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Big Four accounting firm KPMG has taken the controversial decision to cut staff bonuses for missing deadlines in a bid to stop the late returning of key paperwork.

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell will pocket a £2.3 million Christmas bonus this hogmanay, it has been confirmed. The Glasgow football club said the 59-year-old, who succeeded Ian Mcleod as chief executive 14 years ago and already receives an annual salary package of £1.17

Towns and cities in London and the South East saw the biggest house price drops in 2018, according to new research by Halifax.

A city banker who was once sacked from his job at Aberdeen Asset Management has been jailed for a minimum of 19 years after being found guilty of killing a blonde socialite living a secret double life as an escort.

The UK Government has branded the cryptocurrency market the “Wild West” and commissioned the Financial Conduct Authority to hold a series of consultations on the regulation of all crypto assets.

As 2018 draws to an end and the New Year approaches, William Wallace, VAT Manager at French Duncan, considers what is happening in the ever-changing world of VAT Review of 2018Although there wasn’t much in the way of significant legislation introduced in 2018, the UK and European courts were a

Scotland is on track to see in excess of £2.5 billion invested in its commercial property market in 2018, according to Savills, with £2.485 billion of deals already completed and two weeks remaining until the end of the year. Volumes mark a 10 per cent increase on last year (£2.275

British car production fell by a substantial -19.6 per cent in November, with 129,030 units manufactured, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Scottish food and drink companies are missing out on huge opportunities in the burgeoning Chinese market, according to a specialist digital agency which has just returned from exhibiting at one of the country’s biggest trade shows.

Brian Milne, partner with accountants and business advisers, French Duncan LLP, has been appointed as provisional lquidator of the Grameen Scotland Foundation, a charity with its headquarters at Glasgow Caledonian University. The business has closed with immediate effect with the loss of all four jo

EY has been appointed as administrators at Aberdeen-based mechanical and electrical installation firm Richard Irvin after the business collapsed with the loss of more than 100 jobs across Scotland. A total of 93 of the 107 jobs lost are at in Aberdeen itself but there are also redundancies in I

Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank and Edinburgh-based Hampden & Co have been named among eleven banks that are to receive a share of the £275 million incentivised switching scheme for SME customers established under the terms of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bail out agreement. Banking Competit

Lanarkshire food producer R&W Scott Ltd has undergone a management buy out led by the firm’s MD John Easton along with fellow directors Stephen Currie and Michael Hewitt. The business and assets have been purchased from its parent company, Real Good Food plc in a deal worth £4 m

The Association of British Insurers has today published new analysis which shows that general insurance and long-term savings companies in the UK paid out £153 million every day in 2018, which throughout the year is more than the entire GDP of Croatia.

UK Retail sales jumped more than expected in November, helped by Black Friday promotions and stronger growth in sales of household goods, official data has revealed.