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Article in full from The Times, October 30th 2018 By Rosemary Gallagher The winners of a new competition to find the next generation of financial technology entrepreneurs in Scotland have been announced after a Dragons’ Den-style pitch in Edinburgh. The competition has a prize fund totalling £125,000 and is run by The Times, in partnership […]

The Oil & Gas Technology Centre has appointed Russell Stevenson as its new Industrial Director. Commenting on the appointment, John Cameron said: “we are delighted to have advised the OGTC on this key appointment, and to have helped to attract someone of Russell’s calibre and experience. We wish the team at the OGTC continued success.” […]

The Non-Executive Development Programme, a JV with FWB Park Brown and The University of Edinburgh Business School launched its second year last week with the first Session of this year’s programme focusing on the Audit Committee. Jann Brown, former Co-CEO Cairn Energy plc and currently Chair of the Audit Committee at John Wood Group plc, […]

FWB Park Brown has recently advised on the appointment of the Programme Director for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal and undertook a global search to fulfil the role. Jarmo Eskelinen starts in post in early October 2018 and joins DDI from Future Cities Catapult in London. As Chief Innovation and Technology […]

The Times Scotland together with Royal Bank of Scotland, FWB Park Brown and Dell Technologies have partnered to launch a competition to identify and support the next generation of financial technology pioneers in Scotland. With a prize fund of £125,000, it aims to encourage and reward world-class ideas in financial technology innovation. All six finalists […]

The Executive Women’s Leadership Programme recently held a special event for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 delegates, a network which currently numbers over 150 from all parts of Scotland’s business economy. The guest speaker was Jeroo Billimoria, the global social entrepreneur who launched Childline in India and whose work has supported millions of young people […]

Together with our friends at Royal Bank of Scotland and Social Bite, FWB Park Brown co-hosted a lunch event at the Social Bite Village in Edinburgh on Tuesday 14th August 2018. We were joined by in excess of 20 highly influential business leaders from across Scotland to hear Ross McEwan, Chief Executive of Royal Bank […]

Scott Black attended the signing of this historic deal yesterday representing FWB Park Brown, The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and The Scottish Chamber of Commerce. The City Region Deal is a major government investment for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland region and is designed to accelerate growth through funding infrastructure, skills and innovation.  The funding […]

2018 continues to be busy for FWB Park Brown, both at home and abroad, and we are pleased to announce that we have advised on the following appointments… Bob Brannan has been appointed Chair of the iconic Scottish company Walkers Shortbread. Bob has chaired a number of companies across a variety of sectors and is also formerly […]