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AAB’s Alex Matthews, Kenny Fraser, Kevin Meaney and Brian McMurray Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has expanded its technology advisory offering on the back of growth in its Edinburgh office, which launched earlier this year, with the recruitment of a former PwC partner.

Paul Eagland Accountancy and business advisory firms, BDO and Moore Stephens LLP, are in advanced merger discussions to complete a deal that would see the creation of a firm to supplant Grant Thornton as the fifth-biggest player in Britain.

In the year to April, around 125 senior finance executives were fined £5,000 for “failure to account properly for their businesses’ income and expenditure for tax purposes”, according to new figures compiled by law firm Pinsent Mason.

Christine Lagarde In a speech given at the Singapore Fintech Festival this week, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the international community should “consider” endorsing central bank issued digital currencies (CBDCs).

Robert Fraser Bob Fraser, a director in the Dundee office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, assesses the V&A effect on the City of Discovery's property market

Alison Rose Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary NatWest has become the first of the UK’s big high street lenders to open a standalone digital bank after announcing the launch of Mettle, an innovative digital proposition for small businesses.

The Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) has today urged lawyers to support Flag It Up, the UK Government’s anti-money laundering campaign, and ‘flag up’ suspicions about potential ‘dirty’ or laundered money.

AAB’s new Global Payroll team members from left to right; Simon Porter, David Purse and Katie Lange with Partner Steven Fraser Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced significant growth within its global payroll team as a result of a numb

Tony Prestedge Nationwide, Britain’s biggest building Society and the UK’s second largest mortgage lender, says it is "primed for the next generation of digital innovation" after announcing a further £1.3 billion injection of tech investment, taking total spent on its modernisation strategy to

Tony Prestedge Nationwide Building Society has announced plans to invest £1.3 billion in digital innovation, as part of a broader £4.1 billion investment plan.

Gillian Jamieson Anderson Strathern has announced a new partner appointment in its commercial litigation team together with a raft of senior promotions and trainee retentions following a strong year of growth so far in 2018.

Four in five executives around the world (84 per cent) have blockchain initiatives underway1, with a quarter of these (25 per cent) having fully live blockchain implementations or pilot projects running.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q7L2wGmj70&authuser=0 Spending on film and TV in Scotland last year reached £95 million – the highest level since records began – and a £26 million increase on the previous year.

Deborah Newberry The UK risks a nightmare ‘no deal’ scenario if political progress cannot be made, says global law firm Kennedys in its latest insurance industry report, which identifies six post-Brexit requirements for the market to secure following the announcement of the implementation period

David Alexander, Managing Director of D J Alexander Estate agents are likely to be the next victims of the latest string of High Street closures as demand moves online, according to an Edinburgh-based property management firm.