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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,

Mark Stewart, Jamie Davidson, Mark Conetta Johnston Carmichael’s expertise in the infrastructure and renewables sectors has been bolstered by the addition of a new team who have joined the firm this month from RSM UK.

Worker’s union Unite has today claimed that 73 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland is set to axe up to 600 more jobs throughout its retail business and shut 32 branches. The trade union said the plans will see the bailed-out Edinburgh-based lender, which encompasses the Natwest brand, slas

Martin Jennings Aberdeen Asset Management has announced the appointment of Martin Jennings to the newly created role of head of Aberdeen digital, a distinct division within the firm.

The humble accountant might not be the profession one most readily associates with the glamour and spectacle of Hollywood, but this year sees two more of the unlikely heroes join the select group of CA stars. This summer 'Central Intelligence' will grace cinemas with a tough-talking CIA agent (Dwayn

Audit teams need to hire more people from diverse backgrounds, according to research carried out by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) and the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC). ICAS and the FRC commissioned two teams - led by experts at the University of Pretoria in South

Greater help is to be offered to small and medium-sized businesses in Scotland, with plans to expand the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB). The move follows the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government commitment to create a Business Development Bank (BDB) to address the gaps in the market for

The UK has seen a double-digit rise in economic crime against corporates in the last two years, with 55 per cent of organisations affected, an increase of 11 percentage points since 2014, significantly outstripping the level in countries such as the US (38 per cent) and China (28 per cent). Globally