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A £350 million plan to expand Aberdeen harbour into Nigg Bay is to become a reality after the city’s harbour board decided to press ahead with the development. Funding arrangements for the project incorporated a £200m loan from the European Investment Bank, while there is also £36m in funding f

Douglas Reid Gillespie Macandrew LLP has recruited associate Douglas Reid to its growing land and rural business team, as the firm continues to expand.

Tom MacLennan FRP Advisory has been appointed as administrators for Team Rock Limited, which owns of a stable of leading rock magazines and a leading rock music website, and are seeking buyers for the magazine titles and other assets of the business.

Alliance Trust has announced that it has purchased for cancellation 2,375,012 ordinary shares of 2.5p each at a price of 618.5223p per share. The move means that the total number of voting rights in the company is now 507,807,781.

Royal Bank of Scotland is struggling to complete its sale of Williams & Glyn by the end of the year as mandated by the European Commission, City A.M. reports. The bank is now considering whether it can sell other assets to meet state aid rules if no buyer can be found.

Sandy Manson Independent accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has seen its revenue increase to beyond £40 million for the first time.

Catherine Burnet KPMG has announced an increase in revenues of nearly six per cent over the past year while maintaining its growth trajectory in Scotland.

John Brett (left) and Shane Presley Anderson Strathern Asset Management (ASAM) chief executive, John Brett, has set his sights on one of the top spots in the Scottish investment advisory market.

Bill Nixon, managing partner at Maven Glasgow-based Maven Capital Partners has opened its latest venture capital trust (VCT) offer.

Donald Macleod Donald Macleod has been appointed as Hebridean Housing Partnership’s (HHP) new director of finance & corporate services.

Calum Cooper New research has revealed the deficits on pension schemes operated by Scotland's largest companies has increased from £65 million to £7.7 billion, The Herald reports.

Sean Morgan Hotels in Scotland's major cities are seeing occupancy growth despite mixed performance overall, the monthly LJ Forecaster Scottish Intercity Report has found.

Grant Thornton has given young people in Glasgow a taste of life in the professional services world through its Access Accountancy programme.

Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)’s final report on the legal services market study for England and Wales, including imposing a requirement on providers to publish price information.

Moira Kelly Industry bodies welcomed the Scottish Government's first budget since the devolution of substantial tax powers yesterday, while noting few major announcements in the area of taxation.