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RBC Brewin Dolphin has promoted four investment managers at its Edinburgh office. Sandy Lyell and James Pearse have become directors, while Caroline Whytock and Scott McKean become assistant directors.

Thorntons has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of two new partners, one an internal promotion and the other a lateral hire. Rachel Anderson, based in St Andrews, is promoted to private client partner and Jennifer Gallagher joins the firm’s Dundee team as a family law partn

All Scottish councils must learn from the weaknesses that allowed an Aberdeen City Council employee’s £1.1 million fraud go undetected over 17 years, the Accounts Commission has urged. Between 2006 and 2023, the employee transferred 655 council tax refund payments totalling £1.109m

A key figure in a scheme designed to undermine the insolvency system has been banned as a company director for nine years. Neville Taylor, 57, was paid more than a quarter of a million pounds by Atherton Corporate (UK) Ltd to become the sole director of more than 400 companies.

James Heaton, Virgin Money’s agricultural business manager currently responsible for agricultural and landed estate clients in East Lothian and the Scottish Borders, has been promoted to senior director Scotland to further strengthen the bank’s support for the farming industry. With Virg

Rod Maclean takes a look at a high-profile family squabble. Media business magnate Rupert Murdoch’s family’s public drama regarding ownership is perhaps the biggest family business law story of a generation. Beneath the glitz lies a classic archetype of succession squabbles. Families &nd

KPMG has posted a 5.4% rise in global revenues to $38.4 billion (c. £30.5bn), outpacing its Big Four rivals in terms of revenue growth in the past year. The performance was driven by gains in audit, tax, and advisory services. Despite a slowdown in technology and M&A activity, KPMG's

The UK government has approved the £3.6 billion takeover of Royal Mail's parent company, International Distribution Services (IDS), by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's EP Group. The deal includes legally binding commitments to protect Royal Mail's Universal Service Obligation (USO), which

Abrdn has published its latest quarterly House View report, expressing cautious optimism on the macro-economy and investment outlook, despite the uncertainties surrounding the "Trump 2.0" presidency. The House View has become more positive on developed market equities, with strong US earnings growth

Knight Frank predicts that the utilities and information & communications sectors will dominate economic growth in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow through 2050. This growth will be buoyed by the transition to net zero and the rise of AI.

SSEN Transmission has unveiled plans to deliver at least £22 billion in mission-critical grid infrastructure, supporting up to 17,500 jobs in Scotland and adding up to £7bn of value to the Scottish economy.

Julius Baer International (JBI), part of Swiss bank Julius Bär Group, has announced the opening of its second Scotland office in Glasgow, adding to its existing presence in Edinburgh. The office will be located at 1 West Regent Street, and the move is part of JBI’s regional expansion stra

Among the SNP’s Scottish Budget proposals for the coming tax year, Finance Secretary Shona Robison announced increases to the income tax starter rate and basic rate thresholds, however these small tax savings do very little to ease the pain of fiscal drag for many. The starter rate threshold h

The Highland Council has announced an extension to its public statutory consultation seeking views on the proposed introduction of a a Visitor Levy scheme across the Highlands.  The extension to the consultation, which began last month, will now give businesses, visitors and communities until 3

Shetland-based independent insurance broker TL Dallas continues to go from strength to strength after its acquisition of March Commercial six months ago, with the appointment of two new team members.  Rozan Leslie and Eilidh Blance have joined the team, bringing the number of employees at the f