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James Anderson The £3.6 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has won overwhelming shareholder approval to invest up to a quarter of its assets in private, unlisted companies.

Jordan Stodart Jordan Stodart is co-founder of Orca Money

Ross Marshall, Phil Charles and Craig Cavin. KPMG is targeting growth in its enterprise team in Scotland with two director appointments.

Jamie Partridge, Graeme Jones, CEO of SFE, and Kent Mackenzie Scotland’s burgeoning financial technology (FinTech) scene is to be the focus of a new strategic partnership between business advisory firm Deloitte and industry body Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE).

Donald McNaught A leading figure within Scotland’s accountancy profession has warned that the industry could be about to enter an insolvency crisis as more than half of specialist practitioners north of the border prepare to retire.

The centres of Scotland’s economic growth have begun to shift as Aberdeen continues its decline and areas such as Perth and Kinross begin an ascent, according to a new report. The research conducted by Mackay Consultants has forecast annual growth of 2 per cent in Perthshire through to 2018, on a

Glasgow Stock Exchange. Buchnan Street, Glasgow. (now the Urban Outfitters store). Scotland could be set to get its first independent stock exchange in 40 years.

Individual investors have lost tens of thousands of pounds already this year as a result of scams involving phantom stocks and shares, precious jewels and fine wines. The figures come as a result of the Citizen’s Advice Bureau’s analysis of 5,000 scams reported to it from across the UK between J

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has warned that businesses undertaking some commercial transactions will face unnecessary uncertainty because of a lack of clarity about the breadth of a new anti-avoidance tax rule. The Finance Bill 2016 introduces a new targeted anti-avoidance rule (TAAR)

Pat Denzler, Master of The Merchant Company welcomes Sir Charles Fraser as an Honorary Member. (Steven Donald Photography) Eminent retired Scottish businessman Sir Charles Fraser has been installed as an honorary member of The Merchant Company, Scotland’s pre-eminent livery company.

Frank Morton Aberdeen-based Anderson Anderson & Brown Wealth Limited (AAB Wealth) has announced the appointment of Frank Morton as director of wealth services.

Stuart Brodie Despite the recent Brexit vote, a leading business and financial advisor is urging Scottish food and drink companies to prepare for a significant new European Union regulation that could seriously impact on profits.

PwC has held briefing sessions with clients on the implications of last week’s referendum result, led by David Glen, PwC’s Scottish head of tax; senior adviser on Devolution Michael Moore and Glasgow Office Senior Partner and head of deals Scotland, David Leslie. Commenting on the immediate outc

Scottish small business confidence was in decline in the months before the EU referendum vote, according to the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) latest study. For the second quarter in a row, the FSB’s confidence index shows that Scottish business owners who expect trading conditions to det

Vaughan Hart Confidence amongst Scottish construction employers has fallen by 22 points to minus 19.