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Grant Thornton has announced that it will be making a series of redundancies, making it the first large UK accountancy firm to issue job cuts during the coronavirus pandemic.The firm's Scottish arm is led by managing partner Andrew Howie and employs 180 staff across its three offices based in Aberde

Carluke-based ground maintenance and weed control specialist firm Complete Weed Control, has appointed Kirsty Stewart-Brown as finance director. The firm provides ground maintenance and weed control along motorways, construction sites, parks and other public areas throughout the Central Belt. It als

Glenrothes-based accountancy firm Empowered by Cloud has changed its operating model to become a permanent remote operation.  The strategic switch to a 100% remote service came after a refocusing of its business strategy and has seen the Cloud accountancy specialist’s client base dou

BDO, the liquidator of the former owner of Rangers Football Club (RFC), has accumulated fees of around £1,700 per day, according to its latest report. BDO has had its bill for £290,000 for work between November 2 last year and May 15 in 2020 approved by the creditors’ committee of

The Bank of England (BoE) and The Beano Comics have joined forces to teach school children how to manage their pocket money.  In a new collaboration, the two have launched a 12-lesson course on financial literacy, called Money and Me which will be introduced to Scottish, English and Welsh

Creditors are on track to lose £1.2 million following the collapse of Glasgow-based legal firm Hamilton Burns. 

Scottish Financial News is surveying readers on their experience of working from home.

Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Infinity Partnership has made claims of more than £5 million on behalf of its clients since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. The firm has successfully claimed more than £2m in government grants and loans, while the rest is made up of fast-tracked res

A multi-million-pound fund has been set up by the Scottish Government to help the energy sector recover from the dual economic impacts of coronavirus and the oil and gas price crash. The £62 million Energy Transition Fund will support businesses in the oil, gas and energy sectors over the next

Shona Fraser, partner and agricultural business specialist at accountants Chiene + Tait, discusses the importance of the UK Agriculture Bill. The UK Agriculture Bill had its second reading in the House of Lords last week with growing concerns raised about the lack of amendments to protect UK farmers

Private equity funders are likely to focus their investments in infrastructure and technology companies in the short-term until the economic uncertainty caused by coronavirus dissipates, according to a new report from Pinsent Masons. Further opportunities for private equity investment could material

Dundee-based EQ Accountants has claimed over £20 million of Research & Development tax credits for its clients. The firm, which has offices in Dundee, Forfar, Cupar and Glenrothes has secured over 360 claims for innovative companies who have undertaken problem-solving activities to adapt o

The founders of Brewdog are savouring their success after their rejection for funding back in 2008 when they appeared for a screen test for the TV show Dragon's Den. In a post on LinkedIn, James Watt, the co-founder of the business detailed that he and his co-founder Martin Dickie were deemed "

Veteran banker Sir Angus Grossart has nearly doubled his stake in Elgin-based Springfield Properties after buying £1 million of shares from its chairman Sandy Adam. The deal gives Sir Angus, who is the current chair of investment bank Noble Grossart and lobbying firm Charlotte Street Part

The government must introduce a new ‘jobs guarantee fund’ and expand apprenticeship, college and university places to protect the ‘COVID class of 2020’, according to research published today by IPPR Scotland.