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Philip Argo Oil and gas specialist lawyer Philip Argo has joined HBJ Gateley’s Aberdeen office as a consultant, as the firm further strengthens its offering to the energy sector.

They are some of the most important and “noteworthy” figures in British history.

Toby Strauss Toby Strauss, the chief executive of Edinburgh-based pensions and life insurance giant Scottish Widows is to step down after four years in the post.

Aberdeenshire-based BrewDog has raised over £10 million through its Equity for Punks IV scheme, breaking a world record for the highest amount raised through equity crowdfunding. The highest amount previously raised through equity crowdfunding was $6 million, according to MarketWatch.

Asset managers are planning to raise spending to combat future cyber attacks, according to analysis from the latest CBI/PwC financial services survey. The asset management sector focus reveals that despite business volumes falling at their sharpest rate since March 2009, firms have clear investment

David Menzies Directors who act inappropriately now face a tougher disqualification regime, as David Menzies, a director of insolvency at ICAS, explains.

  BenRiach distillery, Elgin.photographs/Peter sandground©2009

Deloitte’s survey of oil and gas operators and oilfield services companies has found that a lack of effective supply chain collaboration means companies are missing out on maximising the potential value from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). 74 per cent of respondents said collaboration was an inte

Keith Anderson Financial recovery, restructuring and insolvency boutique mlm Solutions has appointed Keith Anderson as a director.

Shares in Scottish companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) fell by 8.39 per cent in the third quarter of 2015 according to analysis by accountants BDO. The fall was the largest among comparable markets with the FTSE All share falling 6.72 per cent; the FTSE 250 down 5.01 per cent

Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank has proposed the introduction of a traffic light labelling scheme, similar to that used in food labelling, to help make it easier for customers to see at-a-glance the value of the account they currently have, as well as the other accounts available in the market. The bank

The latest annual legal practices benchmarking review conducted by Scots accountants Henderson Loggie, in conjunction with the other seven members of the MHA association of independent accountancy firms around the UK, points to encouraging signs of growth as firms feel the benefit of the improving e

A group of hapless raiders managed to partially demolish a building in Cambridgeshire as they tried to pry an ATM out of the wall – but still left empty-handed.

Paul McCluskey Paul McCluskey is head of professional practices at Bank of Scotland

The Perthshire property market has ‘turned a corner’ according to one of the area’s leading property networks. As Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre collate their three quarter year statistics for 2015, it has emerged that September has been the best sales month of the year, and that the Su