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Boris Bronfentrinker Credit card company MasterCard is being sued for £14 billion over claims it overcharged 46 million customers in what is the largest legal claim in British history. The case marks the first major case under a new system for class action lawsuits by multiple claimants. The credit

Alasdair Irvine Alasdair Irvine is a solicitor at MacRoberts LLP principally concerned with health & safety, cyber security compliance and the defence of white collar crime.

Derek Blaik Grant Thornton has appointed a new associate director as it continues to drive forward its wealth advisory growth strategy in Scotland.

Simon Glazier and Amanda Ollason Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) have announced the promotion of two members of their management team to senior manager positions.

Consumers in Scotland are enjoying their best start to the year since the financial crisis and are contributing to an upbeat business outlook despite increasingly depressed global economic concerns, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants BDO. BDO’s employment index, which in

Fraser Oliver Scottish law firm Digby Brown has reported revenues for its financial year ending March 2015 were up 5 per cent to hit £24.6 million and up from the £23.4m taken in the previous year.

Edinburgh-based financial recruitment specialist Core-Asset Consulting has been appointed by global equity asset manager Kiltearn Partners as its sole recruitment partner. Kiltearn Partners becomes the second of Core-Asset’s clients to adopt its Principal Recruitment Partner (PRP) model after the

As the price of Brent crude fell below $40 this week for the first time since the financial crisis, global accountants KPMG have branded the crashing value of the commodity "the nightmare before Christmas". KPMG says some companies are running out of options other than shutting down oil fields earli

Scotland's public spending watchdog has found no evidence of fraud or corruption in Celtic's purchase of land for their Lennoxtown training complex. However, the investigation by Audit Scotland did raise a series of weaknesses in the financial monitoring arrangements by the various public bodies inv

John Swinney Transforming how money is used for social good – and to create a fairer society across Scotland – will be in the spotlight in Edinburgh next month, at the country’s first conference focused on social finance.

George Osborne The UK government is bringing forward legislation to improve the governance of the Bank of England and consolidate its financial regulation powers.

Government take Lloyds stake down to 17%

Sir Phillip Hampton Royal Bank of Scotland bosses yesterday came under fire from the still 80 per cent state-owned bank’s angry shareholders who called for answers over a litany of issues still plaguing the lender.

Charles Barnett The global financial crisis has put risk management at the top of agenda for law firm bosses and the next five years will see a radical departure from the traditional law firm C-suites, according to a new report from accountancy and advisory firm BDO.

Lord John McFall Scottish accounting trade body ICAS has appointed Lord John McFall to its council as a public interest member following Stagecoach co-founder Sir Brian Souter'snomination as vice president of the institute.