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Steven Brown Scottish law firm Harper Macleod has concluded one of its biggest deals to date in the marine sector – on the other side of the world.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced the sale of Cerico, its Glasgow-based online compliance solutions business, to business and financial information firm Dow Jones for an undisclosed sum.

Edinburgh-based asset management firm Martin Currie increased assets under management last year by more than 50 per cent to £14.5 billion from £9.3 billion.

The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak is to close down.

Allison Devine Allison Devine, who this year became the first ever female senior partner at Scottish accountancy firm Alexander Sloan, which at 151 years old is one of Scotland’s longest established firms of accountants and business advisers, talks to Scottish Financial News about her rapid rise a

Jane Portas The combination of growing debt, lower earnings and a lack of confidence when it comes to dealing with financial matters is putting millennial women at greater risk of an old age in poverty, new research carried out by PwC on behalf of Insuring Women's Futures (IWF) has found.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has reached an agreement to settle the latest of its misconduct cases after striking a deal to pay $500 million (£359.7 million) to the American state of New York over the mis-selling of financial products in the lead up to the 2008 global financial crisis.

Donald Borland Fife furniture group Havelock Europa has commenced a search process for a new finance head after it announced that Donald Borland will resign as chief financial officer and company secretary in April.

Graeme Thomson Scots are leaving their loved ones open to distress and hassle by overlooking their online lives in their will – according to both legal and cyber security experts.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the former Chair of Co-operative Bank, Paul Flowers, known as "the Crystal Methodist" from the financial services industry.

Jon Shelley PwC's corporate finance team in Scotland has advised on the sale of subsea technology, equipment and engineering consultancy business Ecosse Subsea Systems (“ESS”) to American subsea engineering firm Oceaneering International Inc. for £50 million, acting as lead financial advisor to

Andrew Howie With a record number of young people taking up Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland, new research released from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP, ahead of Scottish Apprenticeship Week (5-9 March), finds that attitudes towards apprenticeship programmes are becom

Dina Devalia Savers who invested money into the now defunct North East Scotland Credit Union have been assured they will have their savings returned after the organisation went under.

Nicky Morgan MPs have this week renewed their criticism of Royal Bank of Scotland after it emerged that nearly all of the senior staff currently employed in the bank's turnaround unit for small businesses today also worked in the now disgraced Global Restructuring Group, which was condemned by the F

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has this week published its final policy statement on new rules for the credit card market.