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Begbies Traynor Group plc, which employs over 60 staff in Scotland and Northern Ireland across six offices, has announced a comprehensive rebrand that will bring the business and its eight service lines together under a unified BTG banner. The announcement of the name change and rebrand follows the
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MFMac has announced the appointment of Claire Macpherson as a partner in its expanding private client team. Ms Macpherson is dual-accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in both private client tax and trust law – an accolade held by only a small number of practitioners in the
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Anderson Strathern has announced the appointment of Carole Tomlinson as its new chair as the firm celebrates its 325th year in business in Scotland. Ms Tomlinson will take up the role from 1 April, succeeding Fraser Geddes following the end of his three-year term. She is a dual-qualified solicitor i
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Fiona Doherty, managing director of Stagecoach South Scotland, has been elected as the new president of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Derek Provan after his two-year term. Ms Doherty, who previously served as deputy president of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, will be supported in her new rol
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Wbg has appointed David Shadwell as head of business advisory services. With offices across the UK, Mr Shadwell who will be based in Edinburgh, brings a wealth of experience helping founders and leadership teams turn financial data into strategic growth through driving digital transformation to crea
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Commercial real estate advisor Avison Young has promoted Kerry Maguire to head of valuation Scotland, based in the firm’s Glasgow office, coinciding with the arrival of four new hires working across its valuation, building and project consultancy and planning teams.
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Scottish Enterprise has appointed Nicola Anderson as its new director of scaling innovation. Ms Anderson will lead Scottish Enterprise’s Scaling Innovation Mission, focused on helping ambitious Scottish companies grow faster and translate cutting-edge research and development into globally com
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By 2035 how, when and where finance professionals work, as well as the nature of the work itself, will look very different, according to ACCA. In a new survey by ACCA, 55% of UK respondents said flexible career paths will replace linear paths within the next decade. A further three in ten (30%) in t
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has issued a strong response following the UK government’s announcement that the Audit and Corporate Governance Reform Bill has been scrapped. The accounting body's CEO, Gail Boag, described the decision as "deeply frustrating" highligh
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The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has published the pass rates for the December 2025 exam sitting, marking the largest volume of exams undertaken since December 2021.
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Accountancy firm bk plus has strengthened its team in Glasgow with the appointment of David Meldrum as restructuring partner, and the promotion of Christie Murphy to tax director. Mr Meldrum brings over 18 years’ experience in both personal and corporate restructuring and has developed a stron
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ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has announced it will end remote examinations in a bid to curb a sharp rise in academic misconduct. From March, the global accounting body will require its students to sit assessments in person, effectively ending a practice introduced during
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Business confidence in Scotland remains weak, according to the latest Fraser of Allander Institute Scottish Business Monitor, with firms pointing to cost pressures, subdued investment and little expectation of short-term relief.
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Scottish business confidence saw a marginal increase in January, rising one point to 37% according to the latest Bank of Scotland Business Barometer. This growth was driven by a significant 15-point surge in firms' confidence regarding their own trading prospects, reaching 53%. When taken alongside
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Scottish bid and tender expert Andrew Morrison has joined forces with Glasgow-based specialist Chris Denyer to launch a new company they plan to make the “Waitrose of bidding”. The new Edinburgh-headquartered venture, Aspire Bidding, comes just eight months after Mr Morrison sold Bu
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Scotland again experienced dramatic increases in business distress in the last three months of 2025, well ahead of UK averages, according to Begbies Traynor The business rescue and recovery firm's latest Red Flag Alert data, released every three months, shows the most serious ‘critical’
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Business confidence in Scotland has dropped to its lowest level since 2022, amid ongoing uncertainty and waning economic growth, according to ICAEW. Sentiment tracked by ICAEW’s Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) for Q4 2025 found that confidence in the country had decreased for the sixth conse
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