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Scotland's largest lettings and estate agency has warned the UK government against imposing higher taxes on landlords, which it says would worsen the housing crisis. DJ Alexander Ltd says increasing taxes on rental income would result in reduced investment in the sector, the prospect of a fall in th
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Walker’s Shortbread has appointed Bryony Walker as commercial director, joining the company's board of directors with immediate effect. A fourth-generation member of the Walker's family, Ms Walker joined the company in 2013 and has since progressed through various positions, most recently bein
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Fiona Cameron has been appointed as interim finance director at UHI Perth as the college aims to navigate financial challenges. Ms Cameron, an ACCA-qualified accountant, will take up the position with effect from Monday 9 June 2025.
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Social Investment Scotland (SIS) has appointed Sharon Gillies as its new chief operations officer (COO). Ms Gillies joins the responsible finance provider from MND Scotland, where she has been director of operations and company secretary since 2022.
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Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has made several key hires in its Aberdeen office to support the firm’s regional and national growth ambitions. The latest hires include Robbie Simpson as audit director, Ciaran Fines as assistant tax manager, and Naeema Joji as assistant audit manager. Th
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Chartered surveyor DM Hall has appointed Darroch Robertson, a qualified surveyor with over twenty years’ professional experience in senior roles, as a director in its Inverurie office. Formerly a partner for over ten years with another nationwide firm of chartered surveyors, Darroch graduated
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TLT has appointed commercial real estate and investment expert Colin Brown as partner in its Edinburgh office. Mr Brown joins TLT from Burness Paull, where he specialised in advising institutional investors on the acquisition, disposal, leasing and development of commercial properties including shop
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The number of overdue invoices on the books of Scottish businesses dropped to the lowest level in 2025 so far in April, according to new research from R3, the UK’s insolvency and restructuring trade body. R3’s analysis of data provided by Creditsafe shows Scottish businesses had a total
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Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has made several key hires in its Aberdeen office to support the firm’s regional and national growth ambitions. The latest hires include Robbie Simpson as audit director, Ciaran Fines as assistant tax manager, and Naeema Joji as assistant audit manager. Th
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The chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK's accountancy regulator, has promised to speed up investigations into audit failures. Richard Moriarty told the Sunday Times that the FRC needed to take disciplinary action against auditors more swiftly. He emphasised the imp
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With creditor petitions for sequestration on the rise, Wbg, one of Scotland’s independent specialist full-service accountancy firms, is reminding debtors and their legal representatives of the strategic importance of the Form 33 Moratorium and the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS) as a preventativ
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Scottish accountancy firm EQ Accountants, part of the Sumer Group, has merged with Edinburgh-based McDonald Gordon & Co, marking EQ's third acquisition in the past year and is a key step in its strategy to triple turnover from £11 million to £30m within four years. The merger signifi
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John Heaney Electrical Limited (JHE), the West Lothian-based electrical, mechanical and HVAC firm, has posted a record turnover for the third year running following a series of significant contract wins. The Livingston company’s latest set of financial results to the year end December 2024 sho
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An award-winning Glasgow family-run pizza business is moving into a larger factory in Coatbridge to meet growing demand, creating 17 new jobs and doubling its production capacity. Victor Pizza Ltd, founded in the 1970s as a small family bakery, has grown into a £5 million business while stayin
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Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has announced the opening of applications for its AG Elevate accelerator programme for scale-up businesses. The 10-month programme provides growth-stage businesses with the opportunity to secure access to world-class legal advice, regular mentorship meetings and admission to A
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Two of the 14 UK sectors reported output growth in April, according to the latest Bank of Scotland UK Sector Tracker. Compiled using exclusive PMI survey data from around 1,300 private sector companies, the report shows software services (54.5) and real estate (50.4) saw an increase in output. This
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Scotland is set to implement a new six-point export plan aimed at bolstering trade and assisting companies in navigating global challenges. Announced within the First Minister’s Programme for Government, a key element involves creating a dedicated US Export Plan to pinpoint promising American
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