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Shona McCusker In the wake of Carillion's collapse, Shona McCusker, a solicitor at Scottish law firm MacRoberts, looks at the contractual protections available to construction parties

David Rennie (left) and Neil Forbes

A discount on Nutella chocolate spread has resulted in violent scenes across a chain of French supermarkets, with some incidents even being described as riots, it has been reported.

Rain Newton-Smith Optimism in the UK’s financial services sector fell for the third consecutive quarter in 2017 in the three months to December, rounding off two years of continuous flat or worsening sentiment and the longest period of falling sentiment since the global financial crisis of 2008, t

Justin Cooper UK dividends soared 14.3 per cent to £28.5 billion in the third quarter, according to latest data.

Colin Dempster Last year saw the lowest number of profit warnings from Scottish listed companies since 2011, according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings report.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today opened an investigation under the Audit Enforcement Procedure in relation to KPMG’s audit of the financial statements of collapsed construction and services firm Carillion.

Barry Fraser Grant Thornton is to relocate its Aberdeen operation to the recently-opened, multi-million pound city centre Silver Fin development, as part of a long-term growth strategy in the North East of Scotland.

Aberdeen-based Acumen Financial Planning has been announced, for the second consecutive year, as the winner of Citywire, New Model Adviser of the Year Award - Scotland & Northern Ireland Region.

Alan Flower New UK Government legislation into payment practices is being overlooked by many Scottish businesses, analysis from KPMG in Scotland has found.

The level of protest votes by shareholders at FTSE 350 company annual meetings has tailed off from a peak six years ago but institutional investors remain concerned about excessive executive pay, a new analysis has found.

Sinclair Dunlop Third sector funder, Inspiring Scotland, has appointed Sinclair Dunlop of Epidarex Capital as chair of its Board of Trustees.

Online retail giant Amazon has unveiled a miniature rainforest of 40,000 plants which form the centrepiece of its $4 billion office expansion, including a 55ft tree transported from a farm in southern California.

Chris Orr One of Scotland’s leading livestock auctioneers, Lawrie & Symington, has appointed a new finance director.

Maggie McGhee The accountancy profession should identify more pro-active approaches to continue to improve social mobility, according to a new report from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).