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A madam who was jailed for five years for brothel keeping, living off the earnings of prostitution and money laundering faces a £1 million confiscation order as her affairs are wound up.

Fiona Rasmusen, Michael Marwick & Scott Rasmusen. Two long-established Edinburgh law firms - Gibson Kerr and Marwicks - are to merge in a move which aims to create a dominant city centre residential property business.

A new ICAS report produced in partnership with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has warned that steps need to be taken to ensure the skills needs of the auditor of the future will be met.

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), the economic regulator for the £75 trillion UK payment systems industry, has received a super-complaint from consumer watchdog Which? relating to concerns it has around consumer safeguards in the market for push payments.

On Friday, September 30 Perth & Kinross Council will be launching its 2016 Business Survey and the local authority is inviting all Perth and Kinross-based businesses to share their views to help shape policy for the future.

Professional job availability in Scotland’s temporary sector has soared by 43 per cent year on year to August 2016 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Pursuit staff are looking forward to a paid day off A Glasgow marketing company is offering part-time hours for a full-time salary as part of plans to enhance staff wellbeing and boost recruitment.

Younger people are more willing to buy a home prone to safety, flood or crime risks in order to get on the housing ladder, new research from insurance giant Aviva reveals.

Eskmills Edinburgh’s commercial property market is showing life after Brexit, with Knight Frank concluding three deals in the city for a combined £22 million.

Edinburgh-based Aegon UK is continuing to charge clients the same level of fees despite switching them from an active to a passive fund.

Hugh Little Hugh Little, the former head of acquisitions and private equity at Aberdeen Asset Management, has joined a north-east cancer charity to be its new finance director.

FTSE100 companies have set aside £31.3 billion in the last 12 months to meet legal claims – a 22 per cent increase from the £25.6 billion set aside in the previous year.

Almost half (48 per cent) of UK banking customers are still not comfortable managing their finances solely online or by mobile.

Chartered accountancy firm, Ritsons, which has offices across the north of Scotland, has opened a new office in Inverness in order to bring all of its staff in the highland capital under one roof.