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After a tumultuous week in politics, a new weekly index run by accountancy firm RSM tracking the impact of Brexit has revealed an almost 30 per cent rise in overall stress levels in the UK economy over just one week.

Two previous Scottish EDGE winners, Beauty Kitchen and Premiership Experience, have taken an equal share of a £200,000 prize fund as victors of the inaugural Winners EDGE (WEDGE), EDGE’s new follow-on funding competition supported by Scottish Enterprise. The competition, which is exclusi

A senior insolvency services supervisor at Aberdeen-based chartered accountancy firm Meston Reid & Co has passed two sets of rigorous exams to become a qualified insolvency practitioner and one of only two Scottish-based candidates to pass both JIEB exams in the 2018 sitting. Recently

Deloitte has been named winners in the Best Large Private Sector Employer (250+ employees) at the Scottish Top Employers for Working Families Awards run by Family Friendly Working Scotland, which took place in Glasgow last week.

A man accused of "butchering" a tree near his property in order to increase his home's value has been ordered to pay £21,000 under proceeds of crime legislation.

The result of a recent high profile tax case has opened up the opportunity for farmers to save significant amounts of money by being able to now claim tax relief on specialist buildings and structures, according to Andy Ritchie, head of rural at accountants Campbell Dallas. The case was based on tax

A University of Aberdeen law graduate has become a qualified insolvency practitioner after passing two sets of rigorous exams.

A bid to establish a Global Open Finance Centre of Excellence (GOFCOE) in Edinburgh has reached a major funding milestone. Assessors from the Strength in Places Fund have given "very good feedback" to the Scottish consortium behind the bid, and the application has now moved to the second stage.

An Edinburgh-based anti-piracy equipment developer has seen growth of 300 per cent year-on-year since its foundation in 2016. ARX Maritime, an award-winning developer of self-install anti-piracy barriers and current cohort of Royal Bank of Scotland’s Entrepreneur Accelerator programme, now sup

Scottish commercial property attracted more investment from private overseas investors than France, Japan and South Korea in 2018, according to the latest edition of Knight Frank’s Wealth Report. The firm’s analysis found that total investment from internationally-based ultra-high-net-wo

Insurance payouts that provide a lifeline to help businesses struggling to cope with bad debts are at their highest level since 2009, with the equivalent of 50 new claims made every day, according to new figures out today from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The figures highlight the supp

Tom Stocker contrasts English DPAs and the Scottish civil settlement regime in the context of a parliamentary inquiry into bribery legislation, at which he himself gave evidence. The UK's 2010 Bribery Act has created "an international gold standard for anti-bribery and corruption legislation",

Deloitte has announced changes to its Return to Work programme, which helps people find their way back into professional services after a career break. Nearly 50 people have joined Deloitte’s Return to Work programme since its launch in 2015.

North east firm Phil Anderson Financial Services has taken the honours as winner of the Best Firm Scotland category at the NatWest Intermediary Solutions Local Hero Mortgage Awards. The winners of the inaugural awards were revealed at the Town Hall in Birmingham last week.

A suspected teenage bank robber allegedly told police that he carried out an armed robbery because had "decided to try something new today". However, things didn't go to plan - as he was caught by police within minutes.