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Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust chair Tom Burnet has written to the Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander and Economic Secretary Lucy Rigby urging the Government to help protect the UK investment trust industry from activist hedge funds. Burnet has been calling on retail investors to vot
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Gillespie Macandrew has appointed three new senior appointments to strengthen its planning, corporate and finance teams. Nikki Robertson joins the firm as head of finance. She brings expertise in financial planning and analysis, business partnering, governance, regulatory processes and Board-level r
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Aegon Asset Management has appointed Iain McGowan as its new partnership director. In a new role for the business, McGowan will strengthen and grow relationships across some of Aegon AM’s key UK-based institutional partners. Based in Edinburgh, he will report into Aegon AM’s head of UK c
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Aberdein Considine has promoted eleven colleagues Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Newcastle, with its lender, banking and private client teams among those strengthened. Alison Forbes, who has more than 18 years with the firm as lender services UK quality assurance manager has been made an associate director
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Dains Group has appointed Gemma Edwards as its new chief operating officer. Edwards will be tasked with the development of the Dains Group’s operating model and operational performance, working with its service lines and central teams to create greater, consistency, connectivity and capacity a
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Eversheds Sutherland has hired Addleshaw Goddard veteran Andrew Fordham as a finance partner to strengthen its international banking and finance practice. The appointment will also boost its capabilities across key UK and global markets. Mr Fordham brings extensive experience advising lenders, priva
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Scottish Financial News is marking the retirement of Jeff Anderson, its long-serving advertising manager, who is stepping down after more than 18 years with the company. Jeff joined the business in 2008 and has played a pivotal role in helping to steer Scottish Financial News and its sister publicat
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Early-career accountants and finance professionals believe they will depend on AI for future career success, according to a new survey. Findings from accountancy and book keeping platform Intuit QuickBooks, revealed that around 90% said they will be better equipped to use AI compared to future
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Wirecard whistleblower Pav Gill has launched a new agentic governance platform bringing governance, risk and compliance (GRC) into one system to end reliance on a "patchwork of disconnected point solutions". Confide will give professionals a shared environment in which to set the standard for how GR
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has extended Making Tax Digital for Income Tax to landlords and sole traders earning more than £30,000 to kick off from April 6, 2027. The UK Government's tax agency urged landlords and sole traders to act now, explaining that customers who sign up early have more
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The UK association for restructuring, turnaround and insolvency professionals has welcomed the Insolvency Service's new five-year strategy promising to crack down on abusive business practices and resolve insolvencies faster. Chief executive of R3, Caroline Summers, said the group welcomed the focus
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AMS Accountants Group has revealed plans to create around 25 jobs in Aberdeen as it builds towards a £5m audit business in the city within the next three years. The move is part of a wider ambition to turn over more than £20m and have around 200 staff within the next five years. The firm
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