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Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP has strengthened its business restructuring team with the appointment of director Kevin Lamb in its Edinburgh office. Mr Lamb joins from RSM after five years in its restructuring team.

Andrew Bell, chief commercial officer at Hampden & Co discusses the importance of balancing new tactics for growth and maintaining the qualities which drew current clients to the firm.  When financial services companies move through a series of growth phases, opportunities and challeng

Aberdein Considine has strengthened its Lender Services Practice Group (LSPG) with the appointment of UK banking veteran Colin Soulsby. Mr Soulsby has left his senior role with the Royal Bank of Scotland to join the firm in a newly-created relationship management role.

Core-Asset Consulting has appointed Chris Donald to its Edinburgh branch as senior business manager. Mr Donald joined from Change Recruitment - where he was employed in a similar role and spent eight years developing an intimate understanding of the financial services sector in Scotland.

Benny Higgins has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Anderson Anderson & Brown Wealth Ltd. Mr Higgins has held senior roles in the financial services industry over the last 30 years. He was CEO of Tesco Bank for ten years, prior to this he was CEO of RBS and NatWest, Retail Banking, whi

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and CFA Institute partnered to celebrate Global Ethics Day yesterday and hosted a debate on bringing trust back into financial markets. The debate, hosted by Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP at the European Parliament in Brussels, discussed bringi

Glasgow headquartered fit-out and M&E specialist Morris & Spottiswood has confirmed another strong performance with the publication of its year-end financial results for 2018. Turnover for the year ended December 31, 2018 stood at £82.4 million, up 2% on 2017, and underlying profitabil

DSL Business Finance (DSL) has appointed two more loan officers to support business growth and development in Scotland. Mark Lagan and Paul Toner are due to join the DSL team, providing a combined total of 29 years of financial services experience.

The British banking system is an ‘accident waiting to happen’ according to a new report released this week by the Adam Smith Institute, nearly 12 years after the run on Northern Rock heralded the beginning of the financial crisis.

Insurance risk and commercial law specialist BLM has marked the beginning of its new financial year with 55 promotions across the UK, including two promotions in Scotland. Kirsty Yuill has been promoted to partner and Kirsteen Picken has been promoted to associate.

Aggressive accounting policies and a close relationship with KPMG was the cause of the collapse of Carillion, according to a new construction industry survey.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published figures showing that complaints against financial firms decreased by 5 per cent in the second half of last year, falling from 4.13m to 3.91m. This is the first time the number of complaints has fallen since firms were required to change

The insurance industry is putting forward ideas to make it easier for the financial sector to invest in greener assets, unlocking billions of pounds worth of funds which could help mitigate the global impact of climate change. The UK’s insurers alone hold over £1.8 trillion in invested a

1825, Standard Life Aberdeen’s wholly-owned financial planning and advice business, has today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the wealth management arm of BDO Northern Ireland. Established over 25 years ago, the wealth management division has assets under advice of c

Chartered accountants & business advisors Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced key appointments in the firm’s virtual finance function (VFF) team. AAB’s VFF service is bespoke so clients can tailor the service to their exact requirements and vary this where circumsta