets to market, according to new analysis from KPMG. The volume of deals across Scotland in H1 rose 54.5% against H1 2020 levels and 13.3% compared to H2 2020 l

Aberdein Considine has been acknowledged as one of Scotland’s top mortgage brokers following the publication of the longlist categories in the 2021 Scottish Mortgage Awards. The firm, which has a network of independent mortgage brokers across the country, was nominated in five different catego

PayPal has announced the launch of a new service enabling its customers in the UK to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency with PayPal. The payment services company said that the new initiative, which will be rolled out this week, will allow customers to cryptocurrency for consumers in a secure and

The Scottish Government has announced a multi-million-pound package of support has been invested to help tourism and hospitality businesses recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Delivered in the first 100 days of the new Scottish Government, the support is part of a wider £129 million investm

A Canadian soldier who was accused of drugging her comrades with cannabis-laced cupcakes at a live-fire training exercise has been found guilty of various offences. Sandra Cogswell was convicted by a military judge on eight counts of administering a noxious substance as well as one of behaving in a

Michael Richards, an environmental scientist who participated in Britain’s biggest-ever tax fraud, has had ten years added to his jail sentence for failing to pay back £11 million. Mr Ricahards operated the investment scheme which was used by comedians, sports stars and relatives of poli