Andrew Foyle, solicitor advocate and joint head of litigations (Scotland) at Shoosmiths, discusses how new regulations will introduce conditions designed to uphold creditor confidence in the pre-pack administration process. While there is no definition of a pre-pack administration in the insolvency
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Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has promoted Katie Trowsdale to head of multi-manager strategies, the fund of fund arm of its Multi Asset Solutions business. Ms Trowsdale will immediately assume overall leadership responsibility for the team who are responsible for the management of approximatel
Oldmeldrum-based Bethan Customs Consultancy has highlighted the need for businesses to understand basic customs documentation as they adjust to a new trading relationship with the EU. Founder and director Nicola Alexander said that a high proportion of businesses who deal solely with the EU hav
Chris Brinsmead CBE, the former senior AstraZeneca executive and experienced non-executive director, has joined St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory as a partner. Mr Brinsmead is a council member at Imperial College London, a former adviser to the UK Government on life sciences, has pr
Edinburgh-based financial services training provider Redmill Advance has announced its new partnership with St. James’s Place Wealth Management in the provision of its blended learning solutions across the group. Redmill Advance will be responsible for delivering its Diploma in Regulated
Watts Commercial Finance's team in Scotland has secured funding offers totalling over £700,000 for three clients with all facilities being fully approved less than seven days after being submitted. A very promising sign for the strength of the Scottish economy, this funding amongst all the oth
Edinburgh-based real estate consultants ESPC has revealed the top selling areas in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders throughout 2020.
CBI Scotland has called on finance secretary Kate Forbes to prioritise support, skills and sustainability in the forthcoming Budget to kickstart economic recovery and avoid the risk of losing further months of stymied activity and uncertainty to the pandemic. With the Scottish economy struggling wit
Barclays has awarded ng homes £100,000 to support the North Glasgow community through the pandemic. ng homes were chosen by a selection committee from Barclays for the meaningful work they are doing in supporting the immediate needs of people in communities, including low income families, thos
Measures promoting recovery and renewal will be at the heart of the Scottish Budget this week. New initiatives to drive economic growth, create jobs and tackle inequality will be included alongside further support for business, public services and families.
A £25 million Scottish Government fund to support the wedding sector and its supply chain will open to applications this week.
City dwellers who relocate to rural France will not be able to complain about the sound of church bells or the smell of manure under a new law. A bill to restrict the ability of urban incomers to take court action over "a little nuisance" has now cleared both houses of the French parliament, The Tim
Rathbones Investment Management has appointed Guy Tulloch as an investment director in Edinburgh. Mr Tulloch joins Rathbones with over 20 years’ industry experience of managing investments for a wide range of private clients, trusts, charities and corporate entities.
A team from Grant Thornton Corporate Finance in Scotland has advised the founders of fast-growing Glasgow-based fintech company HubSolv on its sale to Aryza, a leading international software and data services player to the financial services sector. HubSolv was established in 2014, by school friends
Scottish chartered accountancy practice Wylie & Bisset has called for an extension to the business rates relief holiday in response to the extension of coronavirus lockdown measures until at least mid February. Mainland Scotland was placed into lockdown on January 4 to tackle the rising spread o