Former Rettie managing partner, Patrick Paton, and his wife, property marketing specialist Celia Paton, have joined forces to launch a new Scottish estate agency, Paton & Co. Paton & Co launched on March 15, 2021 from the couple’s home in the Borders, covering properties across Scotlan
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Investment firm 7IM’s new Edinburgh-based chairman has highlighted the company's commitment to growing its presence in Scotland as it works towards securing £20 billion of assets under management. Adrian Grace spent ten years as the boss of insurer Aegon’s Edinburgh-based UK operat
Stonehaven-based firm Buchanan & Associates Financial Planning has been acquired by Independent Wealth Planners (IWP) for an undisclosed sum. Buchanan & Associates Financial Planning will continue to trade under its own name and from the same premises on David Street.
All UK firms that employ veterans will be exempt from paying national insurance on the first 12 months of their employment.
Scottish farm incomes dropped by more than a third last year (36%) while the average farm business would have made a loss of £17,100 without support payments, according to new figures released by the Scottish Government.
Morningside School of Music in Edinburgh has announced that it will be accepting payments from customers in the form of cryptocurrency.
GIGGED.AI, a Glasgow-based technology start-up, has been awarded an Innovate UK grant to create Artificial Intelligence (AI) that simplifies how companies can source and on-board top on-demand UK talent. The firm is investing further in the development of its talent platform that aims to take on lar
An £8.7 million five-year research collaboration led by the University of Edinburgh and FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies UK (FDB) that will develop more cost-effective ways to make modern antibody-based medicines has been announced.
KPMG has appointed Chris Smith as its new private client tax director in Scotland. Mr Smith will lead a team of dedicated personal tax advisers, focusing on private wealth and shareholder tax advice – helping clients to grow and protect their wealth in turbulent times.
The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) are calling on Scotland’s political parties to improve public awareness of devolved taxation in the next Scottish Parliament, as a new poll shows that a third of Scots are unaware that the
Tom Dorner, investment director, European equities at Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), discusses what Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations mean for income investors looking for a sustainable premium dividend yield. There is little doubt that ESG considerations are increasing
Collaboration and sustainability will be recognised at this year’s Business Women Scotland Business Awards. The key themes at the prestigious annual awards are watch words reflecting the changing ways we have been doing business since the start of the pandemic.
The UK new car market recorded its first ‘growth’ since August 2020, with 29,280 more units registered during March compared to the same month last year, according to figures published yesterday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has promoted Victoria Kirkhope to partner within its internal people team and appointed two new partners, Grant Morrison and Paul O’Leary to strengthen the audit and technology risk assurance teams, respectively. Glasgow-based Ms Kirkhope is RSM’s head
Advice Direct Scotland (ADS) has announced £180,000 of investment provided by Big Issue Invest (BII), to support vulnerable people across Scotland with advice, training and volunteering opportunities. The social investment arm of The Big Issue will be providing support to ADS, a Scottish chari