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Faisal Choudhry Scotland’s million pound market saw a remarkable recovery last year, following a slow market at the start of 2017.

Alan Meek Scottish law firm Morton Fraser is expanding its corporate restructuring and insolvency team with the appointment of Alan Meek as a partner in the firm's Glasgow office.

From left to right: Russell Crichton, Vicki Linton, Cameron Pollock, Stephanie Robertson and Angela Smith Speirs & Jeffrey has announced the promotion of Stephanie Robertson (MCSI), Vicki Linton (MCSI), Angela Smith (FCSI) and Cameron Pollock (FCSI) to the role of investment director.

Jenny Laing Aberdeen City Council has announced that it is in talks with creditors to take over a credit union which collapsed last month.

Monika Tomecka of uFraction8 at this week's Ambition & Growth Conference 2018 at the Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh Six Scottish-based female entrepreneurs rounded off International Woman’s Day by securing an opportunity to promote their businesses to members of the global investment community.

Paul Chapman Intellectual property (IP) practice Marks & Clerk has highlighted the crucial role of IP in powering the Scottish economy as new statistics show patent filing has risen nearly 10 per cent.

Incomes from commercial farms in Scotland have increased by around 94 per cent, reversing a decline from the previous year, with incomes recovering to 2014 levels.

Liz Cameron OBE Scottish Chambers of Commerce chief executive Liz Cameron has been recognised for her “trailblazing” contribution to the growth of Scotland’s business sector, with a Women of Inspiration award announced on International Women’s Day.

Buccleuch Property has continues to expand its commercial property portfolio with the purchase of a £3.475 million property in the heart of North West Industrial Estate, Peterlee, County Durham.

Stephen Robertson IP-rich companies have until 23 March 2018 to join the IP100 and be featured in the initial 2018 rankings and all-important IP100 magazine.

Helen Brand Forty years on from the phrase ‘glass ceiling’ being used to define thwarted careers and ambitions - especially for women – global accountancy body ACCA is calling for business leaders to show real and measurable progress on diversity and social mobility issues, as it marks Interna

Allison Devine Allison Devine, who this year became the first ever female senior partner at Scottish accountancy firm Alexander Sloan, which at 151 years old is one of Scotland’s longest established firms of accountants and business advisers, talks to Scottish Financial News about her rapid rise a

Springfield Homes Finance Director Michelle Motion photographed at the Springfield Homes development in Uddingston, near Glasgow on 20th April 2017. Michelle Motion, Financial Director, Springfield Properties talks about her experiences as a financial boss at a major firm within a traditionally male

Jane Portas The combination of growing debt, lower earnings and a lack of confidence when it comes to dealing with financial matters is putting millennial women at greater risk of an old age in poverty, new research carried out by PwC on behalf of Insuring Women's Futures (IWF) has found.

Louise Grant (Image: Alan Richardson Dundee, Pix-AR.co.uk) Louise Grant (39) is a Partner with EQ Chartered Accountants. Based in the firm’s Dundee office, Louise, a mother-of-two, heads up the Healthcare team and has been working with the firm for almost 15 years. She tells us about life as a par