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Donna Nairn, Alan Burns and Sarah Fergusson of William Duncan & Co's Ayr office took on The Mighty Stride at this years Glasgow Kiltwalk at the weekend.

Baillie Gifford’s £8 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust achieved a total return on net asset value of 14.6 per cent for the year to March 31. This was ahead of a 10.7 per cent total return on its benchmark, the FTSE All-world Index in sterling terms.

The rising prominence of so-called ‘zombie firms’ – companies under sustained financial strain – is threatening to cause a significant drag-effect on the UK economy, new analysis from KPMG has found. A look at the last three annual accounts of listed UK companies (FTSE and AI

Some taxpayers in Wales have been paying the wrong rate of tax after having the Scottish tax code mistakenly applied to them, HMRC has admitted. The Welsh Rates of Income Tax (WRIT) was introduced in April 2019, three years after the introduction of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT) in 2016.

Jason Collins, partner at Pinsent Masons, looks at efforts to ensure tech giants pay their taxes HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) believes that US-based multinational businesses may have underpaid £4.6 billion of UK tax last year, up 35 per cent from £3.4bn in 2017.Figures obtai

Glasgow healthcare data start-up, Talking Medicines, founded by Jo Halliday, Scott Crae and Elizabeth Fairley, has secured its first institutional investment as part of a new funding round worth £622,000 to support the next stage of its growth. Back left – Rob Halliday SIS Vent

Still more than 60 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) could be facing a raft of equal pay claims after being ordered to payout £150,000 following a long-running equal pay case involving a female support analyst. The case supported by Unite the union's legal services was brought

A group of Scottish-based female business founders are celebrating after winning top honours at this year AccelerateHER Awards. Rachel Jones of SnapDragon; Lina Gasiunaite of Biotangents; and Corien Staels of Staels Design were winners of the 2019 awards which recognise female business founders in

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is opposing a major shake-up of the operations of the so-called ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms, has been the recipient of more than £50 million in fines levied on those firms as a result of their botched audit

Controversial plans to cut the amount of tax paid by passengers flying from Scottish airports have been scrapped by First Minster Nicola Sturgeon in favour of tackling climate change but putting her on a collision course with Scotland’s business leaders.

Scottish Property Federation (SPF) analysis of recent data from Revenue Scotland has shown that Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) revenues narrowly met Scottish Government forecasts in 2018/19. The SPF has warned, however, that repayments of tax already collected will cau

Scottish-based investment management firm Brooks Macdonald is proud to sponsor, for the second year running, the annual Brown Cup Scottish Schools Regatta and Race Training Weekend held on Loch Earn, taking place from Saturday 8 June until Monday 10 June 2019. Hosted by Loch Earn Sailing Club at St

Employers are being warned by accountants and business advisers French Duncan that share scheme reporting is essential to avoid penalties. As share schemes become a more common way of rewarding staff employers need to be aware of the stringent reporting requirements which these schemes attract.

A new survey has highlighted a divergence in approach to Board remuneration by housing associations in Scotland and England. Audit, tax & consulting services provider RSM said the majority of housing associations in Scotland continue to resist Board remuneration despite growing positiv

9 West, an Edinburgh-based investment firm has introduced the funding for an off market £55.2 million deal for a South Korean asset management business to acquire commercial property in Scotland. Robbie Moir from 9 West secured funding from Hyundai Asset Management Co. Ltd to purchase prime of