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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.

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) chair, Ashley Alder, faced calls to resign at the regulator's first public annual meeting in Edinburgh, as whistleblowers and campaigners challenged its decision to let one of its own non-executive directors investigate how it dealt with Simon Andreisz before

Scottish Friendly has appointed Scott McNeill as its new chief financial officer (CFO), subject to regulatory approval, ahead of the proposed OneFamily merger. McNeill who is currently chief actuary at Scottish Friendly, will succeed Alan Rankine, who has decided to step down from his role as CFO to

The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Catriona Penny as its new venture banking director, to support Scotland's most ambitious high growth companies and the investors backing them. Venture Banking supports founders and investors at critical moments of growth, providing specialist capabilities, in

Chancellor John Healey has promised to restore hope to the UK through "fiscal discipline," supporting "good work" and "strong industries," in a major speech ahead of the Budget. Mr Healey used his speech at the Labour Party Conference to focus on fiscal policy, stating that it was "not progressive"

FirstGroup has announced the completion of its £90m group section pension liabilities buy-in.  The Aberdeen-headquartered company said around £22m of its group section escrow had been utilised to complete the transaction. The group said that £17.5m had been returned to the gro