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Craig Martin Shares in Scottish companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) rose by 10.14 per cent during the first quarter of 2016, according to analysis by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Mark Thundercliffe CYBG, the banking group that comprises Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire bank, has announced the appointment of Mark Thundercliffe as its new chief risk officer.

Aberdeenshire-based craft beer and crowdfunding pioneer Brewdog has reported a slight fall in profits despite revenues soaring 51 per cent to hit £44.73 million. Latest results from the Ellon business for the year to December 31 show administrative expenses almost doubled in the year from £7.77m i

1825, Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life’s wholly-owned financial planning business, has today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Baigrie Davies with assets under advice of around £400m. The move follows the recent agreements to acquire Almary Green in East Angl

Charles Haresnape Challenger bank Aldermore is continuing its push into the UK market with a new range of products aimed at the bridging finance and property development sectors in Scotland.

Properties sell for substantially higher if they are within school catchment areas for certain Edinburgh schools, when compared with properties nearby, according to local estate agents ESPC. With school roles rising and a high demand for places at the perceived best schools, schools are offering ver

Despite industry growth driving assets under management to an expected $102 trillion by 2020 a new report from PwC, ‘Rethinking reward as asset management moves centre stage’, predicts that pay will not increase at the same rate and compensation for asset managers as a percentage of revenues wil

Alliance Trust’s strategy of buying back its own shares to improve investor returns has seen the Dundee-based global investment firm splash out almost £175 million in the last six months. Latest figures from the company revealed the cost of the concerted action embarked upon following a pledge to

Albert Bartlett, The Black Isle Brewing Co and The Borders Forest Trust were among companies from across Scotland whose success has been celebrated at the Scottish Rural Awards & Gala Dinner. The event, held at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, is the culmination of a second year of partnership betwee

Atria One from Morrison Street The City of Edinburgh Council has today announced the sale of Atria, its award winning Grade A office development, to Deka Immobilien, a global real estate investment company based in Germany, for £105m.

Martin Murray, Dunnet Bay Distillery and David MacDonald, Spey Valley Brewer. An inaugural indoor craft beer culture festival is returning to Aberdeen for a second year, increasing its exhibitor offering by 300 per cent.

Ken Patullo Financial distress across the leading football clubs in Scotland, which peaked in 2011 at almost 10% of all clubs, remains at a record low, according to football finance experts at Begbies Traynor following their analysis of key indicators of business distress in the sector.

Martin Findlay Professional services firm KPMG has announced the appointment of a new office senior partner in Aberdeen.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s civil recovery unit will recover £2.2 million, under an agreed civil settlement with a Glasgow-based company which accepted that it had obtained business through unlawful conduct. The recovered funds will be used for community projects across Scotl