Accountancy

Millions of users and businesses, including those in financial services, have been affected by Microsoft’s global outage. Users in as many as 74 countries and territories are unable to access their emails and other programmes, including Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams and other cloud-based produ

Two Scottish accountants have taken a senior role at global accountancy body ACCA. Azets director of accounts and business advisory service Graham Parker has been elected to the to the governing body of accountancy body ACCA.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK has hired Catriona Ingram as tax manager. Ingram is expected to play a pivotal role as the key client contact for tax compliance. She has spent most of her career managing compliance engagements for large multinationals in the oil and gas industry.

Professional services and accounting firm Wbg has relocated its East Kilbride office to Eurocentral. The move to Maxim 1, Maxim Park, comes on the back of the firm’s own growth within Lanarkshire, necessitating larger and more accessible accommodation to service the requirements of its staff a

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Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has promoted three people to partner in Scotland. The new partners are Claire Robertson, who joins the consulting, risk & outsourcing team; Ally Rolland, who joins the business restructuring team; and Craig Goold, who joins the deals team.

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FRP Advisory has promoted Graham Smith to partner, as part of its plans to strengthen its senior restructuring advisory team in the north east of Scotland. Mr Smith joined FRP in 2013 and has worked in restructuring advice and formal insolvency appointments in the Aberdeen area since 1998. He suppor

Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has appointed Angela Banerjee as a tax director specialising in R&D tax relief. She has more than  15 years’ experience across a number of advisory firms as well as expertise in advising innovative businesses on the patent box regime, where p

Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte was found to have helped falsify documents to hide Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s wealth and evade tax. The firm signed off accounts in Cyprus, meaning assets such as mansions, private jets and superyachts worth £508m disappeared from the former Ch

Greig McKnight, centre, Regional Managing Director for Scotland, with newly promoted Partners, from left: Michael Walker, Audit; Graeme Dreghorn and Will Bleasdale, and Victoria Walker, Jennifer Spence and David Samborek   

Early-career accountants  and finance professionals believe they will depend on AI for future career success, according to a new survey. Findings from accountancy and book keeping platform Intuit QuickBooks, revealed that around 90% said they will be better equipped to use AI compared to future

Wirecard whistleblower Pav Gill has launched a new agentic governance platform bringing governance, risk and compliance (GRC) into one system to end reliance on a "patchwork of disconnected point solutions". Confide will give professionals a shared environment in which to set the standard for how GR

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has extended Making Tax Digital for Income Tax to landlords and sole traders earning more than £30,000 to kick off from April 6, 2027. The UK Government's tax agency urged landlords and sole traders to act now, explaining that customers who sign up early have more

The UK association for restructuring, turnaround and insolvency professionals has welcomed the Insolvency Service's new five-year strategy promising to crack down on abusive business practices and resolve insolvencies faster. Chief executive of R3, Caroline Summers, said the group welcomed the focus