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Ian Williams The new international tax regime being adopted across the world presents a serious risk to the regeneration of the oil and gas sector, and should be considered by delegates to the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston starting today, a leading tax expert with Campbell Dallas is warn

Dr Jay Bevington Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS), the umbrella organisation for the Citizens Advice service in Scotland, is to undertake an independent assessment review of its governance arrangements with Deloitte appointed to lead the process.

Aberdeen Asset Management has today posted interim results showing a drop in revenues of 20 per cent to £483.6m. - down from the six-month revenues to March 2015 of £605.2m. The asset manager blamed emerging markets for the poor performance as it announced it would be making £70m of annualised co

Glasgow-based global engineering giant Weir Group has said it will discuss alternative options with shareholders after 72 per cent of them rejected a proposed pay policy at the firm’s annual meeting yesterday. The rebellion saw a plan that would have handed share awards to executives simply for r

Harper Macleod has significantly increased its share of the Scottish legal market after announcing record performance for the most recent financial year. The firm’s turnover soared by almost 17 per cent to reach £25.7 million.

John Rutherford Aberdeen based John Rutherford has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a consultant to head up and develop the firm’s Aberdeen operations.

A Glasgow firm that made over 2.5 million nuisance calls has been handed a £50,000 fine. Nevis Home Improvement was given the penalty after 175 complaints were made about its recorded phone message about its services.

Edward Isaacs Edward Isaacs is a consultant in Morton Fraser's commercial real estate team, based in Glasgow.

Kevin Ellis Global accountancy firm PwC has announced the election of Kevin Ellis as its new chairman and senior partner in the UK and Middle East for a four year term.

Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced a loss of £968m for the first quarter of 2016 on the back of a £1.2bn dividend payment to the government as a result of its £54 billion bailout at the height of the financial crisis. The Edinburgh-based lender, which is still 73 per cent state-owned, str

Catherine McManus Accountancy firm Wylie & Bisset has appointed Catherine McManus as its new head of tax.

Sir Tom Hunter The Hunter Foundation has teamed up with some of the UK’s leading European scholars to produce a free ebook to answer voters’ questions before the EU referendum on 23 June.

Aberdeen-based energy services giant Wood Group has secured its second huge contract in a week. The company today announced a huge new $500m (£342.5m) deal to supply services to BP-operated offshore projects in Azerbaijan today.