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Chas Roy-Chowdhury The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is reminding the rising numbers of self-employed not to overlook the July 31 self-assessment tax payment deadline before their summer holiday getaway, or they risk hefty penalties when they return home.

Over-40s are increasingly looking to improve their physical health but their financial security is less of a priority, according to new research by life and pensions giant Prudential.

Caroline Connellan Edinburgh-based AIM Listed investment management group Brooks Macdonald has reported a strong end to its final quarter, ending the financial year with record funds under management of £10.5 billion, an increase of 25.9 per cent over the year and 5.3 per cent over the quarter.

A divorcee who disputed the interpretation of a factor in a formula governing the valuation of a person’s rights or interests in a pension arrangement has had her appeal unanimously allowed but justices in the Supreme Court. Mr McDonald (the respondent) worked as a miner for British Coal. He join

Aberdeen and Edinburgh will suffer twice as much as UK average in Tory-led ‘hard’ Brexit’, according to a new London School of Economics (LSE) report.

Ross McEwan The Royal Bank of Scotland today confirmed that it has convinced the European Union of the merits of its plan to inject £835 million into boosting competition in the banking industry as an alternative to having to sell-off its tranche of Williams & Glyn branches.

Lloyds Banking Group has today posted half-year pre-tax profits of £2.5 billion, 4 per cent higher than last year, as it also revealed that it has set aside another £1 billion to cover the cost of insurance mis-selling and the treatment of its mortgage customers.

Howard Archer Latest official figures have today revealed that the UK economy grew by just 0.3 per cent in the three months to June.

Standing Stone on Ulva (Image: Rob Farrow) The sale of an island in the inner Hebrides that was put on the market this month with a price tag of £4.25 million has been halted after last ditch plans for a community buyout emerged.

Richard Davies TSB has announced the appointment of Richard Davies as commercial banking director – a newly created role within the challenger bank’s executive team to spearhead the Bank’s ramp up in business banking.

Over two-thirds of businesses across the Highlands and Islands believe membership of the European single market and free movement of people are important to the Scottish economy, new research has revealed.

The Scottish Government has awarded a new contract to Allia with a commitment to invest a further £25 million in the finance provider’s bond programme for Scottish housing associations.

Colleen Welsh Thirteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2017.

The Financial Conduct Authority has approved the marriage of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management three weeks prior to completion of the mega merger.

Maggie Craig The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced the appointment of Maggie Craig as its new boss in Scotland.