A one-week work placement has led to a promising career for an Aberdeen trainee, who has become one of the youngest in Scotland to complete their financial diploma. Having joined Acumen Financial Planning from school, Andrew McRae has combined working and studying and recently passed his R02 Level 4
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The number of UK consumers who have adopted a more sustainable lifestyle has risen in the past year, but cost is proving to be a barrier for those wanting to make more sustainable and ethical purchasing decisions, according to new research from Deloitte. According to Deloitte’s Sustainable Con
With the price of food, fuel, energy, clothes, travel costs and rent continuing to increase as inflation rises, Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisors, is advising SMEs to adopt a ‘trench warfare mentality’ and adapt their covid working from home plans to help employers an
Construction firms should assess the tax relief available to them for commercial building projects, according to Dundee-based EQ Accountants. Along with the recent increases in the cost of living, commercial building projects have seen significant increases in costs in terms of materials, transport,
Banff-based Anderson & Co, set up by Arlene Anderson, has merged with Moray-based accountancy firm Ritsons. The merger sees Anderson & Co’s team join Ritsons to serve communities across the North East of Scotland and the Highlands with accountancy and business advice.
With Scottish Engineering’s latest survey revealing that rising prices and skills shortages are causing concern among engineering companies, requiring them to consider innovation, product leadership and efficiency drives, Wylie & Bisset, accountants and business advisors, is advising engin
Highly attractive BIK (benefit in kind) rates for electric cars and increasing concerns over climate change is driving soaring employee demand for company supplied electric cars according to Azets, the regional adviser to SMEs. The annual income tax and NIC costs for a £15356 petrol Corsa SE f
EY has been fined $100 million (£82m) after its audit professionals were caught cheating in exams required for obtaining and maintaining their certified public accountant (CPA) licenses.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) is joining an accountancy led social mobility initiative to teach school children essential life skills. ICAS is one of 16 new partners of social mobility initiative Rise, which launched last year to help young people from low socio-economic
Gordon Couch, a financial adviser who scammed a Scottish widow with dementia, is being pursued for £762,597 under proceeds of crime laws. Mr Couch was convicted of embezzling £170,000 belonging to Marjorie Stewart before and after her death in an Edinburgh nursing home. He admitted
Deloitte has announced more than 250 promotions in Scotland, including four new partners, as the firm bolsters its leadership team and Scottish practice. Sharon Lee, Kevin Johnson and Hayley Baker have all been promoted to partner and are based in Edinburgh, and Michael Buckley has been promoted to
Forty jobs in Lanarkshire have been saved after FRP Advisory, the administrators of Dawnfresh Seafoods Limited, secured a going-concern sale of the Uddingston fish processing facility to fast-growing Peterhead-based seafood business, Thistle Seafoods Limited. The Uddingston site extends to over 100,
HMRC failed to collect over £30 billion in 2021, according to new figures. Figures published by the tax authority revealed £32bn in tax went unpaid in the 2020-21 financial year. This marks 5.1% of the total that HMRC is owed.
Aberdeen-headquartered finance advisory specialists Hutcheon Mearns is opening a dedicated service hub in Norwich, offering its full services to East Anglia in response to increased demand for its finance people advisory and business advisory specialisms in the region. The continued national growth
Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs from Interpath Advisory have been appointed as joint liquidators of Scottish bar operator Macmerry300 Ltd. The administrators were appointed yesterday.