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Business advisory firm Quantuma has appointed restructuring and property expert John MacLean as director in its Glasgow team. The new hire follows a period of significant growth for Quantuma in Scotland after its merger with WRI Associates in March this year.

Gartmore House, a country house and estate in Stirling has diversified its business model and positioned itself for growth, thanks to a £200,000 funding package from Bank of Scotland. Built in the mid-18th century, Gartmore House is a 23-bedroom mansion house and activity centre offe

Risk-averse Scots are the least likely to take a risk with their investments, according to financial planning firm Wren Sterling.

HMRC has been accused of making fewer arrests on white-collar tax dodgers due to a lack of resources and criticism about it being too “trigger happy”.

Chad Griffin, restructuring specialist at FRP Advisory, discusses how the current downturn in the North Sea is likely to see a far deeper level of oil and gas restructurings and a higher level of insolvencies than in 2015, the last comparable period when there was a much stronger base position than

UK banks are turning away mortgage business by increasing interest rates on several new mortgages as they struggle to cope with soaring demand for borrowing in the post-lockdown housing market.

Staff at Lloyds Banking Group will be told to work from home until at least next spring to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Glasgow’s 122 Waterloo Street, home to international banking giant Morgan Stanley, has been named Scotland’s top corporate workplace in the British Council for Offices’ (BCO) 2020 awards. The highly sustainable, grade A office building, developed by HFD Property Group, opened in 20

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has publicly censured Perth-based insurer Aviva for making an announcement concerning certain preference shares which had the potential to mislead the market. The FCA has ruled that Aviva's announcement on March 8, 2018, concerning its preliminary year-end

CMS has announced the appointment Jae Fassam as a pensions partner in Edinburgh, bringing the total partner count across its UK pensions law practice to 18. Mr Fassam joins from Pinsent Masons.

TSB has introduced new mortgages for first time buyers, making it easier for young people to get a mortgage - so long as they have a 15% deposit. On Friday, the lender revealed a range of mortgages for first-time buyers which use an easier stress test than for home-movers. A stress test is a calcula

As businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, professional accountants are faced with new and intense ethical dilemmas, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) ACCA annually celebrates ethics in the month of October leading up to Global Ethics Day and beyond.

Scottish SMEs have fallen behind the rest of the UK in R&D tax relief claims, according to funding consultancy firm Leyton.

Productivity Club Scotland is launching new clubs this month to help SMEs in North East Scotland, Highlands and Islands and the South of Scotland.  The new initiatives are aimed at enhancing productivity in Scotland and will be used as a tool to help businesses recover from the economic cr

Finance secretary Kate Forbes and economy secretary Fiona Hylsop have called on the UK Government to reconsider the ‘unexpected’ decision to abolish duty-free shopping in the UK. In a letter to Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, ministers highlight the impact this will have on ret