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Glasgow-based Russell & Russell has become the first accountancy and business advisory firm in Scotland to graduate from the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Accelerator programme for entrepreneurs. Managing director Stuart Clark and director Rosslyn McMaster joined their local Accelerator hub las

Scottish businesswoman Marie Macklin CBE has offered £100,000 community cash fund to support the communities of Kilmarnock, which will help tackle the local impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the places closest to her heart. Having seen first-hand how the pandemic is directly affe

Loganair has today announced a further drop in the number of flights due to the increasing impact of the coronavirus. With forward bookings continuing to fall dramatically versus their previous levels, the airline has enacted an overall reduction of over half of its flying program for April and

Chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset has issued a warning to charities about the risk of fraud. While the true cost of fraud to UK charities is unknown, the Fraud Advisory Panel estimates that it could be as high as £2 billion a year. According to the Office for National Statistics, there w

Loan payments are now being issued to provide financial support to hill farmers and crofters in some of Scotland’s most remote and marginalised areas, the Scottish Government has announced. Under the first tranche of the Less Favoured Area Support Loan Scheme payments, more than 7,500 eligible

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has found that a quarter of middle-market firms don’t have a formal process in place to handle whistleblowing. This compares to 33% surveyed over two years ago, highlighting a rate of progress that RSM believes is too slow.

Alison Rose has marked her first day as chief executive of RBS by sending a letter to all staff promising to change the culture at the part-nationalised bank. She said: "I want to build a bank that is more open, more accessible and more inclusive. One that is truly representative of the communi

An audit, tax and consulting firm has joined the call for the UK Government to delay its proposed implementation of the VAT Domestic Reverse Charge due to the apparent lack of preparedness from within the industry. The VAT anti-evasion, which will target specific supplies within the construction sec

Long-established Aberdeen accountancy firm Williamson and Dunn is to join Campbell Dallas on 2 August 2019, making the firm one of the largest full-service accountancy firms in Scotland outside of the ‘Big 4’. Based on the Granite City's West Craibstone Street, Williamson and D

An Edinburgh company whose software platform helps universities to engage and recruit students has secured £1.8m investment from Mercia Fund Managers, the Scottish Investment Bank’s co-investment fund and existing angel investors. This latest funding round will allow GeckoLabs 

Professional house buying firm Property Solvers has revealed that it’s taking an average of 17.35 weeks to sell a property in the Glasgow (G) postcodes.

Talks are underway between Standard Life Aberdeen’s national advice arm 1825 and Grant Thornton to acquire the global accountancy firm’s advice business for £30 million. According to Sky News, Edinburgh-based 1825 would take ownership of 30 new IFAs following a deal.

A city which introduced the world's first tax on digital streaming services, dubbed the "Netflix tax", has finally started to collect significant amounts of money from the measure.

Although many organisations breathed a sigh of relief when they got their house in order for the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018, the reality is that compliance continues to be an ongoing task, writes Gillian MacLellan, partner at law firm CMS. Thankfully the

The Scottish Investment Trust, also known simply as The Scottish, has announced the launch of a new online learning hub designed to reach out to a wider audience. The launch of the learning hub has been marked with a three-part series of videos, "Money... what's it all about?", presented by Young Mo