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UK private bank Hampden & Co has added to its banking team with the appointment of Kevin Eagles and Alistair Macpherson as banking directors, with Mr Eagles based in London and Mr Macpherson in Edinburgh. Mr Eagles has worked in banking for 33 years in roles with Lloyds Bank, Weatherby’s P

The tech-enabled critical business services group, AAB, has appointed two new partners based in its offices in Aberdeen and Leeds. Callum Gray, who joined AAB in 2007 as a graduate, has most recently held the position of corporate finance director, based in the Aberdeen office. He leads the speciali

Scottish accountancy firm William Duncan + Co has been acquired by Dains Accountants, an accountancy and business advisory firm based in the North Midlands, for an undisclosed sum. William Duncan + Co said that becoming part of the Dains Group has been a process of looking at what is important

A rare 1930s Australian penny has been sold for $60,000 at auction. The coin is the lowest mintage pre-decimal Australian coin in existence, The Singleton Argus reports. 

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has U-turned on plans to abolish the 45p rate of income tax for higher earners in the UK. The plan to remove the 45p rate, paid by those earning more than £150,000 a year, was announced on September 23 as part of a package of tax cuts planned by the UK Government.

Nicklaus Companies and developer FM Group have today launched the first Jack Nicklaus-branded residential golf community in Europe at Stonehaven. A development of luxury homes at the historic Ury Estate, built around an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, currently under construction, 

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has acquired long-established Aberdeen-based quantity surveying practice BDG Thomson Gray for an undisclosed sum. A strategic move, the acquisition bolsters Hardies’ service offering in the northeast, where it did not have a QS department.

Deloitte has opened applications for 35 charities and social enterprises to join the second cohort of Deloitte Digital Connect, a programme that helps charities scale their impact. Selected charities will take part in six months of digital training and receive advice and access to a peer network to

Locating a green freeport in the Highlands and Islands is likely to have greater impact for Scotland and the UK than any other location, according to Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) chief executive Stuart Black. Mr Black has highlighted the strengths of the region’s two bids; Opportunit

Invest2Scale has announced key sponsors which will be supporting next month’s inaugural event where revenue-generating, scalable Scottish companies will be showcased. The list of sponsors includes MarktoMarket, British Business Bank, The Scottish National Investment Bank, Cazenove Capital, and

Glenfiddich Scotch whisky and Hendrick's Gin owner, William Grant & Sons, has seen a 3% rise in profit in the last financial year. The firm's turnover rose by 12% to £1.4bn, while profits after tax rose to £248m from £240.4m, according to its latest full year report.

The pound’s fall could see overseas investors’ share of investment in Scottish commercial property reach record levels, according to Knight Frank after data for the first three quarters of the year showed they account for more than half of current volumes.

Inaccessible digital platforms and a lack of online service capabilities have impeded the overall customer experience for UK-based insurers, according to the latest UK Insurance Sentiment Index, conducted by PwC in collaboration with DataEQ. The index, which analysed over 335,000 public tweets about

Last week's reduction of the limit for sequestration proceedings from £10,000 to £5,000, has prompted Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, to forecast a flurry of activity for some creditors to recover monies who have had to wait or given forbearance through the pandemi

Deloitte UK has released its 2022 financial results showing an increase of 21% in distributable operating profit to £711 million, bringing the average UK partner payout to £1.025m this year - inclusive of £105,000 from the sale of a business. The big four firm's revenue for th