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The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has signed a three-year agreement with global trust, fund administration and corporate services provider, Vistra, to help them to recruit and develop key talent and to partner on events. Growing rapidly with more than 4,000 employees in 46 ju

The last three months have seen a significant year-on-year increase in the number of homes coming to market in east central Scotland, with the volume of insertions up 14.1 per cent compared to last year.

Scottish companies will be helped to trade internationally with up to £2 million in investment, over three years, as part of the Scottish Government’s export growth plan.

Royal Bank of Scotland has lodged an application at Scotland’s supreme civil court to transfer European clients of its NatWest Market business to its Dutch subsidiary to safeguard its business against a no-deal Brexit.

Wealth manager Charles Stanley has said its decision to open a new office in Aberdeen signals its “serious intentions” to expand north of the border. The firm said the team at its new office on the Granite City’s Carden Place will work with colleagues at its Edinburgh operation.

Anger over last month’s sale of Johnston Press has been re-ignited after the influential chairman of a parliamentary committee called for action from the pensions regulator. Christen Ager-hanssen, the biggest shareholder in the former Johnston Press, has branded the deal “shameful”

The Serious Fraud Office has seen the collapse of the trial of former senior Tesco executives over a £250m accounting scandal after a High Court judge slammed the SFO’s £10m case, saying it was so weak in certain areas it should not have been brought before a jury. Mr Jus

As we enter the season of giving and the coldest months of the year, Londoners walking the capital's streets can now make contactless donations to homelssness charities through a network of terminals across the city. The compact TAP donation points have so far been installed in 35 locations across L

Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs of KPMG have been appointed joint administrators of Invergordon construction firm Carbon Dynamic. Carbon Dynamic, or CLDB Limited, specialised in the design and manufacture of bespoke timber modular buildings, designed to be low-energy, highly-insulated and constructed f

Alan Gordon, principal commercial partner in the Glasgow North office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, considers the opportunities that challenger banks provide to the commercial property sector. Challenger banks have been nibbling at the ankles of major UK lending institutions with increasing enthus

Alan McIntosh discusses a recent case in Greenock Sheriff Court in which he was involved that raised some interesting questions about the effects of Time Orders under section 129 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. A hearing is scheduled for later this month. The Facts

Scottish businesses should prepare for a stricter enforcement of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 next year, Grant Thornton has warned. The business advisor has urged companies to implement a strategy for complying with the law, which makes firms strictly liable in criminal law for any facilitation of

Business advisory firm RSM UK has announced the appointment of Connor Agnew and Fiona Duncan as directors in its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. Mr Agnew, who will now lead RSM's M&A and private equity team in Scotland, joined RSM in 2008 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the firm. Bef

Business growth slowed in Scotland in November to the weakest rate in eight months, according to new analysis from Royal Bank of Scotland. The seasonally adjusted headline RBS PMI figure decreased to 52.2 in November. This was down from 53.4 in October and signalled the slowest expansion in private

The UK government has announced new measures aimed at preventing criminals abusing Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) to launder dirty money. Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst said the package of transparency and anti-corruption measures would ensure that Scottish Limited Partnerships "can still be