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Fraser Porter (right) and Graeme Allan Accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown has announced the appointment of Fraser Porter as partner, responsible for the firm’s wealth management division.

Scotland’s tech sector is now worth £3.9bn with digital tech turnover per employee hitting £80,000 and the number of jobs in digital tech in Scotland hitting 48,448 in 2017, up 8 per cent on 2016’s total.

Roddy Harrison Law firm Dentons has appointed partner Roddy Harrison to the Firm's Private Client and Charities team within the UK Tax department.

Caroline Gardner A deal to harmonise staff pay at a cost of £50m a year will absorb projected savings from the reform of Scotland's colleges, says the Auditor General.

Scotland’s traditional short-term rental sector continues to make a significant impact on the Scottish economy, a new report has found.

Sandy Manson Johnston Carmichael has been appointed by Royal Bank of Scotland to carry out an independent review into ten branches earmarked for closure.

John Macintosh Scottish economic growth is set to recover this year but remain below trend, according to analysis by the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute and Deloitte.

Bruce Farquhar and Murray McCall Anderson Strathern has secured a series of client appointments during the first half of 2018, helping to increase year-on-year revenue at the firm.

Britain's most northerly community is to become the first to benefit from acquiring a publicly owned asset from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) through an Asset Transfer under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.

A looming crisis over the failure of cross-border financial contracts post-Brexit is posing a significant risk to financial stability and the personal finances of millions of people, according to TheCityUK.

Michael Reid Michael J M Reid, licensed insolvency practitioner and partner of Meston Reid & Co, chartered accountants in Aberdeen explores the impact on directors when firms go under

Kayleigh Milne Inverurie-based Kayleigh Milne of Johnston Carmichael has been named Young Accountant of the Year at the Scottish Accountancy and Finance Awards following a string of world-leading exam successes.

Ian McHardy HRC Recruitment has expanded into Dundee with the opening of a new city centre office, which will be led by industry stalwart Ian McHardy.

Professor Mark Hart Scotland’s small and medium-sized enterprises are growing more slowly than their counterparts in the rest of the UK, according to an annual health-check of UK SMEs.

Frans Woelders Royal Bank of Scotland's incoming chief digital officer is set to take up the newly created position, signalling what the lender said marked a “fundamental shift in gear to build world class digital services for personal and small business customers”.