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Consilium Chartered Accountants has provided financial due diligence services to the Foresight Group as part of its investment in Scottish business, MyWay Digital Health. MyWay Digital Health – a spin-out from the University of Dundee – is a digital healthcare solutions provider. Its foc

The head of Deloitte's Aberdeen office, Hazel Gray, remains confident in the city's future, even as the Big Four firm proceeds with a review of its UK internal services teams that will lead to job cuts.

Aberdeen City Council has successfully recovered over £1 million embezzled by a former senior official, allowing more than £300,000 in council tax to be returned to residents.

Edinburgh-headquartered software firm Craneware plc has announced a 10% increase in its total dividend after reporting strong financial results for the year ending 30 June 2025. The company, which specialises in the US healthcare market, saw statutory profit before tax jump by 52% to $24 million (c.

More than 80% (eight in ten) of the UK public and professionals see accountants as experts in their field, but a lack of understanding of the role remains, according to new research from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). The findings, published in a ‘Society First&rsqu

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has appointed a new chair following its 23rd Annual General Meeting last week. After nine years of dedicated service, five of them as chair, Robin Hill has stepped down from SBHA’s board of management. He is succeeded as chair by Ian McDonald, a Char

RSM UK has appointed Grant Morrison as its new office managing partner in Aberdeen. Since joining RSM in 2021 as an audit partner, Mr Morrison has led and built the firm’s audit practice in Aberdeen, and also leads RSM’s oil and gas sector team across the UK. 

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused to allow the director of a liquidated company who was also the director of a creditor of that company to act as lay representative for the latter after finding that he was not a suitable person to act as the defender’s representative. Pursuer Colin Hastings

Hundreds of Scottish construction professionals will converge on Glasgow tomorrow to call for action to address the crisis facing the industry.

An Oregon man who won $5,000 (c. £3,700) a week for life from the Publishers Clearing House (PCH) sweepstake is now facing financial ruin after the firm filed for bankruptcy and didn't inform him.

Unity Trust Bank has promoted Scott Hutchinson to regional director for the North & Scotland, as the ethical bank continues to strengthen its senior leadership in the regions. Mr Hutchinson first joined Unity in 2019 as a relationship manager and was most recently deputy regional director (North

Edinburgh-based Ooni, at-home pizza oven brand, has announced a strategic leadership evolution to position the company for future growth, product expansion and long-term profitability. As the brand celebrates a milestone of $1 billion (c. £750 million) in sales and nearly 3M ovens sold globall

Investment manager Baillie Gifford is repositioning its global workforce in response to evolving market conditions, a move that is expected to lead to fewer than 50 redundancies.

Economists predict the Bank of England will hold UK interest rates at 4% until at least early 2026, as policymakers remain cautious amid persistent inflation and a weakening economy. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is widely expected to keep the base rate unchanged at its meeting on Thurs

US financial giant BlackRock is set to nearly double its 800-strong workforce in Edinburgh with the opening of a new office, spearheading a major wave of American investment into the UK’s financial sector.