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The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has signed a three-year agreement with global trust, fund administration and corporate services provider, Vistra, to help them to recruit and develop key talent and to partner on events. Growing rapidly with more than 4,000 employees in 46 ju

Glasgow-based investment house Maven Capital Partners and the Scottish Investment Bank have announce the profitable exit from Incremental Group Holdings Limited, delivering a return more than four times the original investment for investors.

A no-deal Brexit is either “very likely” or “quite likely” according to 65 per cent of finance professionals in the latest Brexit Tracker Survey from accountancy professional body, ICAS in association with Scottish law firm Brodies LLP. The online sur

Following a strong performance in 2018, Scotland’s economic growth is forecast to fall in 2019 as pressure on the labour market intensifies and business investment remains subdued, according to the EY Scottish ITEM Club 2019 Forecast published today. While Scotland’s economy ou

Permanent roles in Scotland continued to be filled in November but at a rate of expansion that has now slowed for a second month running, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

Deloitte has appointed a new partner at its Aberdeen office as the business advisory firm continues to experience significant growth in the city.  Caroline Muir has more than 20 years’ experience in advising large corporates, high growth, family-owned and private equity-backed businesses

Glasgow-based chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has issued a timely reminder that the clock is ticking on the deadline for the first applications to the GP sustainability loan scheme. GPs in Scotland are being encouraged to apply for an interest-free secured premises loan of up to 20 per

Stirling businessman Euan Snowie has been banned from being a company director after allowing the transfer of company assets to the partnership firm of Euan Snowie Farms in order to help clear debts. Euan Fenwick Snowie (50), from Stirling, was given his disqualification order by Sheriff Mackie on F

In the same year as the catastrophic collapse of Carillion after KPMG gave the contractor’s accounts a clean bill of health, the global auditing firm has reported a significant leap in profits and corresponding average pay rise for its 635 partners. Only months after KPMG was accused by M

Scotland’s largest independent Accountancy and Business Advisory firm, Johnston Carmichael, has strengthened its leadership team in the Central Belt with two director promotions. Andrew Holloway becomes a director in the firm’s tax team, specialising in entrepreneurial tax

Aviva, Britain's biggest insurer, which employs 2,500 staff across hubs in Perth and Bishopbriggs, has submitted to mounting pressure to provide customers with a policy that does not penalise those who pay monthly. Following the claims that Aviva had been punishing loyalty, the firm has this week un

Finance secretary Derek Mackay has said he “sensed” that there is further scope to increase rates on Scots middle earners while high earners could be in line to receive the big tax cut.

TSB workers are to get a £1,500 Christmas bonuses to reward them for handling its disastrous IT meltdown this year, the bank has said. The bank is expected to report a loss this year and has yet to to resolve 66,000 out of 184,000 customer complaints lodged in the wake of a botched IT pla

UK app-based bank Monzo has announced today that is its latest crowdfunding drive has been fully subscribed after achieving a cash injection of £20 million in just over 50 hours.

Today the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published findings on how mortgage lenders treat customers who have long-term mortgage arrears and provide forbearance to affected customers. The FCA had previously identified that there was a trend of increasing long-term arrears cases, whilst the num