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Dr Elizabeth Fairley, co-founder and COO of healthcare data startup Talking Medicines, was announced as the winner of FutureX’s Startup Summit Competition following a live pitch battle for the grand prize worth over £220,000 in front of 1,000 delegates at this year’s summ

An investment banker at the centre of Germany's biggest ever fraud trial has told judges he earned millions of euros from deals involving "astronomical" trades, Reuters reports. Martin Shields, said the trading, known as cum-ex, was popular between 2005 and 2012, with investors from around the world

Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford is poised to transfer its investment trust savings scheme to fellow wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown. Baillie Gifford said the long-term interests of the plan holders will be “best serviced” by the transfer of investments to the direct-to-consumer p

Turcan Connell has announced the appointment of Gillian Crandles as its new managing partner. One of the country’s leading divorce lawyers, Ms Crandles is only the second person to occupy this role in the firm’s 22-year history and will combine it with her current position

A survey of public bodies in Scotland has revealed that most board members would be reluctant to complain about their colleagues, though reported bullying and other kinds of 'disrespectful conduct' are in the minority. The problem of ‘disrespectful conduct’ is more widespread in loc

A former Rangers FC administrator is suing Scotland’s Chief Constable and most senior prosecutor for £9 million, claiming he was “unlawfully detained” as part of the investigation into the Glasgow club’s financial affairs.

Stephen McGee, the chief executive of Scottish Friendly, is steering one of the UK’s oldest mutuals into its most transformative chapter in decades. To say that recent and planned developments are seismic would be to state – or rather understate – the obvious. Under his stewardship

ProPharm Services, one of Scotland’s independent providers of pharmacy and prescribing support services, has expanded its service offering following support from Business Gateway East Renfrewshire.

Steve Taylor, the co-founder of Murray Taylor Chartered Accountants, has officially retired after 35 years at the helm of the accountancy firm. Originally from Dundee, the 65-year-old director helped grow the business from a modest team of five to a workforce of 35, specialising in corporate finance

An East Lothian skin therapist has launched a partnership with an award-winning local skincare brand following support from Business Gateway. Caryn Fower Advanced Skin Therapy, led by experienced skin therapist Caryn Fower, delivers personalised, results-driven treatments tailored to each client. He

A solicitor who benefited by more than £1 million from a sophisticated money-laundering scheme has been ordered to repay a nominal sum of just £1. Alistair Blackwood, 70, was found to have made £1,086,581 from his criminal activities. However, a proceeds of crime hearing at the Hig

The FSE Group has strengthened its Scottish team with the appointment of Gina Cleife as a new investment manager.

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce has strengthened its board of directors in a move to boost its fight for greater investment and support for Scotland’s businesses. President Stephen Leckie said: "At a critical time for business in Scotland, with huge budget pressures for both the UK and Scott

The Scottish Chief Financial Officer Awards have returned for a second year, celebrating the talent of finance leaders and their teams across Scotland. For the event Grant Thornton UK LLP has again teamed up with fellow founding sponsors Addleshaw Goddard, FWB and Barclays Corporate Banking.

Baillie Gifford has announced that Andrew Telfer, one of three managing partners, will retire on 31 March 2025 after almost 33 years with the firm, including 13 as a managing partner and CEO. His successor will be Tim Campbell, who has been with the firm for 25 years and a partner for 12.