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Accountancy firm Azets has announced the promotion of Edinburgh-based partner Gary Devlin to UK head of internal audit and the appointment of Glasgow-based Elizabeth Young as an internal audit partner for Scotland and the North. Mr Devlin will lead a team of over 50 staff delivering an extensive ran

Kenny Barclay has been appointed as finance director at Rangers FC. He will join the club's board of directors ahead of its 150th anniversary year, the club announced in a short statement on Saturday.

Business advisory and accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has announced the promotions of 64 people, including the appointment of two partners and a director. Amongst the partner promotions are James Hamilton and Grant Roger of Johnston Carmichael’s audit team which is experiencing a signific

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has announced the appointment of Chris Meyrick as a partner in Scotland. Mr Meyrick, who joins BDO from PwC, will focus on the financial services sector and audit, bringing over 20 years' experience supporting a wide range of businesses ranging from lar

James McMillan, director at law firm Anderson Strathern, warns that Scotland has become an international hotspot for financial crime. In the UK context when you think about white-collar crime over the last couple of decades, names like Barings Bank, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCC

Borders-based accountancy firm Rennie Welch LLP has announced the appointment of seven new members of staff across its offices in Scotland and north-east England. The new hires include two team leaders: Anne Cerexhe, who works between the firm’s Kelso and Berwick offices, and tax specialist Ma

As business confidence returns, Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business critical services group, has reported a substantial uplift in demand for its fundraising services in the energy technology sector. In the most recent quarter alone, AAB has advised on three transactions fo

Accountancy firms Johnston Carmichael, PwC, EY and KPMG, have responded to the 2022-2013 Scottish Budget announced by finance secretary Kate Forbes yesterday.  The finance secretary stated that ending Scotland’s contribution to climate change, tackling inequalities and investing in the ec

With HMRC’s ‘light touch’ approach to IR35 compliance enforcement set to end in April 2022, Grant Thornton UK's latest Business Outlook Tracker has found that mid-market businesses in Scotland lack confidence that they will comply with IR35. The survey found that nearly h

SMASH, a platform that connects film and TV content creators with decision-makers, is on its way to securing half a million pounds of investment to scale up its business as it targets the fast-growing global content streaming market. The Scotland-based company has already secured an initial ‘s

Commercial law firm MacRoberts has announced the appointment of Jonathan Gaskell as a partner and Rod Hutchison as a legal director. Mr Gaskell is an experienced construction lawyer specialising predominantly in transactional matters. His work involves all aspects of non-contentious work, from initi

Which? is calling for an immediate pause on bank branch closures as its new analysis raises concerns that banks may be rushing to close branches before solutions to protecting access to cash can take effect. The consumer champion is urging banks to prove they can take effective action to stop people

Morton Fraser has advised on the sale of the largest full-service film studio in Scotland to a US-based real estate investment company. A multi-disciplinary team, including corporate, real estate and banking experts, advised Wardpark Studios, which is home to the hit TV series, Outlander.

The Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust PLC, a company managed by abrdn, has seen its Net Asset Value total return rise by 39.8% in the year ended 30 September 2021. By contrast, the reference index for the company, the FTSE All-Share Index, delivered a total return of 27.9% placing the compa

UK GDP edged closer to its pre-pandemic level in October, growing by 0.1%, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).