James Anderson The falling value of the pound against the dollar may have helped the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust to post a 25 per cent increase in net asset value (NAV) and price per share in the six months to September 30, but that has not stopped its guiding force from condemning the UK’s
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Aberdeen-based independent firm of Chartered Accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced the launch of a new specialist Training Division to build on existing workshops and courses currently delivered to clients.
Austen Clark Tesco Bank’s online hacking attack has prompted the boss of a North east IT firm to issue a stark warning that cyber crime must be taken very seriously – and not just by national and international brands and corporations.
Alistair Darling The Standard Life Foundation has today announced the appointment of its trustees, with former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling expected to become Chair.
David Morrison Significant tax changes affecting landlords will be outlined as part of National Landlord Day tomorrow and specialist property tax experts from Dundee-based EQ Accountants will be attending the Scottish Association of Landlords conference in Edinburgh to highlight new legislation affe
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), the venture capital firm behind some of the UK’s major high growth technology companies, has announced that it has raised £260 million for a new fund, SEP V.
You may think that a career in the corporate world will inevitably result in a substantial portion of your life consigned to a sedentary state, but one 51-year-old lawyer has revealed how he keeps his cardiologist happy by walking two miles an hour on a treadmill under his desk. Alexander John Wilb
Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced an agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority to initiate a new complaints process, overseen by retired High Court Judge Sir William Blackburne, to provide an automatic refund of complex fees paid by SME customers who were victims of the still 73 per c
Aberdeen and Edinburgh have ranked in the top ten UK cities in which to live and work for a fourth consecutive year, according to the latest Good Growth for Cities index, produced by PwC and think-tank, Demos.
Graham Blair The number of million pound house sales in Scotland in the first half of 2016 was a third lower than in the first six months of 2015, the latest Million Pound Property Report from Bank of Scotland has found.
Debra Tracy of Direct Partners and Stuart MacDonald of Balmoral Asset Management welcome four first year Graduate Trainees, three Modern Apprentices. Edinburgh-based Chartered Financial Planners Balmoral Asset Management are on a mission to recruit young blood into the industry, having recently recr
The timescales proposed by HMRC for the implementation of Making Tax Digital (MTD) is unrealistic and poses a substantial risk to SMEs, according to ICAS, the professional body for chartered accountants.
Monica Houston A leading business and financial adviser is calling for clarification over how a new Apprenticeship Levy (AL) will operate in Scotland.
Scottish workers are among around 600 staff to lose their jobs at struggling cheque processing firm Intelligent Processing Solutions Ltd.
PIB Insurance Brokers (PIB), one of the fastest growing insurance brokers in the UK, has today announced the acquisition of Aberdeen-based Carmichael & Partners.