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Construction materials group Breedon has announced that James Brotherton will join the executive management team as chief financial officer (CFO) designate on January 1. Mr Brotherton was CFO of Tyman Plc between 2010 and 2019, prior to which he was director of corporate development for five years,

Glasgow-based video technology platform specialist Ordo has experienced high client demand for its product range since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the company on track to more than double revenue to around £3 million in the current financial year. Odro, which provides a comple

Steve McCullough, business development and marketing director at Armstrong Watson LLP, Accountants, Business and Financial Advisors, has been promoted to the role of partner. This marks the first time anyone from the business development and marketing team has been promoted to this senior level in t

A £30 million package of funding from the Scottish Government is being made available to local authorities to support people facing financial hardship as a result of coronavirus, including money to provide free school meals over the school holidays. Local authorities will be given flexibility

An innovative new system developed by Edinburgh-based Hearing Diagnostics Limited that has the potential to revolutionise hearing tests globally has received £715,000 of financial backing from Archangels. The investment will enable its hearing test system to undergo trials with universiti

More than 350,000 families in Scotland have fallen behind on council tax payments during the coronavirus lockdown period. For the first six months of the financial year, local authorities in Scotland have missed out on £100 million of revenue.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has expanded its Scottish team as Irina Cheburdanidze, associate director of financial reporting, moves to join the Edinburgh office. Ms Cheburdanidze joins from RSM Leeds where she has worked since 2014 and has more than 14 years’ experience supporting clien

Peter Shand explores the latest trend of the super-wealthy setting up finance and legal offices to deal with their affairs. Scotland’s financial ecosystem is changing and one of the latest drivers could be the increase in the number of official ‘family offices’ being set up.

Hugh Carr has been appointed to Berwickshire Housing Association's (BHA) board of trustees. Mr Carr is a chartered accountant and after an early career in audit and financial management in the private sector and the NHS, he has worked in and around Scottish housing associations since 1995, as a fina

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, 26% of UK consumers say they are not confident about their financial situation, according to a Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) survey.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged Google to clamp down on adverts for online financial scams. 

Glasgow-based technology firm Exizent has secured £3.6 million in funding from several investors including FNZ to transform the way the legal and financial services industry deals with bereavement. Exizent is building the first-ever platform that connects data, services and the network of peop

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a Call for Input (CFI) to help shape its work on improving the consumer investment market.  The financial watchdog has said that too often, consumers receive lower returns than they should because of unsuitable products with high fees. It

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the extension of mortgage holidays for consumers who still face financial difficulties, as well as those whose financial situation may be newly affected by coronavirus after the current FCA mortgage guidance ends.

Deloitte has become the first of the Big Four accountancy firms to establish plans for a new governance structure to comply with the financial regulator’s demands for a break-up of their operations. The company has revealed that it will establish an audit governance board in January next