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Lord Smith of Kelvin has stepped down as non-executive chairman of Alliance Trust from today, the investment and financial services company has announced. Lord Smith, who has led the board since 2016, has been succeeded by deputy chairman Gregor Stewart, whose post will be left vacant.

Business advisory firm Grant Thornton has announced the appointment of senior manager Susan Roberts and assistant manager Yomi Solanke in its Aberdeen office.

Apropos by DJ Alexander has announced the appointment of Nick Maunder and Matthew Garstang to its board of directors as the firm builds up to the launch of its new property portal next year. The firm said the appointments reflect its desire to grow its senior management team to deliver on its expand

Construction group Robertson has announced the appointment of Colin Mitchell as finance director in its new residential business. Mr Mitchell is a qualified chartered accountant with over thirty years of experience across commercial property and housebuilding, including Murray Group and Barratt West

Glasgow-based mortgage broker Mortgage Advice Bureau New Homes has announced the appointment of Stan Collins as a business development manager. MAB New Homes, part of the UK-wide Mortgage Advice Bureau, said Mr Collins joins after parting company with Stan Collins & Co Ltd.

Aberdeen city centre office building Union Plaza has been refurbished to meet demand for more flexible and creative, high quality work spaces following a £1.75 million investment from Legal & General.

An Edinburgh-based entrepreneur is seeking to raise £600,000 for a new start-up, likened to Airbnb for commercial property, with support from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

Scottish turnaround specialists BRS Consulting Ltd has successfully completed negotiations to sell the assets, designs, manufacturing and distribution rights of US oil and gas instrument provider Ecosse Design to Canadian-based Spartek Systems. BRS was appointed in 2017 to provide strategic directio

New figures revealing that more than half of all Scottish goods exports were sent to Europe in the last quarter have raised concerns about the potential impact of Brexit. According to the latest HMRC regional trade statistics, the value of Scotland’s total annual goods exports increased by 14.

The owner of one of the largest Harris Tweed producers has handed the firm over to its manager for free. Yorkshire businessman Brian Haggas, who took over Stornoway-based Kenneth Mackenzie Ltd in 2006, said he believed Harris Tweed "should be owned and produced by the islands and any profits should

The Programme for Government revealed by the Scottish Government yesterday promised £130 million to be made available this year to set up the Scottish National Investment Bank.

Chartered accountant and business advisory firm Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has been revealed to be the most active dealmaker in Scotland in the first half of 2019.

XPS Pension Group has appointed Ben Gold as head of investment. Mr Gold takes over from Patrick McCoy, who has also received the new role of head of advisory for the pensions and investment businesses.

Marks & Spencer (M&S) is due to drop out of the FTSE 100 index after its value fell below the threshold for inclusion. This is the first time the company will drop out of the index since it was established 35 years ago.

Today, Curve broke through its crowdfunding target and created a new record on Crowdcube by beating its £1,000,000 target in four minutes.