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Edinburgh-based Saracen Fund Managers has strengthened its UK equity team with the appointment of former Ignis director David Clark. He will be working closely with Scott McKenzie, current fund manager of both of Saracen’s UK funds, the TB Saracen UK Alpha and TB Saracen UK Income fu

Dundee-based investment firm Alliance Trust has today published results disclosing that it underperformed against its benchmark index last year, citing a challenging period with failing markets. The platform, which has undergone a major management and structural overhaul in recent years, saw a negat

A trio of Scotland’s most innovative and dynamic businesses have been named in a new ranking of the UK’s fastest-growing privately-owned pharmaceuticals companies.

Scottish private client law firm Turcan Connell has appointed Pete Murrin as a partner in its Glasgow office. Last year, the firm more than doubled the size of its office space in the city with a move across St Vincent Street and at the time signalled its intent to continue to grow its off

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has responded to the UK government's announcement that it will introduce a new Digital Services Tax in April 2020. Westminster has said its plan is "designed as an interim response, pending global reform, to the challenges that digital busine

Accountants Chiene + Tait (C+T) have voiced concerns of the detrimental impact a tourism tax could have upon the Highlands. Jackie Fraser, director at the firm’s Inverness office, has urged caution after Highland Council confirmed it will conduct a public consultation on the introduction of a

An architect who embezzled more than £350,000 from a charity has been ordered to sell his East Lothian castle to pay back the money. Ian Brash admitted embezzling £358,832 from the Dr Robert Malcolm Trust between August 12, 2010 and September 10, 2014 when he appeared at E

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is paying special tribute to its first female member Ethel Ayres Purdie as it prepares to mark International Women’s Day next week. ACCA was the first professional accountancy body to admit a woman into membership in 1909 in t

More than 350 people will descend on Abertay University today for the UK’s biggest student-led cybersecurity conference. Securi-Tay, which is organised by the Abertay Students Association’s Ethical Hacking Society, will feature talks and workshops from respected figures and current

Millions of people in Uganda are boycotting the internet after a new social media tax was imposed in the African nation.

Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its private client tax team with a new senior appointment as part of the expansion of its tax advice service. Max Chassels has joined Johnston Carmichael as private client tax director and will is based at the firm’s Aberdeen office.

Nathan Bostock, the former finance director at Royal Bank of Scotland Group, who moved to Santander UK six years ago to become its chief executive, has found the move to have paid off after he emerged from a difficult 2018 at the Spanish-owned lender as the best paid bank boss in

EY has announced the appointment of Andy Brogan as the new global oil & gas sector leader at the international firm. In his new role, Mr Brogan will be responsible for driving the EY oil & gas sector strategy, leading teams comprising a total of more than 10,000 industry professionals w

An accountant who acted as a trustee and administrator to pension schemes has admitted transferring more than £280,000 of pension funds to support his own businesses and investments. TPR’s inaugural fraud prosecution heard how Roger William Bessent took the money from the Focus

Entrepreneurial Scotland (ES) the network and leadership development organisation and Unicef UK, have joined forces to show the power of entrepreneurism in driving meaningful solutions to some of society’s toughest challenges. The partnership highlights the organisations’ shared belief t