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Graham Cunning, head of corporate finance with Azets in Scotland, discusses the marked increase in the popularity of Employee Ownership Trusts (EoTs).  A growing number of business owners have expressed concerns about trade sales, in particular the lack of privacy, the time required f

The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC), owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, is to continue with ambitious development plans following a £19.5 million package from Royal Bank of Scotland and Lombard. The new facilities will enable the society to further invest in whisky and other spirits stoc

Shareholders in Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group have accepted a £145 million takeover offer for the firm. Retirement planning firm James Hay Partnership told Scottish Financial News that 91.73% of the Nucleus Financial plc s

Almost all of 50 of the UK's biggest employers questioned by the BBC have said they do not plan to bring staff back to the office on a full-time basis.

Soaring demand for contract workers is far outweighing any impact of new tax changes, thanks in part to the mass movement towards remote and flexible working, according to recruitment specialists at Core-Asset Consulting. Although the introduction of controversial reforms to off-payroll working rule

House prices in Aberdeen are up 5.4% over last year, new figures from Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited (ASPC) have revealed.

The Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund Limited, a company managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has announced its half year results for the six months to 28 February 2021 revealing a 7.2% in net asset value (NAV) total return. The increase in NAV compares favourably with the company&rsquo

Law firm TLT has announced the promotion of five lawyers to partner, including Glasgow-based financial services disputes lawyer Louise Chopra, effective 1 May 2021. Ms Chopra specialises in complex banking disputes and commercial contractual disputes.

Acting on the instructions of the joint administrators for Pioneer Mutual Credit Union, Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has brought the former Credit Union property in Barrhead to the market for sale.

Scotland faces being left behind in the COVID-19 economic recovery compared with England if the incoming Scottish Government is allowed to continue with a two-tier system to emerge in the summer, according to the Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG).

German teenagers who planned a sophisticated heist to get their hands on school exam papers have received suspended sentences.

Accountancy firm Azets has announced plans to grow the business in Scotland by 50% during the next five years, creating 250 new jobs and taking turnover to more than £60 million. Launched in 2020 following a rebrand of leading independent accountancy firms, Azets has grown rapidly and now empl

A series of recent tender wins by its external and internal audit teams has prompted chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset to boost this year’s annual graduate intake. While the firm took on three graduates last year, this summer will see another eight – five who will follow the Insti

KPMG has completed the sale of its UK Restructuring practice, now known as Interpath Advisory, to H.I.G. Europe, the European affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, LLC. The sale of the business, which sees circa 528 staff and 22 partners transferring to Interpath, enables KPMG to accelerate its programme of

ESPC has reported a 128% increase in the volume of properties sold in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders over the last three months compared to last year. Looking further back and comparing to February to April 2019, the volume of property sales in the area was up 35.95%, further highligh