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Union Street, Aberdeen. Fears over the future of oil and gas would persuade six-in-ten of Aberdeen’s next generation workforce to consider leaving the city, according to the latest Northern Lights survey by PwC Scotland.

Fifteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2016.

Fifteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2016. The global body of finance professionals said the list, which includes entries spanning six continents, recognises “the best and brightest Chartered Accountants who are making a diff

Independent Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew LLP has announced an increase in profits in its last financial year of over 18 per cent from £2.4m to £2.86m on the back of an increase in turnover of 6.7 per cent from £9.81m to £10.47m. The figures are incorporated in the firm’s Annual Report

Weak income growth and rising housing costs have effectively wiped out any gains for low and middle income working age households since the early 2000s, providing the backdrop to disillusionment with the political and economic status quo, according to a major new report published today by the Resolu

Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life has today announced that it is to be the title sponsor of the flagship Opening Event of the city’s world famous International Festival.

Royal Bank of Scotland has blown the whistle on its association with The Six Nations international rugby tournament. Still 73 per cent state-owned RBS has been the title sponsor of the Six Nations for 14 years, having agreed the tie-up in 2003.

More than 1 million 18-44 year-olds in Scotland (53 per cent) now say housing problems are forcing them to put their lives on hold, according to new research. YouGov, Shelter and Shelter Scotland have revealed how Britain’s housing shortage is reshaping the way millions of people live their lives

Martin Gill Business outputs and optimism about future growth have fallen as companies are uncertain of the current economic direction in Scotland, according to the latest "Business Trends Report" by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.

Alastair Duthie (left) and Richard Ward

Alistair Black Future increases to the National Living Wage (NLW) could affect up to 20 per cent of the workforce within four years, and the full impact may not have been considered by Scottish businesses unaffected by recent changes, according to accountants Johnston Carmichael.

William Duncan + Co, one of Scotland’s longest established Chartered Accountancy practices and business advisers, has announced a number of changes in the run up to the company’s 100th birthday, including the launch of a new corporate advisory division in Glasgow and the opening of new offices

UK banks were hit with charges totalling £880m between 2013 and 2015 over investment products and advice misselling, according to research from think tank New City Agenda. Almost £53bn was spent by the largest UK retail banks to pay for their misconduct across all products between 2000 and 2015, t

Vishal Chopra Grant Thornton has called for all parties in Holyrood to make tax simplification a post-election priority.

A customer services adviser based at a Glasgow branch of the Bank of Scotland has admitted embezzling £39,000 from the accounts of two elderly customers. The crimes of Sean Adams, 30, only came to light when the daughter of one of his victims checked her mother’s statement when she was no longer