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Graham Sharp A £1 million fraud perpetrated at Dundee City Council from 2009-2016 was the result of failures in fundamental controls within the council’s financial systems, the Accounts Commission has found.

Scottish siblings are happy to share, and the Bank of Brother and Sister may be just as generous as the Bank of Mum and Dad, new research has found.

Capital risk Residents of Edinburgh are the second-most likely in the UK to choose an adventurous investment portfolio for their ISA savings number, according to research on the saving and investment habits of Brits from investment platform Moneybox.

Gordon McArthur Glasgow-based financial cloud provider Beeks has announced its entry into the cryptocurrency market via a collaboration with Gemini, a New York-based next-generation digital asset exchange and custodian.

Moya Rylands Demand for permanent professionals in Scotland rose by 25 per cent year-on-year to February 2018 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

Douglas Martin Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown has been named as the top dealmaker in Scotland for a 13th consecutive year after the firm completed the most deals in Scotland each year from 2005 – 2017.

Jamie Hepburn Scotland’s employment rate has fallen by 0.2 percentage points, with the employment rate below the UK average at 74.8 per cent.

Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Money CEO Jayne-Anne Gadhia Aberdeen Standard Investments and challenger bank Virgin Money have agreed to establish a new joint venture for the provision of asset management service to customers.

Gordon MacLure Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has been appointed administrator of Alan Grant Grampian and ACG Contracts which have folded with the loss off 33 jobs.

Ambitious plans for a multi-million pound hotel, food and retail village on the A9 have been unveiled today.

The average price of a property in Scotland in January 2018 was £148,512 – an increase of 7.3 per cent on January in the previous year and an increase of 1.4 per cent when compared to the previous month.

Calum Macdonald The first school leaver appointed by accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael has graduated as a chartered accountant.

Otago Lane GVA has announces the sale of a prime residential development site in the heart of Glasgow’s west end on behalf of a private client to Queensberry Properties Ltd.

Scottish Friendly has today launched a new investment brand, My Prime Investments, which it says aims to offer a low cost investment ISA to a higher net worth customer.

Catriona Finnie New lower-rate Scottish taxpayers could be required to pay out extra money to cover the tax relief currently received on their charitable donations. The news follows analysis by Edinburgh accountants Chiene + Tait of the Scottish tax bands which will come into effect this April.