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FRP Advisory partners Iain Fraser and Tom MacLennan have been appointed joint administrators at Inverness-based self-build home business, Roy Homes Ltd, and its sister company, Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd.

Tim Cooper Scotland’s hospitality sector has had a strong start to the year, with its restaurants and pubs less at risk of insolvency than the UK average, according to research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

The number of cases of alleged fraud reaching Scottish courts in 2016 fell from 12 to 9, but the value of loss was more than five times greater than in 2015, rising from £4.7 million to £24.3 million, driven by a large (£18 million) case of investment fraud, according to new research from KPMG.

Bruce Stephen By Bruce Stephen, head of banking & finance at Scottish corporate and commercial law firm Brodies LLP.

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group, which includes Bank of Scotland, has been named the most inclusive employer in Britain by lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) charity Stonewall in its Top 100 Employers list for 2017.

Alan McIntosh Scottish insolvency practitioners are being urged to make available to Scottish consumers a rarely used legal remedy which allows their home to be protected whilst providing repayment of their debts.

Rod Ashley Airdrie Savings Bank (ASB), the UK’s last remaining independent savings bank, is to close its doors with seventy jobs likely to be lost.

Demand for temporary professionals in Scotland has risen by 17 per cent year on year to December 2016 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Scott Kennedy Tayside and Fife accountancy firm EQ’s Amber Accounting team have been awarded the status of Gold Champion Partner by cloud accounting software firm Xero.

Martin Gilbert The University of Aberdeen has announced the appointment of Aberdeen Asset Management founder and chief executive Martin Gilbert as Senior Governor to lead its governing body, the University Court.

Gordon Hobkirk Aberdeen corporate lawyer, Gordon Hobkirk, has returned to Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS), in a move that coincides with the appointment of Andrew Orr as partner in its growing capital projects practice. Mr Orr is ranked as a “leading individual” by the Legal 500. The hires f

Stuart Lunn Edinburgh-based LendingCrowd has announced plans to launch its own ISA following a record year for the alternative finance firm.

Kaley Crossthwaite The total value of reported fraud in 2016 hit a five-year high, increasing 31.5 per cent to £2 billion, according to new analysis by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP. Despite the hike, the latest BDO FraudTrack analysis, which examines reported fraud cases over £50

Edinburgh-based investment house Baillie Gifford has announced the appointment of Karen See as co-manager of its Japanese Income Growth fund and Felicia Hjertman as co-manager of its Japanese Smaller Companies fund.

Glen Wilson The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has worked with Lloyds Banking Group and the Bank of Scotland to establish a real estate lifecycle certification to develop professionals’ understanding of the sector and support the nation’s housebuilders, developers and housing as