Professional Services

HOLMES MACKILLOP ACQUIRES BISHOPBRIGGS FIRM

For the image from left to right: Jan Kerr, Greig McPhail, Alison Macfarlane, Ross Brown and April Cuthbert Holmes Mackillop Solicitors is set to acquire Macfarlane & Co Solicitors at the start of October. Alison Macfarlane and Greig McPhail, two of the three partners in Macfarlane & Co, will retire from practice. The third partner, […]

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DM HALL ACCELERATES GROWTH BY BRINGING IN NEW TALENT

In a housing market still shackled by lack of supply, DM Hall’s Legal Search and Property Services Department has gone from strength to strength, upping its turnover by 13% in 2021 and projecting further substantial increases this year. Under the leadership of property professional Amanda Cameron (pictured above) and operating from the Dunfermline office, the

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BUSINESS ADVISERS REACH OUT TO THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR

Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, has advised hospitality sector operators to plan and project to survive or exit a perfect storm of increasing energy bills just as winter approaches, higher supply and staffing costs, and a fall-off in consumer spending, squeezed by inflation. While Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced that businesses will

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MERGER SEES COMPLEMENTARY LAW FIRMS COMING TOGETHER

For the Image: From Left to Right Angela Craig, Tony O’Malley and Alan Borrowing Thriving modern law practice Friends Legal has acquired the biggest firm of solicitors and estate agents in East Lothian. The takeover of Garden Stirling Burnet (widely known as GSB) creates a business with over £7m-a-year turnover and 60 staff in six

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LAW FIRM OPENS NEW OFFICE AFTER A BUSY YEAR

UK and leading Scottish law firm Brodies LLP, has opened its new Highlands and Islands office in Inverness, following a busy year for its clients in the region. In the past 12 months, Brodies has worked with businesses, organisations and individuals, including Inverness College, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Lerwick Port Authority and Stornoway Port Authority.

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TEAM HIRED TO ESCALATE RECRUITMENT AT LEADING DENTAL GROUP

 For the image: (L) Jo Hood and (R) Karen Diamond Scotland’s leading dental group has formed a dedicated in-house recruitment team to help support the rapidly growing business.   Jo Hood and Karen Diamond join Clyde Munro Dental Group bringing a combined 35 years’ experience in specialist recruitment and an in-depth knowledge in the healthcare sector.

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Thorntons celebrates success following industry accolades

Several practitioners at full-service law firm Thorntons have been recognised as some of the highest achievers in the industry through the STEP Excellence Awards scheme and ranking in the Chambers High Net Worth 2022 guide. Firstly, Executry Assistant Yana Lagatski from Edinburgh and Associate Rachel Anderson from St Andrews, both working in Thorntons private client

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SPECIALIST ACCOUNTANTS BEAT OUT BIG GUNS TO WIN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TENDER

Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, has beaten a number of national and international accountancy practices to secure first place in a Department for Education tender to provide funding assurance work over the next four years. The win follows the firm being named last year as the sole independent Scottish accountancy practice to be

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