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Scottish independent accountancy and business advisory firm, Johnston Carmichael, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of a new director to head up its international corporate tax offering. Peter Courtney joins the firm from HMRC, where he most recently led the interna

More than half of Scottish businesses do not feel their local government is doing enough to support small business growth, according to a new Business Census of business leaders’ expectations for the year ahead. 

Lloyds Bank has launched a new way for families to help their children achieve their top life goal of owning their own home, while rewarding family members with what it claims to be a market-leading savings rate.

A North-east headquartered marine equipment specialist Motive Offshore Group, has appointed a new finance director as it aims to support ambitious growth plans for the coming year as it continues to post record results. Headquartered in Boyndie, the firm has seen a record turnover for 2018 and

230 Scots a week will be made bankrupt in 2019, according to accountants and business advisers French Duncan LLP. The firm is predicting that around 12,000 Scots will have been sequestrated (the Scottish term for bankruptcy) or taken out a Protected Trust Deed (PTD) by the end of 2018

More than half of UK entrepreneurs (51 per cent) expect to increase their revenues by 50 per cent in 2019, yet many are facing an uphill battle when it comes to funding the growth of their businesses, according to EY’s latest Fast Growth Tracker published today. Business leaders of some of the

Eileen Blackburn The number of retailers in Scotland going bust in 2018 is set to be the highest in five years, according to new analysis of the sector by leading accountants and business advisers French Duncan.

Derek Forsyth UK Government statistics just released have revealed that there were 3067 personal insolvencies in Scotland in the quarter to 30 September, an increase of 23 per cent on 2017.

Ross McEwan Despite being able to evade disciplinary action for the mistreatment of SMEs by its notorious Global Restructuring Group (GRG) due to a lack of regulatory authority, Royal Bank of Scotland's chief executive has now appealed for small business lending to be formally regulated in the UK.

Duncan Buchanan (left) is welcomed by Hampden & Co CEO Graeme Hartop Edinburgh-based Hampden & Co has hired Duncan Buchanan from Lloyds Banking Group as a banking director as the UK’s newest private bank continues to experience growth across Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Simon Rubinsohn Latest figures have revealed a continuing shift in Scotland's Buy-to-Let market in the wake of tax changes which are still in the process of being implemented, as smaller scale landlords exit the sector, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has reported.

New research from Barclays Mortgages has revealed that 56 per cent of Scottish first time buyers believe buying a house together shows greater commitment to your partner than marriage.

Women retiring in 2018 will have average expected retirement incomes £4,900 lower than men as the gender gap remains a major issue, new research from Prudential has shown.

Insurance giant Aviva, which employs 2,500 staff across hubs in Perth and Bishopbriggs, has had to inform 50,000 of its customers that they were overcharged for their premiums and promised to refund them.

Construction workloads in Scotland remained resilient despite bad weather in the first quarter of 2018 – according to the results of the Q1 2018 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey, Scotland.