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UK companies are now more likely to choose a new CEO from outside of the company than ever before, but also more likely to force them out in times of difficulty, according new PwC research. The annual CEO Success Study, carried out by Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting business, tracks CEO s

Sarah Speirs Growth in private industrial and infrastructure construction slowed considerably during the first quarter of 2016, according the RICS Construction Market Survey, Q1 2016.

Campbell Fleming Aberdeen Asset Management has announced the appointment of Campbell Fleming as its new global head of distribution.

Unemployment in Scotland rose by 20,000 to stand at 171,000 between December and February, according to latest data released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). At 6.2 per cent, the unemployment rate north of the border is above the rate of 5.1 per cent for the whole of the UK.

Average property prices in Scotland fell 1 per cent in February from the previous month – the first monthly drop seen since June 2015. The dip comes despite the strongest February for home sales north of the border since 2008, up 19 per cent year-on-year after a buy-to-let flurry, Your Move figure

Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank is to help more customers access their mortgages by making them available through a new broker service. The Bank, which employs most of its 4,000-strong workforce in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has launched its new intermediary service – Tesco Mortgage Intermediaries – mean

CMS Window Systems managing director, Andy Kerr Window, door and curtain walling designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Window Systemshas been identified as one of the country’s most profitable businesses by being named in 2016’s highly respected Profit Track 100 report by The Sunday Times in

Aberdeen city centreThe regeneration expert appointed to help drive forward the Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) has said the city can compete with world’s best cities for global investment.

Profits at Edinburgh-based private rented sector (PRS) specialist Sigma Capital Group have risen almost ten-fold. The company has posted pre-tax profits of £2.14m for the 2015 calendar year, up from £0.21m a year earlier.

Stephen Acheson Edinburgh-based global investment manager, Standard Life Investments, has created a pensions solutions proposition to deliver innovative new liability aware funds designed to address the needs of Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes.

Troy Michels, John Peebles, Derek Gardner Edinburgh-based Administrate, an EdTech SaaS solution for training providers and corporations, has appointed Derek Gardner as CFO.

Paula Bell (via Linkedin) Edinburgh-based distribution firm John Menzies has lost finance director Paula Bell to communications group Spirent.

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The decision for the UK to leave the EU will be bad for business, according to more than 75 per cent of lawyers and accountants, a seminar and debate chaired by law firm Hierons has been told. Delegates overwhelmingly believe that while a British exit could lead to more advisory work in the short te

Professional jobs availability in Scotland has increased 9 per cent in the 12 months to March 2016, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). The data, provided by recruitment software company, Innovantage, revealed that a number of sectors are experiencing considerabl