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Accountants and business advisors CT has promoted two of its colleagues to director level. Phil Pagan, from the firm’s Corporate Tax team, and Claire Proctor, CT’s Head of Payroll, will move into their new senior roles from April.
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Zudu has appointed Paul Duffy as its new CEO, while the Scottish AI enablement and software development firm has moved its Edinburgh headquarters to Commercial Quay in Leith. Mr Duffy steps up to the CEO role from managing director as Zudu's founder James Buchan moves to lead ePass as CEO, a GovTech
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AAB has announced the appointment of Jonathan Grainger as the firm's chief operating officer. He will lead AAB’s technology, operations and integration teams, driving the next phase of operational excellence and enabling the firm to embed end-to-end automation capability throughout its busines
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Accountants and business advisors CT has promoted two of its colleagues to director level. Phil Pagan, from the firm’s Corporate Tax team, and Claire Proctor, CT’s Head of Payroll, will move into their new senior roles from April.
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Mortgage Advice Bureau's (MAB) network partner in Scotland has announced the appointment of Mark Collender as later life adviser, strengthening its specialist capability in later life lending and equity release advice. With 34 years’ experience in financial services, Mr Collender has held both
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Pinsent Masons has announced this year’s partner promotions, with 23 lawyers set to join the firm’s global partnership. Glasgow-based Natalie Colaluca and Stuart Newlands and Edinburgh lawyer Kirstyn Gleeson are included in the 23-strong promoted group, while five Scotland-based lawyers
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Azets has appointed Paul Smith as a tax partner within its expanding national capital allowances team. Based in Glasgow, Mr Smith will help clients across the UK optimise tax relief on their capital expenditure.
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Accountants and business advisors CT has promoted two of its colleagues to director level. Phil Pagan, from the firm’s Corporate Tax team, and Claire Proctor, CT’s Head of Payroll, will move into their new senior roles from April.
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The accountancy regulator has issued what it describes as the world's first guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in auditing, making clear that firms cannot hold the technology responsible when things go wrong. Mark Babington, executive director of regulatory standards at the Financial Rep
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EY has set aside nearly £200 million to cover regulatory fines and legal claims in the UK, the highest level ever disclosed by the firm, as it confronts a growing number of challenges to the quality of its audit work. According to its annual report filed at Companies House, EY increased its pr
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ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has pledged to work with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) – the UK’s independent corporate governance and auditor regulator – to improve the audit market for smaller businesses.
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More than two-thirds (72%) of accounting professionals fear that generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) could produce errors or reach incorrect decisions, according to a year-long research study commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). The findings come from a
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Farmer Autocare has been acquired by Belfast-based Kerr’s Tyres Group, bringing together two family-run organisations with strong community roots. Farmer Autocare, a Scottish car maintenance and servicing business, was founded by Sir Tom Farmer in 2003. The Company has grown rapidly over recen
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Wbg is advising Scottish tourism and hospitality businesses to consider their financial structure to boost their resilience. With new data from the Scottish Tourism Alliance highlighting a growing vulnerability: more than half of tourism and hospitality businesses have less than three months of cash
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Rutherglen-based Certum, has beaten more than 115 international competitors to secure a $2 million (c. £1.5m) contract to lead the development of a next-generation managed services model designed to redefine how IT support businesses operate, building the MSP model of the future. The Scottish
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Newly inaugurated media company Hero Media & Entertainment Ltd has acquired Scottish Financial News as part of its purchase of Dundee Press Agency Ltd, E News Now Ltd, and Daily Business Ltd as a first step in its “buy, build and launch” media strategy. Dundee Press Agency Ltd and E
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Business confidence in Scotland rose 10 points during March to 51%, according to the latest Business Barometer from the Bank of Scotland. Companies in Scotland reported higher confidence in their own trading outlook month-on-month, up 22 points at 63%. When taken alongside their optimism in the econ
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