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Cash generation of businesses in Scotland was worryingly low heading into the cash crunch triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. BDO’s analysis of UK businesses shows that those in Scotland converted just 2.7% of the

Jerba Campervans, one of Scotland's best known employee-owned businesses has cautiously returned to the workshop this week to a backlog of orders for its bespoke VW T6 Transporter campervan conversions. The firm will bring back all 15 staff members to its premises following its decision to return to

Staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland are being offered the opportunity to take part in specialist training and support sessions as part of the bank's partnership with carers’ charity VOCAL. Recognising the need to support staff who may be caring for family and loved ones during lockdown, t

Bryan Lord, a technology sector veteran with 30 years’ experience of running and growing global business consulting practices, has become the latest senior recruit to join Aberdeen-based Inoapps following his appointment as head of service delivery. Prior to taking on this newly created r

Nikhil Rathi has been appointed as the new permanent chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). 

Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI director-general and Tracy Black, the CBI’s Scotland director, have written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urging her to put jobs and training, especially for young people, at the heart of economic recovery plans.

The billionaire president of the United Arab Emirates filled the water tanks of his 18th-century mansion with Evian mineral water, court documents have claimed.

Scottish Sea Farms has announced that it will repay all money received from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as markets re-open and business performance begins to show signs of bouncing back.

Yesterday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced further changes to lockdown restrictions with all retail premises with outdoor entrances and exits allowed to re-open from Monday 29.

Industry leadership group Scotland for Employee Ownership (SfEO) has announced the appointment of Isabella Miller as the new co-chair of its board. Ms Miller, who is the head of branch for John Lewis in Glasgow, will work working alongside existing joint chair Jamie Hepburn MSP, minister for busines

Robin Beer, the new CEO of Brewin Dolphin, has assumed his new role. Mr Beer succeeded David Nicol after he announced plans to retire in January this year.

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a webinar on family investment companies and their use in estate, succession and tax planning on 24th June 2020 at 1pm. The speakers will be Ronnie Brown and Claire Macpherson of Burness Paull LLP.

BDO is now the second-largest auditor of listed companies in the UK, according to new data from Adviser Rankings.  The firm is the UK’s fifth-largest accounting firm by revenue as it has gained 35 listed clients in the 12 months to May. As a result, BDO now audits 297 listed companie

Scottish builders’ merchant St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies Group, has received a substantial CBILS funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to help support the business during the coronavirus pandemic. With five sites based in Edinburgh and one in Paisley, the company is one

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced that Simon Fraser has been appointed as the chair of the Pre-Emption Group (PEG). Mr Fraser has been a longstanding member of the PEG and has a long and distinguished career in investment management and corporate roles, including his current role a