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By Ian Fraser The Herald May 28th, 2007 Option could be for a ‘middle way that is not Tesco Law’ JUSTICE Minister Kenny MacAskill has said that the new Scottish Executive is prepared to implement a version of the Clementi reforms that would remove ownership restrictions on law firms. His comments come as an Australian […]
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By Ian Fraser Financial Times FTfm section May 28th, 2007 Anja Balfour tells Ian Fraser how she held her nerve ANJA Balfour, who manages £400 million (€591m) of Japanese retail and institutional funds at Axa Framlington, learnt the importance of keeping her cool amid collapsing stock markets on Black Monday. Then working as a temp […]
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By Ian Fraser The Herald May 28th, 2007 Mid-tier accountancy firm PKF has unveiled a 12% rise in UK fee income to £130.4m in the 12 months ended March 2007. The firm – formerly known as Pannell Kerr Foster – is also understood to have grown its Scottish revenues from about £6.4m in the year […]
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By Ian Fraser The Herald May 28th, 2007 Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has grown turnover in Glasgow to £1m, three years after launching a start-up operation in the city in May 2004. In the wake of a 150% rise in fee income in the year to April 30, 2007, the Aberdeen-headquartered firm is moving its Glasgow […]
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By Ian Fraser The Herald May 21st, 2007 Tenon Group, the Alternative Investment Market-listed consolidator of accountancy practices, is embarking upon a major expansion drive at its Grangemouth office, already its largest in Scotland, as well as confirming its commitment to growth across Scotland. The group, which gained its Scottish presence through the £20.5m acquisition […]
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By Ian Fraser The Herald May 14th, 2007 Progressive changes introduced to family law in Scotland last year have been causing chaos for the legal profession because of the Scottish Executive’s failure to honour its commitment to widely publicise the reforms. A year after the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 was implemented, the Family Law […]
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By Ian Fraser The Herald May 14th, 2007 The Scottish Executive has bowed to pressure from patent attorneys and accepted that they should be given right of audience in the Court of Session, along the same lines as the privileges accorded to advocates and QCs. While the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) has welcomed […]
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By Ian Fraser The Herald May 10th, 2007 Distillers look to US after UK campaigns hit the rocks DISTILLERS’ attempts to revitalise the UK Scotch whisky market through the introduction of more “accessible” brands are faltering badly, with several recent launches specifically intended to attract a younger generation of drinkers to the category either being […]
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By Ian Fraser The Herald May 7th, 2007 Kazakhstan Chamber of Auditors president declares Scottish system superior SCOTTISH accountants have played a critical role in introducing a credible auditing and accounting profession to the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, helping its transition into a market economy, according to one of the country’s most powerful accountancy bosses. […]
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By Ian Fraser Scottish Business Insider May 4th, 2007 Business is building very well since the setbacks of 2000, but there’s no room for complacency. Ian Fraser reports on the sector that’s underpinned the Scottish economy with some impressive growth figures SCOTTISH Development International (SDI) has found an interesting new way of trumpeting Scotland’s success […]
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