Independent Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas has added Jumpstart, the R&D tax credit specialist, to the firm’s portfolio of third party ‘Best of Breed’ suppliers of specialist business services.
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Caroline Lucas The Scottish government has called on Westminster leaders to “pause” the privatisation of the Green Investment Bank to allow Parliamentary scrutiny of the sale.
Betsy Williamson Core-Asset Consulting, a financial sector recruitment specialist, has announced it has chosen the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) as its charity partner. SAMH, Scotland’s largest mental health charity, aims to reduce stigma attached to mental ill health and provide i
Edinburgh Airport has broken a new annual record for passengers at any Scottish airport with confirmation of 12,366,498 flying through the airport in 2016.
Eileen Blackburn Over half (56 per cent) of Scottish adults say they are neither more pessimistic nor more optimistic about their personal finances following the UK’s vote to leave the EU, according to new research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.
Kaley Crossthwaite The total value of reported fraud in 2016 hit a five-year high, increasing 31.5 per cent to £2 billion, according to new analysis by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP. Despite the hike, the latest BDO FraudTrack analysis, which examines reported fraud cases over £50
Edinburgh-based investment house Baillie Gifford has announced the appointment of Karen See as co-manager of its Japanese Income Growth fund and Felicia Hjertman as co-manager of its Japanese Smaller Companies fund.
Ian Donaldson Our current series of Just A Minute profiles continues with Ian Donaldson, client engagement manager at Edinburgh-based R&D tax credit specialists Jumpstart
Jeremy Lawson Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson examines the trajectory of global growth and the possible economic implications of a Trump presidency.
Start-up numbers have fallen in Scotland in the last five years, however not as significantly as the UK as a whole, according to Bank of Scotland analysis. The findings reveal that 3 per cent fewer new businesses were started up in Scotland in November 2016 compared to November 2011, while the UK f
Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners, has led a £2.7 million investment in QikServe Limited, which has developed a patented B2B cloud-based platform aimed at hospitality operators, enabling customers to order and pay for items from a smartphone, tablet or self-service terminal
Lecturer Helen Smith, Robbie Pol and Louise Sim of Murray Taylor Accountants. An Abertay University student is to receive the first scholarship offered by a Tayside accountancy firm.
Glen Wilson The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has worked with Lloyds Banking Group and the Bank of Scotland to establish a real estate lifecycle certification to develop professionals’ understanding of the sector and support the nation’s housebuilders, developers and housing as
Anne Begg Statistics published by property experts show that 779 properties sold for a total of just under £134 million in Perthshire last year. And positive trends in the property market could continue in 2017, according to Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre (PSPC). Like previous years, the sec
One Lochrin Square, Edinburgh Edinburgh’s commercial property market remained buoyant in 2016 with office space take-up of 760,000 sq. ft. across the city, according to analysis from Knight Frank.