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Andrew Mackintosh-Walker Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) has strengthened its proposition in Scotland with the hire of two new managing directors.

Stephen Haddrill Stephen Haddrill has informed the board of the Financial Reporting Council that he intends to step down from his role as chief executive officer of the accountancy watchdog in late 2019.

Ally Scott Despite 2018 being on track to become a near-record year for the number of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A), intentions amongst UK companies to pursue deals in the next twelve months has hit a four year low, according to latest EY research.

AAB’s new Global Payroll team members from left to right; Simon Porter, David Purse and Katie Lange with Partner Steven Fraser Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced significant growth within its global payroll team as a result of a numb

Suzanne Lupton Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners has promoted five senior staff to partnership positions.

Breaking ground at the site of the new Barclays campus in Glasgow's Buchanan WharfPictured: Scott Stewart, Scotland site lead Barclays, with Scarlett Perkins, Christina Kogka, Martin Bassett and Nico Hampton Barclays today began work on a new state-of-the-art campus in Buchanan Wharf in Glasgow.

Cat MacLean This week the Supreme Court handed down a judgement in the case of Dooneen v Mond, upholding the judgments of the Inner House and the Lord Ordinary (the late Lord Jones) before it. The claimants were therefore successful before all three courts. So what was their claim about? Cat Maclean

A Bank of Scotland development loan has paved the way for the delivery of more than 140 new homes at a former college site in Clackmannanshire.

A potent cocktail of gin and funding advice was served up to guests attending Johnston Carmichael’s Meet the Food and Drink Investor event.

L-R: Stuart Mackay, Audit Manager at Grant Thornton UK, Michael Hayes, Founder of Rookie Oven Leading figures in Scotland’s startup community are collaborating to provide support and advice to the country’s future start-up stars.

Lord William Haughey OBE at the EY Scottish finals in June, when he took home the Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of his more than three decades as an 'inspirational entrepreneur', and the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 Scotland overall title Lord Willie Haughey OBE, co-founder and chair

Royal Bank of Scotland has joined HSBC, Santander and Consumr Finance in a £10 million funding round in Wales-based Vizolution, a software-as-a-service company that helps institutions replace face-to-face interactions with remote channels.

Frank and Beverley MacInnis with St Andrews Principal Sally Mapstone and Professor Vincent Janik, Director of the Scottish Oceans Institute, at the site of the Institute’s new £16 million home at EastSands, St Andrews A Canadian businessman and his wife have gifted almost £8 million to St Andrew

Eleven Highland entrepreneurs have been selected to take part in a new business growth programme to drive their businesses forward to the next stage.

Chris Martin Social Enterprise Scotland has announced the recruitment of a new chief executive, to lead the organisation forward to the next stage of development.