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Weak income growth and rising housing costs have effectively wiped out any gains for low and middle income working age households since the early 2000s, providing the backdrop to disillusionment with the political and economic status quo, according to a major new report published today by the Resolu

Back row l to r: Hazel Pratt, Alan Davis, David Smith. Front row l to r: Bill Grierson, Alison Beattie, David Forrest Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm Henderson Loggie, which employs around 200 people across offices in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, has strengthened its tax

L-R Simon Whiteside, Claire Evans, Laura Mair, Karen Davidson, Stewart Mathieson EY Scotland has signalled its continued investment and growth in Scotland with three new senior appointments to its tax team.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has opened an investigation into PwC's audit of collapsed retailer BHS. The accountancy regulator said its probe was into the year ending 30 August 2014, when the firm was still owned by Sir Philip Green.

Derek MacKay More than £62 million is expected to have been raised in tax revenue from the Scottish Government’s doubling of the supplement rate applicable to large businesses.

UK insurance giant Aviva, which employs about 1,300 staff at its hub in Perth, has moved to calm fears over its position after its share price fell from 444.5p on Thursday to close at 378.1p on Friday, as markets reacted to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Despite a further 4 per ce

Tristam Horn, Deepwater Oil Tools, Ed Nimmons and Richard Nimmons of Dry Ice Scotland. Two Aberdeen-based start-up companies – which have developed technologies aimed at saving the oil and gas industry money - are celebrating after being awarded £140,000 in Scottish EDGE funding.

David Menzies David Menzies is director of insolvency at ICAS.

French Duncan's new IT director Andrew Guy (left) is welcomed to the company by managing partner Graeme Finnie. Scottish accountancy firm French Duncan has appointed a new director to drive forward the company’s online and cloud-based services.

Trading in shares in Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays was suspended today after stocks continued their dramatic post-Brexit plummet when markets opened again this morning. Edinburgh-based RBS, which is 73 percent owned by the UK government, and Barclays both fell more than ten per cent by mid-mor

Rodney Bonnard Rodney Bonnard is head of UK insurance, head of P&C risk and actuarial at EY

Noele McClelland Noele McClelland is a partner and head of employment law at Thorntons Law LLP

Martin Bell An emergency budget drawn up as a result of last week’s vote to leave the European Union could have significant tax implications, according to a leading Scots accountant.

A survey of British businesses carried out by the Institute of Directors has revealed that the vast majority are bracing themselves for the negative impact of the Brexit vote as they prepare to cut investment and move activity overseas. The IoD found that 64 per cent of its members expect ‘Brexitâ

Gross mortgage lending reached £18.2 billion in May, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Lending was 4 per cent higher than April (£17.6 billion), and 14 per cent higher than May 2015 (£16 billion), and the highest May figure since 2008 when gross lending reached £23.7 billion.