The new left-wing government in Mexico has hailed the success of a “Robin Hood” auction it has held of dozens of luxury cars seized from criminals to raise money for its social welfare programmes.
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Eighteen social enterprises from around the UK are gathering in Falkirk this week for the 2019 Social Investment Scotland Retail Academy.
Alliance Trust, the Dundee-based £3bn global investment trust, has today announced its appointment of Hermes Equity Ownership Services (HEOS) in a move that is says aims to strengthen its commitment to sustainable investing. Representing £450.5bn of assets, HEOS is a provider of advice t
Thomson Cooper Accountants has announced its merger with The Computer Bureau, a payroll bureau based in Glenrothes, Fife. The move is part of a planned expansion of Dunfermline-based Thomson Cooper's successful business support services department which provides payroll, bookkeeping and VAT services
Prosecutors are seeking to recover more than £1.5 million from a former architect who embezzled hundreds of thousands of pounds from a charity. Ian Brash is trying to sell Fa’side Castle, near Tranent, to pay back the money he stole from the charity
EY has today announced its head of transaction advisory services (TAS) in Scotland, Ally Scott, will take over as the firm’s new managing partner for Scotland. The news comes as EY confirms its plan to increase its Scottish headcount by 25 per cent in the next 12 months. Mr Scott, who joined E
Britain has been revealed as the world’s biggest sponsor of tax avoidance by campaigners who are blaming light-touch regimes in UK overseas territories. The Tax Justice Network has ranked 64 countries based on how much tax avoidance they enabled, taking into account the size of their economies
Falkirk-based Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), the world’s biggest manufacturer of double deck buses and leading British bus and coach builder, has been acquired by NFI Group, North America’s largest bus and coach manufacturer. The transaction creates an independent global bus and coach m
Three-quarters of Scots believe Brexit will increase the cost of living, according to new research by PwC, which also found that the number of Scots who believe they will be better off over the coming year has fallen. PwC’s latest Consumer Sentiment survey shows that more than a third of Scots
Scottish legal firm Thorntons has appointed Heather Auld as a senior solicitor and Rebecca Ellwood as solicitor in its land and rural business team. Heather Auld, originally from Pittenweem, joins Thorntons’ team in Cupar and brings her extensive experience in property law and conveyancing.
Three Unexplained Wealth Orders have been secured as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into London property linked to a politically exposed person believed to be involved in serious crime. The UWOs, which were obtained at the High Court last week, are for three residential properties in
None of Scotland’s league football clubs are showing serious signals of financial distress, and average attendances are also on the rise, according to football finance experts who report annually on key indicators of business distress in the game.
MacKenzie Bezos, the ex-wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, has promised to give half of her £29bn fortune to charity. Herself a highly-acclaimed authoer in her own right, her divorce settlement with her ex-husband catapulted her into the position of the third-richest women in the world but she ha
Rosebank Garden Centre is undergoing refurbishment that will significantly enhance and expand the popular Clyde Valley venue after securing a funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.
The fintech community in Scotland has now increased to over one hundred firms and continues the momentum from the start of the year when it was announced that the number of firms had trebled to 75 over the twelve months since the formation of FinTech Scotland at the beginning of 2018.