Search: Jason Windsor becomes interim chief at Abrdn

Aberdeen-headquartered payroll and employee mobility specialist activpayroll has seen its revenue rise by 27%, reaching £35.7 million in 2020/21. Serving over 1200 customers in 154 countries across the globe, activpayroll offers a range of services under the three key pillars of Global Payroll

New PwC analysis has revealed that Scotland’s energy sector has a critical role to play in helping meet the emerging green energy skills gap, with the creation of green jobs related to energy transition north of the border more than one-and-a-half times the national average. The Energy Transit

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust Limited (SLI), a company managed by abrdn, has posted its full annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021. The company reported financial resources of £50 million as at 31 December 2021 (2020: £55 million) available for investment t

Aberdeen-based global payroll and employee mobility specialist activpayroll has been recognised at the UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) Partner Awards. The company was named "Partner of the Year – HCM" at a special virtual awards ceremony hosted by UKG, a global provider of HCM, payroll, HR service

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI), has posted NAV total return of 10.2.% in the six months to 30 June 2021. This is compared to 9.0% in the first half of 2020.

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLIPIT) has acquired 1,447 hectares of upland rough grazing and open moorland in the Cairngorm national park for £7.5 million. The site, acquired as part of the company's carbon strategy, supports 956 hectares for planting with natural broadleaf

Retail stores in Scotland are closing at a faster rate than Great Britain as a whole, largely because it spent longer in lockdown, according to new research by PwC and the Local Data Company (LDC). A total of 780 chain stores closed in the first half of 2021 compared with just 344 openings, a net lo

HBOS has reigned supreme in Bestinvest's hall of shame Spot the Dog report which lists the "bad mutts" of the fund management industry. The report uses statistical fund performance data to identify funds that have consistently performed badly compared to their benchmark.

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust Limited, a fund managed by Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), has confirmed unaudited Net Asset Value (NAV) per ordinary share of 88.3p, marking an increase of 3.5% for the first quarter of 2021. This has resulted in a NAV total return, including dividends,

Edinburgh-based accountancy firm Steedman has added to its expertise in the blockchain and digital asset sphere by becoming a member of industry trade body CryptoUK. These moves will enable Steedman to contribute to the development of fit-for-purpose regulatory frameworks and to access and liai

Jason Collins, partner at Pinsent Masons, looks at efforts to ensure tech giants pay their taxes HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) believes that US-based multinational businesses may have underpaid £4.6 billion of UK tax last year, up 35 per cent from £3.4bn in 2017.Figures obtai

Aviva's UK and Ireland general insurance chief executive Jason Storah has avoided answering questions around the impact of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) investment on the workforce as it continues to adopt the technology. Mr Storah acknowledged that the firm was exploring "how many people do we n

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) argues that it’s time for an alternative to the traditional limited liability company. An ACCA report argues that the legal form of the limited company leads to a damaging single focus on financial results at the cost of the environment

Glasgow-based investment firm Turner has appointed Jason Cohen as investment director. Turner is fourth generation family business which has been building private companies for more than 100 years. Its portfolio of businesses’ turnover is in excess of £90 million with a combined balance

Tweed Wealth Management’s has opened a new office in London in response to growing demand for its tailored services for athletes. The expansion of firm's sports division, Tweed Sports, marks a significant milestone in the firm’s ambition to support more sports professionals with the fina