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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Quilter CEO Paul Feeney as the chair of its independent Practitioner Panel. Paul will take up the post from 1 January 2021, succeeding Tulsi Naidu, CEO of Zurich UK. He has been a member of the panel since 2015.

Private client specialist Roddy Harrison has joined Scottish law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie as partner. He is a strong addition to the firm’s private client team, bringing considerable expertise in high level tax and estate planning.

A taxi driver in Paris has been reported to the police after he charged tourists €230 for a trip from Charles-de-Gaulle airport to their hotel.

Edinburgh-based investment manager Par Equity has celebrated another successful year in 2020 as it increased its new investment activity to a record £12.4 million. Despite the challenges of a year dominated by COVID-19, the company also continued its run of successful exits, which means it has

Yorsipp, a specialist provider of bespoke SIPP, SSAS and 'At Retirement' pension solutions, has appointed Iain McCallum as its new technical and compliance manager. Mr McCallum is a pensions expert with over two decades of experience in the financial services industry, having served in various capac

Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group has increased its assets under administration by 8.1% to £17.4 billion in the three months to 31 December 2020. By comparison, the FTSE All-Share Index increased 11.9% on the last quarter and fell by 12.5% year-on-year.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published the results of its coronavirus financial resilience surveys revealing the impact of coronavirus on firms’ financial resilience. In response to the crisis, the FCA has been monitoring the effects of the economic downturn on firms&rs

Dundee-based teamwear specialist Direct Soccer Limited is celebrating the expansion of its warehouse and installation of innovative automated machinery following an investment of over £1.9 million supported by Scottish Enterprise that will also create 25 new jobs. Bryce Gibson and Joyce Gibson

An Australian advert that displays a man eating a bat sandwich is being investigated by the country's advertising watchdog.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has been reviewing the recent UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (UK-EU TCA) and considers the agreement brings a broad level of certainty for businesses in the UK, Europe and globally about the status of trade in goods and services, the m

The Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus PLC, a company managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Publishing its anniversary booklet, the company has explored the broad global question of whether the 21st century will be the Asian Century, the economic impact of this on

The University of Dundee has received over £1 million as part of a multi-million-pound investment in research organisations across the UK. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has provided £213m to expand and upgrade existing infrastructure across disciplines. Dundee will benefit through tw

Walker's Shortbread has announced the appointment of Norman Ross as its new finance director following the retirement of Dave Edwards. Norman Ross is currently finance director of Speymalt Whisky Distributors, better known as Gordon & MacPhail.

Clients of Clark Contracts have shown their confidence in the business after it unveiled £40 million of new orders in its first trading quarter of 2021. Orders secured from repeat customers include two refurbishment projects within the Curran Building for the University of Strathclyde, to

A trading update from members of the Scottish Hospitality Group has revealed that businesses took in only 20% of last year’s earnings during the vital Christmas trading period.