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New figures released today from PwC’s Skyval Index show the deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension funds stood at £560 billion at the end of 2016, £90 billion higher than at the start of 2016.

Edinburgh fund manager Martin Currie has seen its UK arm post a pre-tax loss of £8 million in the year to March 2016.

Carole Connor Alexander Sloan, the Scottish accountants and business adviser which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, has appointed Carole Connor as a new tax partner.

Martin Gill UK business confidence is rising fast on the back of an upbeat outlook for the UK economy, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO.

Graeme Allan Graeme Allan, managing partner at Aberdeen-headquartered accountancy practice Anderson Anderson Brown has spoken of the firm's ambitious plans to grow and expand throughout Scotland following one of its busiest ever years.

Scotland is one of the leading parts of the UK in terms of small business skills, despite a rising challenge amongst some small businesses around cyber security, according to findings from the third annual Bank of Scotland Business Digital Index.

One of the UK’s newest commercial property debt providers has completed its first Scottish deals seven months after launching in the real estate finance market.

Jenny Laing Senior figures representing Aberdeen City Council are to open the London Stock Exchange tomorrow to mark the Granite City’s pioneering bond issue.

Dundee-based Alliance Trust Savings has appointed Allison Fower as a new COO and head of intermediary sales.

The Green Party in Germany has said disabled people should be allowed to claim money from the government in order to buy sex on prescription. Elisabeth Scharfenberg, a member of the German parliament, said local authorities could pay for sex workers, who are increasingly being asked to work in the

December saw the steepest decrease in the number of people placed in permanent jobs by Scottish recruitment consultancies for seven-and-a-half years, according to the latest Markit Report on Jobs.

Neil Finnie Buccleuch Property has added to its development capability with the appointment of new Associate Director, Neil Finnie, whose role will be to focus on new business development and key strategic projects across the UK.

LINK, whose network connects nearly all of Britain’s ATMs, has revealed that Friday 23 December 2016 was an all-time record day for cash machine withdrawals.

Sultan Choudhury Just one month after establishing its presence as the only wholly Sharia compliant retail bank in Scotland, Al Rayan Bank today announced the launch of Sharia compliant Buy to Let Purchase Plans (BTLPPs) for the Scottish market.

Tom MacLennan FRP, the administrators of collapsed Glasgow rock music media business Team Rock have sold a raft of its assets in an £800,000 transaction.