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Former executive director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), Atholl Duncan, has been appointed as the new chair of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO). The appointment comes as the organisation released figures showing overseas sales of salmon have risen by 2

By Graeme Hartop, chief executive at Hampden & Co  

High street retailers in Scotland saw a 4.8 per cent dip in footfall last month, according to the latest figures.

Two brothers are keeping it in the family after purchasing an established Hamilton-based dental surgery with significant funding support from Barclays. Paul and Martin Allan have purchased the long-established Borland & Morton surgery from its retiring founding partners, after receiving a £

The frontrunner reportedly set to replace Ross McEwan as chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland will receive £250,000 less than him due to the bank being restricted by new corporate governance rules. According to The Times newspaper, Alison Rose, who runs the commercial and private banking

Legal & General Retail Retirement (LGRR) has acquired MyFutureNow, which specialises in pension pot tracing and consolidation.

A shop on the uninhabited Scottish archipelago of St Kilda needs someone new to run it, its owners have said. Permanent habitation on the islands, which sit around 40 miles north west of its nearest neighbours in the Outer Hebrides, possibly extends back at least two millennia but probably

Customers of Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary NatWest will soon be able to find out their bank balance and hear their latest transactions on smart speakers after the lender announced it will embark on a trial of voice banking.

By Alan Harvey, chartered financial planner and assistant director at Brewin Dolphin, Glasgow Facing increasing pressure to resolve an ongoing pension crisis, the NHS is at risk of losing a crucial proportion of older doctors because of restrictions on annual and lifetime savings.

Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) has appointed Alastair Wilson to the role of managing director, strengthening the high net worth investment management capability of the firm’s office in Edinburgh, and supporting its ongoing growth. Mr Wilson has more than thirty years’ experience

Auditor KPMG has reportedly forced out one of its partners over messages sent on WhatsApp.

Glasgow-based commercial property firm Murphy Property is expanding its portfolio of properties, with the acquisition of an existing East Kilbride office development and construction of a new commercial trade park (Stroud Road Trade Park), thanks to a seven-figure funding package from Royal Bank of

Leigh Grubb is to join Caledonia Housing Association as its new director of finance and governance. A qualified chartered accountant and former chief operating officer, Leigh has over 20 years’ experience within the financial services industry, including a number of senior manag

The New Zealand government has given the green light to companies in the country to legally pay their employees in cryptocurrency, establishing the controversial asset class as a mainstream form of payment.

Scotland's unemployment rate has risen in recent months, according to new official figures. From April to June Scots out of work rose by 12,000 to 102,000 (3.6 per cent), although this was below the UK rate.