KPMG has appointed Vishal Chopra as partner and its new head of tax in Scotland. Mr Chopra joins KPMG from Grant Thornton, where he held the equivalent role.
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MPs have launched an investigation into the UK's insolvency sector after criticism from businesses about their objectivity standards, according to The Times.
Furlough and other Government support measures appear to have stemmed a feared significant rise in corporate insolvencies in Scotland, according to the latest data from KPMG. In November, there were 35 administrations or liquidations in Scotland - 23 fewer than the same period last year. Meanwhile,
Catherine Burnet, KPMG’s regional chair for Scotland, looks back at the challenges Scotland’s faced in the last year, and what lies ahead. In January 2020, none of us could have anticipated the overwhelming scale of economic and societal challenge that COVID-19 would create – it go
UK ministers have distributed contracts of up to £288 million to consultants at Big Four accountancy firms KPMG and EY to train thousands of civil servants over the next four years. Both firms will design and deliver courses in everything from project management and leadership to training on M
The retail sales downturn continued in November, falling further into decline with 10.2% on a Total basis, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.
KPMG has set its sights on further growth in Aberdeen following the senior appointment of Carole Innes. Ms Innes will head up the firm’s Business Development strategy, with a particular focus on the energy sector and privately-owned companies serviced by KPMG’s growing Private Enterprise
Scotland's decades-long struggle with sluggish productivity is holding back its economic potential, a new report from the CBI and KPMG warns.
A former global CEO of accountancy giant KPMG has been appointed as chair of a new strategic board by the new Centre for Business, Climate Change and Sustainability (B-CCaS) at the University of Edinburgh. Mike Wareing CMG is an honorary professor at Edinburgh Business School, as well as former glob
Graeme Williams, director of M&A at KPMG in Scotland, considers the state of the deals market in Scotland. The last twelve months have taken their toll on Scotland’s economy with no sector or business left unscathed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scottish retailers will have to be innovative to survive this winter due to the double impact of Brexit and Covid-19, KPMG has warned. The Big Four accounting firm said its latest retail figures showed sales took a step back in October in a "miniature repeat" of the spring lockdown, with sales of fo
Black heritage business leaders have shared their personal stories of challenge and triumph in a KPMG UK event aimed at inspiring Scotland’s future business leaders. Despite ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, KPMG’s African & Caribbean Network in Scotland pushed ahead with their second a
Bill Michael, chairman and senior partner of KPMG UK, has told partners that the firm's board has decided to sell its UK restructuring arm because conflicts of interest and increased regulatory scrutiny are preventing it from securing new work. Yesterday, Mr Michael told the board that concerns
Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, the value of Venture Capital (VC) investment in Scottish scale-ups increased in the third of quarter of 2020, according to the latest data from KPMG's Private Enterprise’s Global Venture Pulse Survey. Between July and September of this year, VC deal volume
Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs of KPMG were yesterday appointed as joint liquidators of The St Andrew Street Hotel Company Limited. Incorporated in 2008, the company operated the Hilton Garden Inn – Aberdeen City Centre, a 100-bed hotel subject to a ground lease, at St Andrew Street, Aberde