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Craig Vickery, Kayleigh Milne and ACCA Vice-President Jenny Gu Johnston Carmichael employee and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) student Kayleigh Milne has been awarded a Gold Medal in recognition of coming first in the world for her performance in her December exams.

Small and medium sized businesses are facing a triple whammy of threats, according to the UK’s largest challenger bank.

Michael Currie (left) and Graeme Ross Aberdein Considine has strengthened its corporate and commercial practice with the appointment of new partner Michael Currie to its Glasgow office.

Kerrigan Procter Insurance giant Legal & General has announced that its Legal & General Capital division has acquired the 52.1 per cent of Scottish housebuilder Cala Homes which it did not previously own.

Companies reporting under the International Integrated Reporting (<IR>) Framework have, made “striking progress” in quality over the last year but there’s scope for businesses to reap more benefits by embedding integrated thinking into internal decision-making processes, according to th

A graduate is suing her university for providing her with nothing more than a “Mickey Mouse” degree. Pok Wong, 29, is suing Anglia Ruskin University for more than £60,000, claiming the institution made fraudulent claims about a “quality education and prospect of employment after graduation”

Martin Gill Manufacturers are lifting overall UK business output, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisors BDO LLP.

Salaries for Scottish property professionals have increased to a ten year high, according to a new survey. The 2018 Salary Survey by RICS and Macdonald & Company found that the base salaries grew on average by 11% to £50,969 across Scotland.

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Catherine Burnet KPMG doubled its apprenticeship hires from six to 12 between 2016 and 2017, mirroring a UK-wide increase in apprentice numbers.

Macdonald Henderson has advised the directors of Kained Holdings, the firm behind the Lebowskis, Finnieston and Porter & Rye venues, on its entry into a joint partnership with pub company and brewer Greene King in a deal that could see the firms open venues across the UK. Kained Holdings was fou

Independent credit ratings provider Standard & Poors (S&P) has awarded housing association Link Group Ltd with an investment grade rating of A+. Link has responded to the Scottish Government’s target to deliver 50,000 affordable homes for rent by 2021 with an ambitious development programm

Paula Skinner Equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, has joined forces with Harper Macleod to target the huge potential for growth in the sector in Scotland.

Profits at Scottish law firm Drummond Miller before members’ remuneration and profit shares have dropped from £1.2 million to £504,284.

The average selling price of properties in some of Edinburgh’s most popular areas have increased by up to 35 per cent over the last five years, according to the latest analysis from estate agents ESPC.