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Independent financial advisory firm, Phil Anderson Financial Services, has been hailed as one of the best financial advisers to work for in this year’s national Professional Adviser Awards. The Ellon-based company, which now has a headcount of 19 staff across its offices, is the only Scottish

Accountancy and business advisory firm Henderson Loggie has strengthened its audit team with the appointment of charity specialist Keith Macpherson as its new partner. Mr Macpherson, who takes up the role from his position as audit director and head of not-for-profit at Johnston Carmichael, brings w

Confida FM, an Ayrshire-based business, specialising in commercial facilities management, has grown three-fold after pivoting its business model during the pandemic, thanks to a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland.

Scottish accountancy firm William Duncan + Co Ltd has announced that the final total raised by its Kiltwalk team has reached £7,500.

Alvarez & Marsal, the joint administrator of the former private healthcare company NMC Health, has filed a High Court claim of at least $2.5 billion against the firm's former auditor, EY. Yesterday, Alvarez & Marsal revealed that as part of its "wide-ranging investigation into the situation"

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has confirmed three senior promotions in Scotland as part of its UK-wide growth. Chris McLauchlan, Lisa Dromgoole and Emily Pike from the firm’s Edinburgh office have been appointed as partners.

A recent drug bust saw a sheriff arrest his own daughter for alleged possession of methamphetamine. “Methamphetamine does not discriminate and neither do we,” said Florida's Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith in a Facebook post.

Rockstar Games, the Edinburgh-based games company that created Grand Theft Auto, was given £64 million in tax credits during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the growing demand for video games. The firm claimed the money in the year to March 2021 through the Video Games Tax Relief scheme, which

Consumer confidence in Scotland has fallen to a record low, dropping five percentage points to -16%, according to the latest Deloitte Consumer Tracker. Scottish consumer confidence in the state of the economy has dropped by eight percentage points to -71%, a less dramatic decline when compared to th

A prosecutor has apologised after controversially proposing an annual hunting season for feral cats. Bill Hayes, a county prosecutor in Ohio, made the comments as part of his campaign to be elected as county commissioner, a prominent post in local government."

Angelique Bret, partner and specialist in consumer law at Pinsent Masons, discusses the implications for businesses who break UK consumer protection law. Businesses that breach UK consumer protection laws will be subject to fines of up to 10 per cent of their annual global turnover under proposed ch

BurnoBennie Distillery, an independent distillery based in Aberdeenshire, has announced its first exclusive collaboration with Fierce Brewery that will continue to revolutionise the process for producing its spirit. An industry first, Burnobennie and Fierce are adopting a beer-driven approach to dis

NatWest Group has posted its first-quarter results, revealing operating profits before tax of £1.24 billion, compared to the £885m reported in the first quarter of 2021. The bank also announced a £38m impairment release, compared to a £98 release in the same period of 2021.

The value of homes sold by Scottish estate agency and legal firm Lindsays has topped £200 million for the first time.

Annual UK house price growth slowed modestly to 12.1% in April, down from 14.3% in March, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.