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Ross McEwan Ross McEwan, the chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has written to the 73 per cent state-owned group’s staff to warn them of “short, medium and long-term” economic uncertainties as a result of the vote to leave the EU.

Building maintenance services company, Alba Facilities Services Ltd, has streamlined its business with an efficiency-boosting software system thanks to a third round of funding from UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE).

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

Gleneagles Hotel The Institute of Directors and The Gleneagles Hotel have agreed a deal which will see the IoD Annual Conference be held at the hotel for the next two years. The 2016 IoD Conference, which will be held on 3-4 November, is focused on ‘The Business of Leadership’.

Major improvements have been made at South Ayrshire Council over the last two years, according to the Accounts Commission. A new report published today charts how the council has responded to a critical audit in February 2014 when the Commission voiced concerns about significant weaknesses in the ma

Russell Frith The security and transparency of Scotland’s public finances have been strengthened after a national data-sharing exercise found nearly £17million of fraud and error across services.

Edinburgh-based cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent has teamed up with a UK accountancy firm to provide hundreds of contractors with greater clarity over their business finances. FreeAgent, whose software is designed for accountants working with contractors and micro-businesses, has agreed

Roseanna Cunningham The first parts of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act have come in to force this week.

Ally Scott One of Scotland’s most recognised deal makers is to join EY as Partner to lead and expand its corporate finance team.

The latest annual legal benchmarking review from Henderson Loggie, in conjunction with the firm’s UK accountancy association MHA, points to encouraging signs of growth for a second year, most notably through an upturn in the property and construction sector. However, improved fee income has not tr

An American man with the last name Gambles has just won the lottery for the second time…using the same numbers. Mr Larry Gambles, of Matteson, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, won a $1,050,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot prize when his ticket matched all five numbers — 01-06-12-14-25 — in the June 7

Paul Russell Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has appointed VAT and indirect tax specialist Paul Russell as an associate director in Glasgow.

Isabel Hudson Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life has confirmed that non-executive director Isabel Hudson, who has served on its board since October 2014, has resigned with immediate effect.

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

Back row l to r: Hazel Pratt, Alan Davis, David Smith. Front row l to r: Bill Grierson, Alison Beattie, David Forrest Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Henderson Loggie, which employs around 200 people across offices in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, has strengthened its tax