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Alan Hamilton Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its corporate finance team with an appointment at director level and the promotion of a new head of corporate finance.

Derek Mackay The Scottish government has dismissed as a "con" what Conservative opponents have labelled the chancellor's £2 billion budget boost for Holyrood.

Philip Hammond The Government has outlined a raft of measures aimed at tax cheats and designed to bring billions of pounds into the public purse.

The UK’s accounting watchdog, which is already investigating Deloitte’s auditing of Mitie’s accounts for the years ending 31 March 2015 and 2016, has launched another investigation into the finances of the troubled support services contractor.

Alex Feechan Tri Capital, Investing Women Angels and the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, have backed Scottish Borders-based brand Findra, with a second-round investment of £250,000 to develop the business beyond its early roots of women’s cycling apparel.

Harro Leusink Harro Leusink, Corporate Finance Manager and a member of the Brewing & Distilling sector team at Campbell Dallas looks ahead in the wake of last week's lankmark judgement

Lisa Chittenden A new survey has suggested that two in five UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – around 2.1 million businesses – are unprepared for the upcoming introduction of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

With the Chancellor today announcing a raft of measures aimed at significantly increasing levels of home building and “reviving the British dream of home ownership”, Scotland’s home building industry has vowed to hold the Scottish Government to account to ensure those living north of the bord

The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget announcement has offered some reassurance to Scotland’s oil and gas sector, but a delay in facilitating the transfer of late life oil and gas assets is a disappointment, according to business and financial advisor Grant Thornton.

Kirstene Hair Scotland’s police and fire services will no longer have to pay VAT, the chancellor will confirm today. Philip Hammond will announce in his budget that the two services will become eligible for VAT refunds, bringing their situation into line with the emergency services elsewhere in th

Fife-based precision sheet metal manufacturer, Fife Fabrications, has secured a seven-figure funding deal from Royal Bank of Scotland to assist the company in undertaking a management buy-out.

Jon Shelley PwC’s corporate finance team in Scotland has provided lead advisory services to the shareholders of Fife-based commercial laundry business Fishers Topco Limited as the business was sold, subject to closing conditions being met, to Canadian industrial laundry firm K-Bro Linen Inc.

David Melhuish Analysis conducted by the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) on the latest commercial property sales figures for Q3 (July – September) 2017 has revealed the total value of commercial property transactions in Scotland fell for the third quarter in a row.

Douglas Martin Aberdeen-based independent Chartered Accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown has announced the successful completion of seven transactions during October 2017, covering a range of sectors including Oil & Gas, construction, food & drink, retail and support services, taking it

(L-R): Jamie Grant, head of corporate banking for Barclays in Scotland; Stephen Coleman, CEO at CodeBase; Stuart Brown, head of SME Scotland at Barclays Barclays and incubator CodeBase have today announced a new partnership agreement that will see the bank launch its first Eagle Lab in Scotland –