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Mark Stewart Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has appointed a new managing partner for its Edinburgh office as part of the firm’s continued growth plans.

The number of Scots entering insolvency solutions has held steady compared to a year ago, according to latest figures released by Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB). Statistics show there were 2,472 total personal insolvencies, which include awards of bankruptcy and protected trust deeds, in the second

Angela Mitchell Scots have felt the least effects of government spending cuts, with 77 per cent saying they had felt “not very much” or “no impact at all”, a new survey carried out for Deloitte has found.

Ross McEwan Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s decision to dismiss the “most serious allegations” levelled against the bank’s controversial Global Restructuring Group (GRG) in a move that campaigners have immediately branded a "w

Aberdeenshire-based craft brewery BrewDog says it has raised over £1 million less than two days into the latest round of it record-breaking crowdfunding scheme, Equity for Punks. Beer fans clamoured to invest in the brewery which is valued at £1 billion, with over one thousand new investors buying

Lord Adair Turner (Image courtesy of The Royal Society) Two leading economists will say today that Scotland’s economy can be transformed for the better through large-scale investment in the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Whilst corporate reporting by large listed companies is generally good, detailed explanations and clarity could still be better, according to accountancy watchdog the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Annual Review of Corporate Reporting.

The Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary was delivered using private finance Two of Scotland’s most renowned economists have called for an urgent and independent root and branch review of the quango responsible for the country’s privately financed infrastructure projects.

Alex Ogilvie A Scottish tech firm backed by the Scottish Investment Bank and supported by accountants Johnston Carmichael, is seeking to raise further finance to fund expansion in the US for its online retail marketplace listings products.

Andrew Bailey The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has succumbed to mounting political pressure and agreed to Treasury Committee’s demands for the appointment of a legal adviser to study the watchdog's report into misconduct at 73 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland’s now notorious GRG

Andrew Fraser Resolving the legacy of non-performing loans (NPL) is critical to the recovery of bank credit, investment and economic growth in Europe, according to Edinburgh-based investment firm Standard Life Investments.

Edinburgh-based Lloyds Banking Group has rejected a last-ditch bid to settle a legal claim over the disastrous merger that created Britain’s biggest high street lender, days before the high profile trial kicks off. On the eve of the case that will see appearances from some of the UK’s most promi

Cat MacLean, MBM Commercial partner Cat MacLean, who is one of Scotland’s leading legal authorities on banking misconduct, has told Sir William Blackburne, the retired High Court judge installed as the independent arbiter of the scheme set up by Royal Bank of Scotland to compensate victims of the

Unsecured debt, amassed primarily on credit cards, student loans, car financing and overdrafts, has reached an all-time high of close to £300 billion, or £11,000 per UK household, growing at a faster rate than at any time in the past 15 years, PwC’s latest Precious Plastics report has found.

Simon Cowie Aberdeen accountancy and business advisory practice Infinity Partnership has won at the British Accountancy Awards for the third year in a row.