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Andrew Telfer Edinburgh-based fund managers Baillie Gifford & Co has announced the appointment of five new Partners effective 1 May 2018.

AIM-listed Braveheart Investment Group has announced that it is to relocate its headquarters from Perth to Barnsley in South Yorkshire.

Silver Fin Building Aberdeen According to the latest figures from property consultancy CBRE Scotland, take-up of office space in Aberdeen in 2017 has been recorded at 405,000 sq ft, representing an 85 per cent increase from 2016.

Jane Howard Royal Bank of Scotland executives have rejected calls from MPs to reconsider its plan to shut 62 branches in Scotland, despite being hauled up before the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee yesterday to explain their actions.

Keith Brown The Scottish Government has revealed the public and private sector partners who will make up the South of Scotland Economic Partnership, which will pave the way for a dedicated enterprise agency for the region, supported by funding announced in last month’s Budget.

David Redfern One of the UK's leading tax experts today weighed into the debate emerging from news that HMRC investigations into large companies have increased in length over the last financial year.

The prospect of a regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies has seen the value of Bitcoin tumble to $9,958 (£7,222) before making a slight recovery, according to the price index run by the news site Coindesk.

The number of people moving home in Scotland is at its highest level since the financial crash of 2008.

Ian Blackford Politicians, business leaders and unions have this week united in their fury against Royal Bank of Scotland’s programme of brutal branch culling as the pressure builds on the majority state-owned bank over the affair.

Royal Bank of Scotland bosses “undermined” Carillion’s efforts to avoid collapse, a witness statement filed at the High Court in London has revealed.

Stuart Brown (centre), head of SME Scotland, Barclays, and Stephen Coleman, CEO at CodeBase (right) welcome Keith Brown MSP (left), Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, to Scotland's first 'Eagle Lab' Barclays has opened the doors to Scotland’s first Eagle Lab, in Edinburgh, in partn

Co-managers of Saracen's Global Income & Growth Fund: Graham Campbell (left) and David Keir Edinburgh-based Saracen Fund Managers has this week announced that its TB Saracen Global Income & Growth Fund has surpassed the £120m mark.

Calum Brewster Private banking group Julius Baer International has appointed Calum Brewster as managing director, head of UK regional offices, as it continues to grow its offering across the UK and Ireland.

Senga Prior Senga Prior, a tax manager in Johnston Carmichael’s Perth team has been elected to the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) Council.

Ken Pattullo Business distress is hitting businesses in Scotland increasingly hard, according to research published today by Begbies Traynor.