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Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has appointed restructuring specialist Alan Brown and corporate tax professional James Strang as partners in the Glasgow office. Alan Brown joins RSM from industry where he led Envoy International Limited through a period of change following a merger and prepared t

New research published by Financial Consultants, Enryo, shows that Scotland has both the highest cash and mobile payment (e.g. Apple/Google Pay) usage in Britain. Over half of the country’s population (54%) now uses cash at least once a week to pay for goods and services, while 33% of Scots us

Edinburgh is the UK’s top innovation city outside of London by a considerable margin, with Glasgow second, according to new research from Knight Frank.

Law firm Lindsays has appointed Aziz Yasin as its new banking and finance solicitor in its commercial property team in Edinburgh. Mr Yasin advises banks, borrowers and peer-to-peer lenders in relation to general property finance matters, real estate acquisitions and development finance. He is involv

Startup Grind Scotland has secured funding to take Scottish startup and scale-up founders to the two-day 2022 Startup Grind Global Conference in Silicon Valley in April.

Interpath Advisory, the independent advisory firm that was formed last year following the sale of KPMG’s UK Restructuring practice, has announced that it has opened a new office in the heart of Glasgow at 130 St Vincent Street. Interpath has taken the fifth floor in the landmark office buildin

Scottish private equity outfit Inverleith LLP has acquired a majority stake in Eden Mill St Andrews after the firm invested an undisclosed amount into the whisky and gin brand. Eden Mill is currently embarking on the development of its carbon-neutral single malt whisky distillery in St Andrews which

Plans to build a commercial distillery in west Fife have been submitted to Fife Council.

Unite, the union representing staff at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has launched an indicative ballot of its members for industrial action at the regulator. Yesterday, Unite members began voting in a ballot called by the union as management has refused to negotiate with the workforce on a

Theodore Agnew, a Treasury and Cabinet Office minister, resigned yesterday over the UK Government's decision to write off £4.3 billion in fraudulent COVID-19 loans. Mr Agnew labelled the oversight of the scheme “nothing less than woeful” and accused officials of “schoolboy er

Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has appointed David Barclay as its new head of office in Dundee. In an expansion of his responsibilities, Mr Barclay who is also head of the group’s Aberdeen office, has taken over the role from Ian MacDonald, who is stepping down after 20 years to focus on his ex

A Henry III gold penny found buried in farmland in the Devon village of Hemyock has been sold at an auction for a record £648,000. The penny was found buried 10cm deep by metal detectorist Michael Leigh-Mallory.

A café franchise business has opened Cumbernauld’s first-ever drive-thru Costa Coffee, creating 25 new jobs thanks to £850,000 funding from HSBC UK. Coffeepots Limited, which officially opens the doors to a new Costa Coffee café in Cumbernauld’s town centre on 1st Feb

Four million customers are yet to submit their completed Self Assessment tax return and pay any tax owed ahead of the deadline on 31 January, HMR has warned. More than 12.2 million customers are expected to complete a tax return for the 2020/21 tax year.

Women have been banned from the front seats of trucks in Uganda after being branded a road hazard.