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Peter Graham Henderson Loggie has further strengthened its forensic services team with the appointment of forensic accounting and investigations expert Peter Graham.

Richard Bathgate Staff at an Arbroath-based oil and gas services firm have been saved from redundancy after Mountwest Petroleum Engineering Ltd (MPEL) was bought out of administration last week, administrators Johnston Carmichael have announced.

Moira Kelly The Scottish Parliament should consider establishing a committee focused exclusively on scrutinising the country’s devolved tax powers, the body representing Scotland’s tax professionals has said.

Corporate insurance broker Lockton is further expanding its risk advisory capabilities in Scotland with the appointment of three more corporate professionals.

Martin Gilbert Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM) chief executive Martin Gilbert has reassured his employees, and those at Standard Life, that the merger of the two companies will not lead to “dramatic” job losses.

A businessman is set to get a new trial on mortgage fraud charges because his lawyer fell asleep during the trial. Lawyer Stan Levenson was seen sleeping by the judge, witnesses and the jurors who convicted James Nassida last year. He blamed the nap on his drowsy cold medication, the New York Post

New figures from the National House-Building Council (NHBC) have revealed a rise in the number of new home registrations in Scotland.

Malcolm Hurlston CBE There were more small claims decrees for debt against Scottish consumers in Q1 2017 than in any other first quarter on record, according to figures released today by Registry Trust.

Raj Mody New figures released today from PwC’s Skyval Index show the deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension funds stood at £530 billion at the end of April 2017, a £30 billion increase since last month.

Entrepreneurial spirit is on the rise in Scotland with over 130 new independent shops opening up over the last year, compared to 75 in 2015, according to new research by the Local Data Company and British Independent Retailers Association.

Retail sales in Scotland have grown much more slowly over the past year than in Great Britain as a whole, according to new figures.

Susan McDonald HBJ Gateley’s Susan McDonald on the lessons learned from bond funding as a means to finance social housing associations.

Edinburgh has been pipped at the post to be ranked second in Deutsche Bank’s global quality of life survey.

David McCreadie Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank, which employs more than 2000 people at its headquarters in the Scottish capital, is to introduce a zero per cent interest Clubcard Credit Card offer for purchases up to 30 months.

Ross McEwan The heat is being turned up on bosses at Royal Bank of Scotland ahead of the lender’s AGM next week after two more investor advisory firms joined calls for shareholders to reject the board’s remuneration policy.