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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

Paul Allan of Exchange Mortgages and Alan Reid of Cornerstone. A new “impartial mortgage advice and lending service” aimed at helping home-buyers from start to finish has been launched in Edinburgh.

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

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses, Scottish Financial Enterprise, Scottish Council for Development & Industry, Confederation of British Industry and Institute of Directors have collectively set out the most pressing issues they feel must be tackled if Scottish bus

Karen Briggs KPMG in the UK has appointed Karen Briggs, one of its most senior partners, to the newly created role of Head of Brexit following the outcome of the UK’s decision to leave the EU.

Wealth management and pension specialist Mattioli Woods, which has offices in Aberdeen and Glasgow, has said that it is expecting an increase in business as companies and employees seek its advice in the wake of the Brexit vote. The Leicester-based firm, which has ore than 400 employees looking afte

Lionel Messi (via Wikipedia) Lionel Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona footballer phenomenon has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud.

Sir Howard Davies As the pound today hit a fresh 31-year low against the dollar, the chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed that the 73 per cent state-owned lender acted to protect itself against such a plunge after Britain voted to leave the European Union last month.

Charity Bank has increased loans by over a quarter over the past 12 months year and is still confidently looking ahead, despite the uncertainties brought on by ‘Brexit’.The social finance body, which only provides loans to charities and social enterprises and tailors the terms of each loan to su

Mark Carney The Bank of England has has eased the rules around special capital requirements for banks in a move that it says potentially frees up £150bn for lending and help lubricate the UK's financial system.

Edinburgh-based jobs are expected to be included among more than 600 redundancies at Lloyds Banking Group as the lender continues to scale back its branch network and workforce. According to reports, all affected employees work in information technology and back-office roles and are being told of th

Jordan Stodart Jordan Stodart is co-founder of Orca Money

Glasgow Stock Exchange. Buchnan Street, Glasgow. (now the Urban Outfitters store). Scotland could be set to get its first independent stock exchange in 40 years.

PwC has held briefing sessions with clients on the implications of last week’s referendum result, led by David Glen, PwC’s Scottish head of tax; senior adviser on Devolution Michael Moore and Glasgow Office Senior Partner and head of deals Scotland, David Leslie. Commenting on the immediate outc

Ray Entwistle Auctioneers Bonhams has announced that veteran banker Ray Entwistle is to replace Simon Miller as chairman of its Scottish operation.