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The Trump Organisation has removed its finance chief Allen Weisselberg as the director of several of its subsidiaries, including the Trump International Golf Club in Aberdeenshire. Mr Weisselberg and the Trump Organisation were charged with tax fraud earlier this month in a 15-fount indictment, accu

Scotland's economy secretary Kate Forbes has said that the new Scotland Loves Local Gift Card will provide a boost for businesses as they recover from coronavirus. Kate Forbes has urged companies of all kinds across the country to sign up to be part of the scheme, which gives local people another wa

Lismore Real Estate Advisors has acquired two Scottish retail parks totalling circa £21 million on behalf of a US investor. 

The father-and-son team behind Aberdeen-based specialist decontamination company Sanondaf are set to experience ongoing commercial success, as the demand for their decontamination services shows no signs of abating. Having entered the offshore industry in 1982, and been firmly established in the Mid

Royal Bank of Scotland is launching a new student account which will offer every student £50 cash and a four-year Tastecard membership. The bank will pay £50 within 10 days of the account opening and hopes this will help students prepare for their new life at university.

Post Office saw the highest ever amount of cash deposited and withdrawn from its 11,500 branches nationwide in June, according to the latest data from its Cash Tracker.

Glasgow-headquartered RJ McLeod has been awarded the “balance of plant” contract by Hamilton-based employer, Banks Renewables for its 15-turbine Kype Muir wind farm extension project near Strathaven in South Lanarkshire. Around 20% of RJ McLeod’s employees are based in Lanarkshire.

The Scottish Government has released £12 million in additional funding to health boards across Scotland to support non-Covid emergency care. This immediate action will help put measures in place to reduce waiting times for urgent or emergency treatment, with a focus on boosting staffing levels

A group of alleged fraudsters who dressed up as cardinals in order to dupe people out of millions of euros have been caught in an undercover police operation that saw officers themselves disguised – as priests. The accused were said to have tricked victims into meetings at the pontifical Grego

A new corporate insolvency analysis by Interpath Advisory has revealed that corporate insolvencies across Scotland more than halved during the fix six months of 2021. Analysis of notices in The Gazette by Interpath Advisory – formerly KPMG’s UK restructuring practice – reveale

Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has partnered with BrewFunder, a new first of its kind investment platform designed to bring brewers and potential investors together. BrewFunder has now opened for business as the drinks industry receives a significant boost with the continued relaxation of coro

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Edinburgh-based Purpose HR. Lisa Thomson, CEO at Purpose HR and Graeme Allan, chief executive at AAB.

Scotland’s construction sector could see a high risk of business closures with the expiry of temporary measures introduced under CIGA (Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020) and the removal of financial support schemes such as Furlough, both due to end on 30th September, a construction

Phil Anderson, the founder of Phil Anderson Financial Services, is celebrating ranking top on Apple Podcast with his podcast series, ‘The UK Personal Finance Show’. The podcast has consistently charted between number one and number two in the UK for personal finance for the past 30 weeks

Spending by UK businesses is set to surge in the coming months, according to Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey Q2 2021. In a shift away from last year’s top priority of cost reduction, over three-quarters of CFOs (71%) expect rises in capital expenditure and 76% anticipate increases in hiring ove