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Ben Bailey, managing director of Clark Thomson Jelf, a consultancy specialising in insurance, risk management and employee benefits and part of Marsh, the global insurance broking and risk management firm, has completed its acquisition of Clark Thomson, Scotland’s largest independent insurance bro

Ritchie Whyte New research by Aberdein Considine has revealed that the vast majority of family firms in Scotland would give up control of the business if that was the only way for it to expand or grow.

Sarah-Louise Hay and David Smith Aberdeen and North-east legal firm Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W) has announced two new appointments, signalling growth in their property and financial service teams.

Clyde Valley director of finance, Shirley MacDonald Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) has secured a £70 million Private Placement deal with Canada Life to support the delivery of 700 new homes across Lanarkshire for social rent.

Catherine McManus Glasgow-based accountancy firm Wylie & Bisset have been announced as finalists in two categories in this year’s Scottish Accountancy and Finance Awards.

https://vimeo.com/268741850 Legislation to make shared parental leave compulsory will be needed to help close the gender pay gap, according to a report on the workforce of the future by Scottish legal firm Burness Paull.

Edinburgh-based property group, Lomond Capital, has announced the acquisition of Bonett’s Estate and Lettings Agents in Brighton, bringing the number of properties under its management in the region to 1,650.

Over a third (34 per cent) of Scottish consumers have said they would not use contactless over cash, in an online study commissioned by credit information expert, Equifax.

Ally Scott EY’s transaction advisory services (TAS) team in Scotland has acted as exclusive M&A advisor to the shareholders of QTS Group Limited, a specialist independent rail contractor which is to be sold in an £80 million deal after it was established by managing director Alan McLeish in 1

Alastair Grier CarMoney, the fast-growing Glasgow-based motor finance business, is set to expand its financing activity into car leasing as a result of entering into a partnership agreement with car finance brokering operation Fleet Alliance.

Brian Machray Allied Irish Bank (GB) has appointed Edinburgh-based Brian Machray as its new head of manufacturing, following the announcement of its dedicated manufacturing fund earlier this year.

Monica Duddy Grant Thornton has launched its Growth 365 service for "ambitious, growth-hungry" CEOs in Scotland.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced that it has reached a civil settlement in principle with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to resolve its investigation into RBS’s issuance and underwriting of toxic US residential mortgage-backed securities prior to the financial crisis betw

House prices continue to increase across Scotland, as prices at a national level start to dip, according to the April 2018 RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

A shortage of property in Edinburgh is continuing to drive up demand for housing, according to a new ESPC house price report.