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Steven Heeps PwC has appointed former Shell and Deloitte executive Steven Heeps as a director at its Glasgow office.

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, the Baillie Gifford-managed fund with around £195 billion under management, has posted results which show net assets value per share have risen 4.4 per cent, beating its benchmark following good performance in the underlying portfolio.

UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) annual report and accounts, published this week, reveal nearly £62 million of support for Scottish exporters, resulting in almost £79 million worth of overseas sales.

Sheena Ross, business advisory director at Johnston Carmichael’s Fraserburgh office and Robert Chapman, MD of Farmlay at the company’s site in Fraserburgh Almost half of landowners and tenant farmers across Scotland’s diverse agricultural sector are feeling positive about the next 12 months, b

Pension transfers hit a record of £10.6 bn in the first quarter of this year, according to latest Office for National Statistics data.

Capital buyers are being caught in a "vicious circle" caused by property shortages, according to leading experts.

Andrew Haldane The Bank of England has held interest rates at half a per cent but hinted that an August rate rise has become more likely.

Archangels executive team (Left to right): Sarah Hardy, chief investment officer; David Ovens, chief operating officer and Niki McKenzie, investment director Archangels, the Edinburgh-based business angel syndicate, has been recognised as the UK’s Lead Angel Investment Syndicate of the Year by the

Fraser Porter (right) and Graeme Allan Accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown has announced the appointment of Fraser Porter as partner, responsible for the firm’s wealth management division.

Scotland’s tech sector is now worth £3.9bn with digital tech turnover per employee hitting £80,000 and the number of jobs in digital tech in Scotland hitting 48,448 in 2017, up 8 per cent on 2016’s total.

Roddy Harrison Law firm Dentons has appointed partner Roddy Harrison to the Firm's Private Client and Charities team within the UK Tax department.

Caroline Gardner A deal to harmonise staff pay at a cost of £50m a year will absorb projected savings from the reform of Scotland's colleges, says the Auditor General.

Scotland’s traditional short-term rental sector continues to make a significant impact on the Scottish economy, a new report has found.

Sandy Manson Johnston Carmichael has been appointed by Royal Bank of Scotland to carry out an independent review into ten branches earmarked for closure.

John Macintosh Scottish economic growth is set to recover this year but remain below trend, according to analysis by the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute and Deloitte.