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Mark Smeaton EQ Accountants LLP has been appointed Mark Smeaton as a new partner who specialises in agricultural services.

Ian Bremner Scottish accountancy and business services firm French Duncan has boosted its hospitality and leisure team by appointing Ian Bremner as its new hotel accounting director.

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has announced a new drive to help thousands of UK businesses become ‘first time’ exporters, as part of an effort to help support the growth of small and medium sized firms, and to help reverse the country’s widening trade deficit. The Group, which includes

Vaughan Hart Almost one in three Scottish building employers think leaving the EU would have a negative impact on their business compared to 8 per cent who think the impact would be positive.

Gair Brisbane Edinburgh-based discretionary fund manager, Standard Life Wealth, has announced the appointment of Gair Brisbane as senior client portfolio manager based in the Scottish capital.

Niall Booker The Co-operative Bank has reported a pre-tax loss of £610m for 2015, more than doubling its losses of £264m a year ago and bringing it under fresh pressure from regulators to accelerate an overhaul of its business three years after it nearly collapsed.

George Osborne UK Chancellor George Osborne could target former Rangers players and staff, who have benefited from “disguised remuneration schemes” such as the now infamous Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs), to pay millions in unpaid taxes.

Brian McMurray, Douglas Martin and Steven Fraser Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) have announced the promotions of Douglas Martin to head of corporate finance, and Steven Fraser and Brian McMurray to the role of directors.

Peter Dean, Managing director of Carrington Dean accepts official accreditation to the Glasgow Living Wage from Bailie Philip Braat, Treasurer of Glasgow City Council. Glasgow-based debt advice and solutions company Carrington Dean has become the first debt solutions specialist and the latest employ

Changes to business rates for empty properties in Scotland, which come into force today, could lead to a slowdown in industrial developments and limit choice for businesses looking to expand north of the border, according to Knight Frank. The independent real estate consultancy said that new legisla

Sandy Begbie Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life has been recognised as one of 11 Social Mobility Business Compact Champions across the UK by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

Figures released today show Scotland generated the equivalent of more than half its electricity needs from renewable sources in 2015, surpassing the 50 per cent target set by Ministers. Based on the latest consumption figures from 2014, renewables now generate the equivalent of 57 per cent of Scotla

Hugh Little Hugh Little, who retired from a 29-year career at Aberdeen Asset Management last year, has invested in and become a board director of a sport technology business founded by his wife.