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Simon Cowie accepts his award from MC Jon Culshaw. An Aberdeen accountant has won a prestigious national industry award.

EY has been proposed as auditors to asset manager Schroders plc.

Edinburgh-based fantasy sports technology company FanDuel has announced is to merge with Amercian competitor, Boston-based DraftKings.

Jamie Grant, head of corporate banking for Barclays Scotland & Northern Ireland (right) and Stuart Brown, head of SME banking for Barclays Scotland & Northern Ireland. Barclays has strengthened its Scottish senior management team with the appointment of Stuart Brown as head of SME Banking fo

Edinburgh-based accounting software developer FreeAgent is set to float on the London Stock Exchange later this month with a market capitalisation of between £31 million and £35 million.

Scotland’s businesses remain optimistic about their future growth plans, despite increasing political and economic uncertainty, according to new research from accountants Grant Thornton.

Iain McDougall By Iain McDougall, Senior Solicitor at MBM Commercial

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