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Deloitte has decided to reintroduce in-person interviews for its UK graduate scheme, responding to concerns from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) over online cheating. The Big Four firm will return to face-to-face interviews from September for graduate and apprenticeship programmes.

Scotland's Finance Secretary Shona Robison has unveiled plans for up to £500 million in spending cuts to balance the Scottish government's budget amid "enormous and growing" financial pressure. Ms Robison told parliament that this fiscal year Scotland is projected to face an additional £

Scotland's private sector showed solid growth in July, driven mainly by the service sector, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The bank's latest Regional Growth Tracker data shows private sector firms across Scotland signalled a solid rise in activity at the start of the second half

Global accountancy body ACCA has called for the Scottish Government to increase the threshold at which charities have to complete an audit, to relieve time and cost pressure on hard-pressed charities. ACCA highlighted some of the problems facing charities requiring an audit, with smaller charities p

NatWest Group's shares surged to 7.5% in Friday's morning trading after the bank reported positive first-half results, raised its annual outlook, and announced a £2.5 billion mortgage portfolio acquisition from Metro Bank. Despite a 7.7% drop in total income to £7.13 billion, NatWest's p

A new image sharing platform which caters specifically for astronomers and astrophotographers has been launched by an Ayrshire entrepreneur following a six-figure investment. Picastro has been created by Tom McCrorie who has combined his passion and astrophotography skills with his career as a creat

Scottish veterinary diagnostics company, MI:RNA, has secured $4 million (around £3.13m) in Series A funding. Aiming to change the future of animal health treatments through improved, earlier diagnostics, the capital will be used to continue global growth plans and revolutionise animal health t

Scottish property taxes reached £628.1 million in the year to May 2024, a £8.5m increase on the previous year (£619.6m), according to DJ Alexander Ltd. The Scottish property firm said this growth in land and buildings transaction tax was largely driven by the additional dwelling su

Claire Ogston has been made partner at Blackadders LLP and appointed head of the firm’s residential property unit. She joined the firm’s Aberdeen team earlier this year as director of residential property, after having had more than 17 years’ experience in residential property. Ms

Marie Curie and KPMG UK have scooped up a Better Society award for best partnership with a national charity. KPMG selected Marie Curie as the firm’s National Charity Partner in 2021. The three-year partnership aims to improve end of life care for everyone through support in four key areas &nda

Property taxes in Scotland brought in £623.1 million over the last 12 months, according to DJ Alexander Ltd.

Law firm Burges Salmon has advised Edinburgh-based Calcivis, a biotech firm that aims to revolutionise early-intervention diagnostics in dentistry, on its £5 million investment. The Burges Salmon team advising Calcivis was led by senior associate Katie Carter, partner Danny Lee, solicitor Will

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a man who was due payments from a bank for mis-sold payment protection insurance following a 2019 decision that it could not set-off the payments against a discharged protected trust deed debt, upholding a sheriff’s decision that his claim had

Forres-headquartered spaceflight company Orbex has closed an update to its Series C funding round, securing a further £16.7 million from a consortium of six major investors. This latest injection of capital brings Orbex's total funds raised to an impressive £102m.

Edinburgh-based Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust, a £400 million company investing in UK-listed firms meeting its sustainable investing criteria, has reported strong results for the year ending 31 January 2024. The trust achieved a 6.7% NAV total return, outperforming the FTSE All-S