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The Crown Office and HMRC have ordered a former Perthshire potato merchant jailed for a £160,000 tax evasion to pay £76,500 back to the public purse.

Richard Gardiner Dunfermline-based accountancy firm Thomson Cooper has been appointed after Glenrothes-based kitchen manufacturer Murray and Murray Limited was placed into liquidation with the loss of almost 40 jobs.

Karl Marx Karl Marx may be long dead, and the communist ideology that emerged from his work may be considered moribund in the 21st century’s globalised economy, but it seems irony is still alive and well after it emerged that a copy of the totemic left wing economic thinker’s magnus opus, Das Ka

Kevin Ellis The number of UK CEOs expecting the global economy to improve over the coming year has more than doubled, according to PwC’s 21st annual CEO Survey published at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Graeme Davidson EQ The role of research and innovation in farming in an uncertain future is due to be explored at a major agriculture conference taking place in Carnoustie, Angus, on 8 February and chaired by Graeme Davidson, partner at Dundee-based EQ Accountants LLP.

With total annual office take-up in Aberdeen in 2017 surpassing 400,000 sq ft (37,160 sq m) to double 2016 volumes, Savills anticipates 2018 leasing activity in the city will be driven by: infrastructure delivery; improved optimism in the local economy generally; and continued M&A activity in t

John Hewitt Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has announced the promotion of John Hewitt to head of its operations in Scotland, North East of England, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man.

Billy Macleod Allied Irish Bank is launching £2 billion of lending funds for medium to large sized businesses across the UK seeking finance for growth.

Computer scientists at the University of Edinburgh have identified security weak spots in gadgets that manage personal accounts crypocurrency Bitcoin and have called for improvement to provide better protection against hackers.

Jamie Watt Jamie Watt, Partner and IP&T specialist at Scottish law firm Harper Macleod, looks at the business risks associated with cryptocurrency projects, and the potential for it to be a gamechanger

A long-running call by the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) for the use of project bank accounts is now being backed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has announced the opening of entries for its Top 100 Young CAs competition and is encouraging CAs to nominate peers under the age of 35 who excel and innovate in their field.

Andrew Bailey In response to high-profile scandals involving major financial firms such as Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and the Clydesdale Bank, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on plans to give more small businesses access to the Financial Ombudsman Service.

8A Easter Belmont Road, Edinburgh (Image c/o Savills) Former Rangers owner Sir David Murray has had to accept a bid on his Edinburgh mansion £1 million less than the price he originally listed the property for.

Gerry Mallon Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank has announced the appointment of Ulster Bank boss Gerry Mallon as its new chief executive.