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KPMG has appointed three new directors to its tax and audit teams within its Scottish practice.  In Edinburgh, Craig Barrowman has been appointed director in the tax and legal team. He’s joined by tax director Ruth Wallace in Glasgow and Michelle Smarsh, who is promoted to audit dire

From today, 3.5 million eligible self-employed people in the UK will be able to claim for the second grant under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) - which gives financial support during the coronavirus crisis. 

Staff at Big Four accountancy firm PwC and asset manager company Schroders are to work from home permanently signalling a change to flexible working in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin Ellis, PwC’s chairman, has said thousands of the firm’s 22,000 UK staff will never retu

Online bank Monzo has topped the charts for customer service amongst UK banks in the latest Ipsos MORI Personal Banking Service Quality survey. Customers with personal current accounts were asked how likely they would be to recommend their provider, their provider’s online and mobile bank

Architecture practice 3DReid has secured a loan from Barclays through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The company has worked on a number of high-profile projects including designing the Emirates Arena & Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, the showpiece of the 2014 Glasgow Commonw

Edinburgh-based private bank Hampden & Co has posted continued strong growth in lending and deposits in the first half of 2020 despite the headwinds of the coronavirus pandemic.  Despite the COVID-19 lockdown and the reduction of UK base rates to historic lows, the bank grew its deposi

A new package of support for Renfrewshire businesses to tackle the immediate impact of coronavirus is now open for applications. The £1.3 million Renfrewshire Coronavirus Business Support Fund offers local businesses, including people self-employed, the opportunity to apply for:

Aberdeen-based plastic surgery firm Alpha Clinic has acquired established aesthetics business Innocent Aesthetics Ltd just months after opening in the West End of the city. Alpha Clinic is owned by Leah and Thanassi Athanassopoulos. The couple invested a six-figure sum earlier this year to

The UK housing market had its busiest month for a decade in July as the value of property sales reached a record £37 billion, according to Rightmove.

ISIS allegedly ran a coronavirus personal protective equipment (PPE) scam, according to the US Department of Justice (DOJ). 

Matt Henderson, restructuring partner at Johnston Carmichael, reflects on the speculation of imminent corporate failures in the UK stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.  There’s been a lot of concern expressed that an imminent rise in corporate failures is on the cards as soon as s

The Aberdeen New India Investment Trust, a fund managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments, has seen its Net Asset Value (NAV) drop by 22.7% for the year ended 31 March 2020.  The decline in NAV is compared to the MSCI India Index which dropped by 27.3%, both in sterling total return te

Andrew Hill discusses why offices are still going to be important to businesses and staff, despite the working from home (WFH) boom. We’re more than 20 weeks into lockdown and, if they haven’t already done so, many businesses are beginning to look at returning to their workplaces, a

According to the latest study from CV-Library, 65.5% of Scots have said they’re willing to reskill and retrain in a new line of work following the coronavirus pandemic as a lack of jobs forces people to consider searching in different sectors.

The launch of a new app-based exchange feature by Edinburgh-based Zumo, the cryptocurrency wallet and exchange platform, has led to a surge in user demand as new investors continue the move towards bitcoin.  The Zumo App’s GBP exchange function allows users to easily buy, sell, send and s