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Scotland has improved its performance in PwC’s Women in Work Index thanks to advances in the country’s gender pay gap and an increased share of women in full-time employment.

The Executive Counsel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has imposed sanctions against KPMG and Mr Michael Neil Frankish in relation to their audits of Revolution Bars Group Plc for the financial years ended 30 June 2015 and the 53 weeks ended 2 July 2016. Mr Frankish performed the role of Aud

The consulting arm of Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled business-critical services group, has partnered with the University of Glasgow to co-author a paper about the transformation of student assessment and feedback in Higher Education (HE). As the University of Glasgow’s t

Big Four accountancy firms EY and Deloitte have announced that they will close their operations in Russia in the wake of the country's invasion of Ukraine. EY has revealed that it will cut its 4,700-person business in Russia, while Deloitte announced yesterday that it would separate its operations i

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has warned MPs that a lack of clarity around the purpose of legislation creating a register of overseas entities owning UK property could leave many people disappointed that it will not achieve what they expect it to. Legislation creating the register appea

Family-run commercial textile manufacturing business The Beal Group has completed an ambitious relocation and expansion project allowing for diversification into net-zero business growth opportunities. With a £4 million injection of funding, part supported by Scottish Enterprise, the company h

Scottish financial planning firm Acumen Financial Planning is breaking the stereotypical bias in the financial sector with 83% of females in the company holding a senior position. Despite women being more represented in the financial services, making up 50% of the workforce, research shows only 18%

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has welcomed the Scottish Parliament’s inquiry into the challenges faced by people with low income and debt problems but, has questioned whether it is a missed opportunity. With inflation rising to 5.2% last year and energy regulator Ofgem announcing th

With job vacancies in the UK reaching a record high, new research from Grant Thornton UK finds that the ‘great resignation’ is severely impacting Scotland’s mid-market. Of the 50 mid-sized businesses in Scotland surveyed for the firm’s latest Business Outlook Tracker, over ha

House prices in Scotland have increased by 14% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the average price of a property reaching £193,777 in February.

A record-breaking cache of weapons seized by Spanish police and believed to be linked to terrorism were just movie props, it has emerged. Police believed they had successfully traced the weapons used in a 2014 attack on a Jewish museum in Belgium to an antiques store in Bilbao, where they found arou

Over 1.8 million adults in Scotland have seen their finances get worse during the Covid pandemic, according to new analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS).

Dyce-based RenQuip, a new tool manufacturing and equipment rental company that will bridge the gap between the hydrocarbon and renewables sectors, has been launched by two experienced industry professionals. Marc Gerrard and John Morgan have combined their 50-plus years energy industry experience to

A new partnership approach launched by the Scottish Government will be embedded across the education and skills system to ensure employers and government are working together to deliver training opportunities for the new green jobs of the future. Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformat

IDCP Scotland, a life science company based in Glasgow, is aiming to become a R&D hub for digital medical technologies after receiving early-stage support from Scottish Enterprise.