Mary Heaney reports

Edinburgh firm Lindsays WS has appointed Lorna Spence as a financial planning adviser to provided a dedicated advice centre for commercial and private clients. Spence will be based at Lindsays' principal office in Atholl Crescent and will be responsible for providing financial advice and planning on investments, tax issues, pensions, inheritance tax and property purchase and insurance. She was previously an account manager with Legal and General, responsible for overseeing a wide variety of appointed representative accounts.