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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has strengthened its Going Concern audit standard. The FRC revised its Going Concern standard in response to recent enforcement cases and well-publicised corporate failures where the auditor’s report failed to highlight concerns about the prospects of enti

Kirsty Ross, head of KPMG's family business consultancy in Scotland, looks at how family businesses have become trailblazers for women in business. In recent years, the impact and the make-up of family businesses has transformed.

Offshore private registers detailing who owns which companies in the Channel Islands are to be made public. The move follows sustained pressure on the islands to do their part of tackle tax avoidance.

The proposed Scottish Stock Exchange, due to launch later this year, is to locate its headquarters at 39 George Street, Edinburgh, having signed an initial four year lease with Crown Estate Scotland for 7,800 sq. ft (725 sq. m) of office accommodation. Project Heather, the team assembled to establis

Agreements between businesses and individuals occur on a daily basis, but what does it take to make them legally binding? Peter Begbie, a solicitor at Brodies, explains  

Scottish Edge has announced its first dual city final, taking the UK’s largest funding competition to Glasgow for the first time since its inception in 2013. University of Strathclyde’s state-of-the-art Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC) will play host to day one of the two-day Scott

iMultiply, the finance and executive search specialists with bases in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast, has posted record year-end profits. The recruitment company credit a 44 per cent increase in turnover, prestigious clients including DC Thomson, Innis and Gunn, Visit Scotland, Money Dashboard and E

The impact Brexit is having on people working in the UK's financial services industry has been revealed by data collected by Artificial Intelligence platform, Talent Ticker. 

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it is considering changes to the way in which commission works in the motor finance sector after uncovering serious concerns about the way in which lenders are choosing to reward car retailers and other credit brokers.  The findings form part of the fi

The Future Female Business Leaders Programme has launched nationwide today with some of the most recognisable and successful Scottish businesswomen leading the way to developing and growing women-led businesses and women in leadership positions. This new partnership, supported by the First Mini

The latest Scottish Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Economic Indicator survey for Q4 of 2018 shows Brexit uncertainty and rising cost pressures take toll on the Scottish economy as investment slows down. Raw material prices are cited as a leading cost pressure for Construction, Manufacturing, Retail/W

By Emma MacArthur, Manager at Scott-Moncrieff  

Workers in Scotland take over 800,000 days off a year due to money worries, according to landmark research released today from pension and investment company, Aegon.

Scottish retailers will face at least an extra £16 million on their annual business rates bill from April 2019, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has said. The retail body warned that the figure could be even higher if the Scottish Government resumes using RPI to calculate inflation, instead of

Simon Cowie Infinity Infinity Partnership, the Aberdeen-based accountancy and business advisory firm, has been nominated for 12 national awards.