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The University of Dundee is set to receive up to £40 million in principle from the Scottish Government to aid its financial recovery, bringing the total additional funding made available up to £62m.

Global energy sector inspection and technical services firm Fulkrum, which has operations in Aberdeen, has appointed Louisa Poole as its new chief financial officer (CFO) to support the company's ongoing international expansion. With a career spanning almost three decades in wealth management, manuf

TLT has elected Andrew Lyon, partner and head of financial services, as senior partner.  His three-year term will commence on 1 January 2026 and he succeeds Sasha Butterworth, who has served as senior partner since 2022.

KPMG UK and one of its audit partners, Nick Plumb, have been sanctioned by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) following the discovery of "serious" breaches in the audit of London-listed agricultural supplies company Carr's Group. The FRC's investigation into the audit for the financial year endin

Law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has announced its financial and expert support for a new programme aimed at fostering the growth of Gaelic entrepreneurs. It has pledged financial support to the Gaelic Business Accelerator Programme – Cruthachadh Chothroman – run by Hi

Aberdeen-based subsea robotics specialist, Rovop, has reported a significant surge in profits in its first financial filing since its acquisition by a US billionaire.

Regulators across the globe, led by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have joined forces to protect social media users from illegal financial promotions by rogue finfluencers.

BCP Technologies has launched Tokenised GBP (tGBP), the first sterling-denominated stablecoin from a UK-registered issuer to go live. The launch on 3 June 2025 follows a testing period within the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Regulated Sandbox.

Bon Accord Care (BAC) has appointed Sol Taylor as its new interim finance and commercial director. Mr Taylor brings extensive experience in financial leadership from his previous roles as head of finance and brings audit and governance expertise from his 17 years of working as an auditor across vari

An accountant has won two gold medals for Britain at the World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in Florida.

Fiona Cameron has been appointed as interim finance director at UHI Perth as the college aims to navigate financial challenges. Ms Cameron, an ACCA-qualified accountant, will take up the position with effect from Monday 9 June 2025.

The chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK's accountancy regulator, has promised to speed up investigations into audit failures.  Richard Moriarty told the Sunday Times that the FRC needed to take disciplinary action against auditors more swiftly. He emphasised the imp

Scottish councils are grappling with a significant financial squeeze as mounting pressures from inflation, rising costs, and escalating demand for services outstrip additional investment from the Scottish Government, according to Audit Scotland. In 2025/26 councils received over £15 billion in

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has identified "extremely serious" failings in EY auditing of NMC Health, a London High Court heard on Monday. These findings were disclosed during a trial where the collapsed hospital operator’s administrators are suing the Big Four firm for approximately

Fife-based bagpipe manufacturer RT Shepherd & Son has entered liquidation due to financial difficulties, with its assets being acquired by another local business, Broadleys Bagpipes & Reeds. Founded in the 1970s by the renowned Robert “Bob” Shepherd, the Cardenden-headquartered c