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Fiona Robertson Campbell Dallas has appointed Fiona Robertson, an international M&A specialist, as an assistant director in the firm’s expanding corporate finance team, and promoted Graham Cunning, partner, to head of corporate finance in Scotland.

Julie Scott-Gilroy Julie Scott-Gilroy, an associate at BTO Solicitors LLP, looks at how well the construction industry’s payment regime is working.

Kerry Sharp The Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, will today tell a group of high-profile international venture capital fund managers that Scotland is the UK’s most vibrant location for risk capital investment outside the ‘Golden Triangle’ of London, th

Aldermore, which emerged as a ‘challenger bank’ to the big UK high street players through its online offering just eight years ago, has agreed to be bought by a South African financial firm.

A fisherman who evaded more than £40,000 of income tax and national insurance contributions has been jailed.

Pat Denzler (The Old Master) (right) and Don Young (The Master) of The Merchant Company A well-known Edinburgh businessman has been appointed to the lead role in Scotland’s pre-eminent livery company, whose 500 plus members donate their business expertise and time for the benefit of Edinburgh’s

Scotland’s local authority spending watchdog has reported that East Renfrewshire remains a high-performing council but its councillors need to be more prominent in dealing with tough challenges ahead.

Charity The Trussell Trust has called for urgent action to improve the system of Universal Credit after new figures revealed a 20 per cent rise in the use of food banks in Scotland in the last year.

Claudia Cavalluzzo Claudia Cavalluzzo, the former head of Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Fellowship, has been appointed deputy director of company creation competition Converge Challenge.

Laura and Craig Davidson of Tag Digital The husband-and-wife team behind a thriving Scottish digital advertising firm have revealed plans for American expansion after being named as one of 20 businesses accepted on to the inaugural Scale Up Scotland programme run by The Hunter Foundation and Entrepr

A Fife solicitor who stole more than £269,000 from his aunt after taking control of her finances has been jailed.

The Queen has been exposed, along with a host of other celebrities and politicians, as having invested millions of pounds in offshore tax havens, after documents held by organisations including Bermuda-based law firm Appleby were stolen in what has been dubbed the Paradise Papers leak.

Brian Palmer Brian Palmer, tax policy expert, the Association of Accounting Technicians looks at what the Paradise Papers could mean for your business

Commercial disputes specialist Philip Sewell has joined Scottish law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn as a partner, bringing 25 years’ experience to the firm’s Commercial Disputes and Regulation Division.