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Tracy Black Tracy Black has officially taken up her role as the CBI’s new director for Scotland having shadowed the outgoing Hugh Aitken while deputy regional director as part of a planned succession process, the organisation has said.

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David Martyn Former employees of defunct Scottish construction company Land Engineering Scotland have won a quarter million pound compensation award after they were made redundant last year with less than a day’s notice.

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Lesley Dunn (left) and Lucy Isles Edinburgh fund management firm Baillie Gifford has promoted two staff to co-manager level on two of its bond funds to fill roles vacated by outgoing heavyweights, Stephen Rodger and Donald Phillips.

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Court of Session The largest ever action against solicitors in Scottish legal history has been settled out of court, with Aberdeen entrepreneur Bob Kidd accepting a "substantial" sum as part of a confidential agreement with Burness Paull whom he was suing for £160 million.

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David Menzies A recent BBC programme investigated how the bankruptcy system works concluding that it allows criminal and dishonest debtors to keep hold of wealth and avoid punishment. ICAS Director of Insolvency David Menzies looks at whether the programme provides a fair representation of the syste

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Managing partner Graeme presents a cheque for £10,000 to CCLASP charity founder Valery Simpson following the firm’s 2017 fundraising efforts Staff at Scottish accountancy firm French Duncan have continued with their tradition of choosing a new charity every year that they would most like to suppo

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Alison Sellar Alison Sellar, CEO of activpayroll, the global payroll and tax compliance specialist headquartered in Aberdeen, has been honoured with an OBE for her services to business in Scotland and abroad.

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Gary and Mark Walker along anf BGF investor Paddy Graham Walker Precision Engineering, a Glasgow-based high-precision component manufacturer, has secured a £4 million investment from Business Growth Fund (BGF) to expand its operations in the UK and mainland Europe.

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Will Wright Gourmet burger chain Byron, which operates across 67 outlets throughout the UK, including a site in Aberdeen - and one which has already closed in Glasgow - has had a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) brokered with the assistance of KPMG in a move “designed to tackle the cost of the

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Allison Devine Alexander Sloan, which at 151 years old is one of Scotland’s longest established firms of accountants and business advisers, has today announced the appointment of its first ever female senior partner.

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The Tayside property market has posted a strong performance for 2017, according to annual statistics compiled by the Dundee-based Tayside Solicitors Property Centre, which reveal local homes with a total value of nearly £440 million changed hands last year.

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