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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined plans to give UK asset managers greater freedom in how they pay for investment research, with the aim to promote competition and facilitate cross-border access to research.

AIM-listed Glasgow cloud services company iomart Group has issued a trading update suggesting a solid set of full-year financial results for the year ended 31 March 2024. This update comes ahead of full year results on 11 June 2024. For the year, the group expects to report revenue growth of 10% to

John Lawrie Metals, headquartered in Aberdeen, has posted pretax profits of £2.4 million, a significant increase from the £9.7m loss reported the previous year.

Aberdeen-based pipeline engineering specialist STATS Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co, has announced that chief executive officer Leigh Howarth is stepping down in a planned leadership transition and will assume a non-executive director role with the company. Stephen Rawlinson, ST

SBP Accountants & Business Advisers has promoted Mark Rhynas and Jamie Smith to directors as the firm marks managing partner John Hannah's 25 years of dedicated service. The North-East firm, which has offices in Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Banff has made of 11 company-wide pro

The appointment of Scottish Enterprise’s interim chair Willie Mackie has been extended for him to continue in the role until 31 December 2024. This will ensure continuity while a further appointment round is run for a chair to succeed Lord Smith, who stood down in July 2022. The job descriptio

Cairn Group, estate agency and letting firm serving Scotland's central belt, from Edinburgh to Glasgow, has undergone a significant management restructure. The changes see Paul Shields, who has been Finance Director at Cairn for 17 years, and long-serving sales and investment director Jenn

A rare collection of Barbie dolls is set to go up for auction.

The number of homes coming onto the market for sale in Scotland increased at its strongest rate in three-and-a-half years in March according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

Retail sales in Scotland have seen a 2.8% increase in the five weeks to 30 March 2024, buoyed by the early arrival of Easter. This growth is above the 3-month average increase of 2.1%, though below the 12-month average of 5.2%. Adjusted for inflation, the year-on-year growth stands at 1.5%.

Dundee FC has reported a loss of £2.8 million for the year ending 31 May 2023 as turnover fell £1.7m.

A prestigious art gallery has sacked a worker who secretly put one of his own paintings on public display. The Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich said the 51-year-old technical employee smuggled the 60cm x 120cm painting into the building and installed it on an empty wall.

Glasgow-based Intelligent Capital has been acquired through Canaccord Genuity Group's wealth management business in the UK. Professionals of Intelligent Capital will begin to operate under the Adam & Company brand, an Edinburgh-based wealth management firm once owned by RBS and acquired by Canac

Affordable Scandi homewares retailer Søstrene Grene has announced its plans for three new locations in Scotland, with upcoming openings in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

While many are struggling to meet financial commitments, the picture has improved over the last year, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).