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EY has reported UK fee income growth of 7 per cent to £2.150 billion for the year ending 1 July 2016, up from £2.010 billion for the previous 12 months.

Craig Vickery With the UK government seemingly committed to sacrificing freedom of movement in pursuit of a ‘hard’ Brexit, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Scotland has warned that the country could face a ‘brain drain’ of top professionals.

Grant Thornton has made a number of promotions within its audit and advisory teams as it prepares for further growth in Scotland.

David Mitchell A new wave of entrepreneurial success stories is reinventing the Scottish economy, according to David Mitchell, a newly-appointed partner in Deloitte’s Private Markets business.

Martin Gilbert Aberdeen Asset Management has cut the levy on withdrawing from its UK property funds, as the number of investor redemption requests slumped after the initial shock of the EU referendum.

Aviva, which employs about 1,300 staff at its hub in Perth and is the largest pension provider in the UK following its takeover of Friends Life, has announced plans to re-enter the face-to-face advice market.

Confidence among the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of the UK’s largest companies has taken a sharp fall following the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU), according to Deloitte’s latest CFO Survey.

International law firm Pinsent Masons, which employs 550 people in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen has today announced details of its unaudited financial results for 2015-16. The firm achieved global turnover of £382.3m. This represents 5.5% revenue growth on the previous year’s £362m and cumula

Ross Marshall, Phil Charles and Craig Cavin. KPMG is targeting growth in its enterprise team in Scotland with two director appointments.

U.S. investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have each issued denials to reports that they are planning to move their London banking operations to Frankfurt following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The denials are in response to reports that the banking giants had pre-let of

Independent Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew LLP has announced an increase in profits in its last financial year of over 18 per cent from £2.4m to £2.86m on the back of an increase in turnover of 6.7 per cent from £9.81m to £10.47m. The figures are incorporated in the firm’s Annual Report

Weak income growth and rising housing costs have effectively wiped out any gains for low and middle income working age households since the early 2000s, providing the backdrop to disillusionment with the political and economic status quo, according to a major new report published today by the Resolu

Business advisory firm Deloitte has continued its investment in Scotland with the appointment of three new partners and six directors across its three offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Chris Hunter, Matt Smith and Michael Magnay are among Deloitte UK’s 80 new partners, in the firm’s la

Investment manager Brewin Dolphin, which has more than 100 staff, including 47 ­investment managers and ­financial planners based in Edinburgh, has reported a 42 per cent drop in its profits, as it completes restructuring to a discretionary wealth management focus. The firm's latest half-year resu

Independent Scottish accountancy firm, Campbell Dallas, is to invest £250k on the recruitment and development of 15 apprenticeship accountants this year, adding to the 50 staff currently under training contracts with the firm. One of the largest providers of accountancy apprenticeships in Scotland,