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Mike Wells Life and insurance giant Prudential, which employs more than 2,000 workers at its site near Stirling, has announced that it is to demerge its UK and European business M&G Prudential in a move that will create two separately listed companies.

Gail Boag The former director of BT Scotland Gail Boag has been appointed the new Dean of Edinburgh Napier University’s Business School following seven years with the communications giant.

Michael Reid Michael Reid of Aberdeen-based Meston Reid & Co has been appointed provisional liquidator of Glasgow wind turbines manufacturer Gaia-Wind Ltd after the firm ceased trading.

9 George Square Serviced office provider Orega is set to launch its first business centre in the central belt after closing a significant deal at Grade A Glasgow office development 9 George Square.

Maggie McGhee The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has today issued a new warning to professional accountants over the importance of maintaining an up-to-date understanding of developments in the fast-moving space of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

Liz Cameron Scottish Chambers of Commerce has welcomed Chancellor Philip Hammond’s “low-key” first Spring Statement, but urged that the stabilising economic fundamentals revealed by growth and borrowing figures be used as the springboard for bolder pro-business and pro-growth measures in the A

Scott Henderson Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dundee companies are leading the way with innovation, topping a newly released league table showing R&D (research and development) tax relief claims made across Scotland’s 32 local authority areas.

Eileen Tocher, relationship director at Royal Bank of Scotland and Gayle Graham, managing director of Box Pool Solutions at the construction site Peterhead-based fish container provider, Box Pool Solutions, has secured a £1.2 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to construct a new pu

Kent Mackenzie Deloitte has invited top data scientists and fintech entrepreneurs from around the country to compete in its 2018 Datathon.

Edinburgh-based investment management firm Baillie Gifford & Co has announced the IPO of Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust, the new investment vehicle to which it will act as investment manager.

There were 17,601 new build homes completed across all sectors over the year ending September 2017, an increase of 5 per cent, or 908 homes, on the previous year.

Munro & Noble’s Bruce Miller (left) with Jill Miller and Alpin Stewart of George Street Law Inverness-headquartered Munro & Noble has finalised a merger with George Street Law, based in Dingwall.

Glasgow City Council faces a payout of hundreds of millions of pounds to settle equal pay claims with female staff who are demanding pensions are factored into any settlement.

Craig Vickery, Kayleigh Milne and ACCA Vice-President Jenny Gu Johnston Carmichael employee and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) student Kayleigh Milne has been awarded a Gold Medal in recognition of coming first in the world for her performance in her December exams.

Small and medium sized businesses are facing a triple whammy of threats, according to the UK’s largest challenger bank.