Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced a series of fiscal, including significant changes to Scotland's income tax structure, in yesterday's Scottish Budget. A new 45% tax band will apply to earnings between £75,000 and £125,140, marking a shift towards higher taxation for wealthie
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Johnston Carmichael has reinforced its business advisory team by appointing Jim Lockhart as a new partner in its expanding Glasgow office, which saw 13 promotions in December. Mr Lockhart has over 25 years of experience working across the finance sector for firms of all sizes, ranging from a five-pa
Johnston Carmichael has announced a significant bolstering of its leadership team with seven senior promotions in Scotland and the North East of England. The seven senior promotions are among 55 promotions effective across the business this month and brings the total number promoted at Johnston Carm
Scottish-headquartered accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has appointed Paul Shields as a partner in its Newcastle office. Mr Shields joins Johnston Carmichael after 25 years of advising clients across the north-east of England.
Johnston Carmichael's chief people officer Martin Osler discusses career progression at the firm, and how it is working hard to promote social mobility in the profession. Given all of the conversations about how allegedly challenging it is to engage millennials in the workplace you’d be forgiv
Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has intensified its commitment to fostering talent by welcoming 90 new students to the firm.
In a move to foster social mobility and diversity, Johnston Carmichael has teamed up with the ICAS Foundation in a collaboration to financially back young, disadvantaged Scots pursuing accountancy degrees, addressing educational inequality head-on. As part of the agreement, Johnston Carmichael will
Two professional services firms have signalled their support for female founders by providing funding for their families to travel to one of the world’s biggest tech conferences. Chartered accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael and Thorntons are backing the initiative, orga
Johnston Carmichael, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), and Aberdeenshire Council’s Foundation Apprenticeship Team, have collaborated to launch a new qualification in accountancy. This new Foundation Apprenticeship (FA) course in accountancy, already embraced by 36
Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has welcomed Bryan Shepka, financial services audit and assurance partner, and Gillian Boston, director into its rapidly growing, specialist financial services team. Mr Shepka joins the firm as an audit and assurance partner, bringing extensive experience in the
Johnston Carmichael’s Wealth team has placed as number one in the FTAdviser’s annual ranking of the Top 100 financial advisers for the second year in a row. The industry recognition follows Johnston Carmichael’s Wealth team’s ongoing adoption of innovative processes for clien
Johnston Carmichael has enhanced its restructuring & insolvency team with the appointment of Neil Dempsey as restructuring director in its Aberdeen base. Mr Dempsey joins from Cayman Islands based international asset recovery firm KRyS Global, where he specialised in offshore focused fraud inves
Scottish accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has reported its most successful year for its corporate finance division, surpassing £600 million worth of deals. The team, led by partner and head of corporate finance Graham Alexander, successfully executed 43 deals, with a total value of &p
In support of Ninewells Cancer Campaign, which funds cancer treatments at the Ninewells Hospital, 15 staff from Johnston Carmichael's Dundee office took part in this year's Dundee Kiltwalk. Staff chose to back the charity in support of a colleague’s friend, who is currently receiving trea
Graeme Bain and Donald McNaught, of accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael, have been appointed as Joint Administrators of Scottish renewables company Sustainable Marine Energy Limited (SME). The Edinburgh-based company, which developed tidal energy systems, was placed into admin