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Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA) has today announced the appointment of Noel Butwell as chief executive officer of Standard Life Savings. Mr Butwell’s responsibilities encompass Standard Life’s platforms, advice and savings businesses.

Investment in Edinburgh offices during the first half of 2019 has outstripped 2018’s annual total after a flurry of significant deals in the second quarter, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

An 18th century wedding venue in its final phase of renovations is set to position a local business for growth, with support of a £160,000 funding package from Bank of Scotland.

Campbell Dallas has promoted Debbie Brodie to the new post of director within the firm’s Glasgow-based personal insolvency team.  In the new role she will be responsible for directing the personal insolvency team and developing the range and scope of services provided by the firm in the p

Wylie & Bisset has appointed Gerald McLaughlin, former corporate finance director at Campbell Dallas, the Galsgow-based accountancy firm's first ever corporate finance partner. The strategic appointment brings McLaughlin’s career full circle, having qualified with Wylie &

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC), supported by Salix Finance, is launching a £19m programme aimed at boosting investment in energy efficiency across Scotland’s higher education institutions. The progamme will provide accessible support and finance for carbon reduction throughout the se

Dundee has been named among the UK’s 29 ‘credit deserts’ in a groundbreaking report from Demos which for the first time has mapped Britain’s credit environment.

McCrea Financial Services has today announced two key senior appointments as it reveals a strengthening of its senior management. Elaine Hamilton is promoted to director of business development, whilst Lesley Anne MacGregor is appointed director of operations.

Social Investment Scotland (SIS), is launching two new funding challenges this month worth £3.3 million, designed to support all social enterprises – large and small - across Scotland. The investment programmes - Step Up and Scale Up Challenges - have been created to reflect the varying

Academics at Edinburgh and Glasgow universities have revealed that children from the most income deprived areas experience similar exposure to tobacco retailing in one day as children from the least deprived areas experienced in one week.

Barclays will today mobilise 1,500 business banking relationship managers to visit 25,000 small and medium sized businesses across the UK in a single day, including 150 in Scotland, to give support on preparing for Brexit. Today's Barclays On the Front Foot initiative will see Barclays mak

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has announced a list of the top 100 young chartered accountants (CAs) as part of a global competition.

Latest accountants filed by Perth-headquartered insurance brokers Clark Thomson show that the firm bounced back to profit last year ahead of its takeover by Jelf. Jelf is part of Marsh & McLennan Companies focused on the mid-size and SME market and has more than 3,000 staff in 75 locations acros

Hotels, pubs, and restaurants in Scotland have seen their levels of elevated insolvency risk fall slightly or hold steady since the start of the year, according to insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. The proportion of hotel companies based in Scotland deemed by R3’s research to be at g

Advisory firm Begbies Traynor has unveiled revenue of £60.1 million for the year to April 30, up £52.4m on a year ago. Pre-tax profits increased by more than 50 per cent to £3.5m as the higher numbers of business failures in the UK boosted results.