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Thomson Cooper has announced the purchase of e-cigarette company JAC Vapour Ltd from provisional liquidation by Magflo Limited for an undisclosed sum. Magflo will continue to trade as JAC Vapour with many employees being offered continued employment, including the same product engineering and design

Law firm Thorntons has opened a dedicated office in Glasgow to service growing demand. Thorntons has previously provided services and advised clients in Glasgow remotely through its existing team in Edinburgh, Tayside, Angus and Fife, but has now established a Glasgow city centre office in line with

Scotland's enterprise agencies, Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), have launched their new three-year strategy documents.

Award-winning filmmakers will discuss their careers at a series of public events sponsored by Johnston Carmichael as part of Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019. The accountancy firm's Edinburgh office is supporting the "In Person" strand of events, which this year includes appearances from l

Russia's largest bank Sberbank has announced plans to open an outlet inside a McDonald's restaurant.

Glasgow-based chartered accountancy firm Wylie & Bisset has appointed Gerald McLaughlin, former corporate finance director at Campbell Dallas, as its first ever corporate finance partner. The strategic appointment brings Mr McLaughlin back to the firm where he qualified some 15 years ago, and ma

Financial services technology company Immedis has secured €25 million in strategic investment from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).

Banks and building societies will be banned from charging higher prices for unarranged overdrafts than for arranged overdrafts under new reforms announced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The new reforms, aimed at making overdrafts simpler, fairer and easier to manage for consumers, represe

Euan Haggerty has been appointed as group finance director at development and construction firm Cruden Group. A Chartered Accountant and associate member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, Euan joins with significant experience of financial control in a corporate environment and within

Finance professionals and their organisations have already incurred additional costs as a result of Brexit, according to a new survey by the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS). Seven out of ten ICAS members told the ICAS quarterly survey, carried out in association with law firm Brod

Edinburgh-based merchant bank Noble Grossart has paid out around £5 million in dividends to its founder Sir Angus Grossart. The 82-year-old banker, who has a £446 million fortune, received the majority of the £5.3 million dividend paid out by the bank, The Times reports.

Employment law, HR and health & safety specialist, Law At Work (LAW), has recorded a sharp increase in employment claims since fees were abolished in July 2017. The firm saw a 25 per cent rise in claims in 2018 compared with the previous year when fees were overturned, and an increase of 120 per

Nearly half of Scots have been targeted by scammers in the past year, according to new research published by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). The charity is launching a new "Scams Awareness" campaign with figures showing the scale of scams in Scotland, with 46 per cent of people saying they have been

The Church of England is to consider investing in medical marijuana for the first time after relaxing a self-imposed ban, according to reports.

M&G Prudential (M&GP) has announced a UK-wide location strategy that will see 400 jobs moved to the Scottish capital. M&GP, the savings and investments business of insurance giant Prudential will begin a phased move from its current 7 UK locations to 3 in 2025, with Stirling an