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(from the back L-R): Rod Anderson, independent financial adviser; Paul McIntosh, partner; Ross Webb, partner; Sally-Anne Anderson, partner. Front (L-R): Paul Jennings, partner; Leona Duff, trainee solicitor; Jennifer Matthew, senior solicitor Aberdein Considine has completed a multimillion pound exp

Tim Cooper The number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland rose by 28 per cent during the first three months of this year compared with the final quarter of 2017 and rose by 67 per cent compared with Q4 2016-17 (January-March 2017), according to latest data.

Team Amiqus A pioneering project aiming to allow regulated professionals to securely collect client on boarding information and documents, has won business consultancy firm Deloitte’s prestigious Disrupt the Enterprise competition, an annual pitch competition inviting Scotland’s most disruptive

Alastair Keatinge Alastair Keatinge, Partner and Head of Charities and Social Enterprises at law firm Lindsays, warns charities of all sizes are struggling to deal with the tide of attempts to defraud them, posing a serious and very prevalent risk issue for trustees

Jeff Fairburn Edinburgh-based financial giant Aberdeen Standard Investments led a shareholder revolt against the £75 million bonus awarded to Persimmon Homes chief executive Jeff Fairburn at the firm’s AGM yesterday as it launched a withering attack on the package in which it stated that the role

Simon Rubinsohn The divide in the Scottish commercial property market between retail property and the industrial sector is growing, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' Q1 2018 UK Commercial Property Market survey.

A former hotel owner has been ordered to repay the money he made from trafficking workers from South Asia.

Dale Harris Aerospace Tooling (Image: DC Thomson Media) ATL Turbine Services (ATL) is putting its expansion plans into practice and reaping the rewards, thanks to more than £450,000 of funding from HSBC.

From left to right; AAB Consulting's Bill Kane, Alasdair Green and Graeme Allan Accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has revealed that it is targeting £5 million consulting revenue within the next 3 years with the launch of a dedicated consulting business; Anderson Anderson &

A pioneering new research lab to be built at Edinburgh Napier University’s Merchiston campus is to explore ways in which blockchain technology can protect personal data from online scammers and hackers.

Sherry Coutu The role of Archangels in supporting Scottish companies to scale-up is to be highlighted this week at the business angel investment syndicate’s annual dinner for portfolio companies and investors.

Antonio Horta-Osario Lloyds Banking Group’s pre-tax profits have jumped 23 per cent to hit £1.6 billion for the quarter, latest results show.

Cybercrime is now the number one risk for financial and related professional services firms, and company boards must do more to meet the challenge, according to findings published today in a new report from TheCityUK and Marsh, a leading global insurance broker and risk adviser.

Richard Clarke Cryptocurrencies are currently something that everyone is talking about. In this blog, Richard Clarke of Edinburgh accountants Chiene + Tait's Personal Tax team looks at the tax treatment of virtual currency Bitcoin

The chief financial officer of broadcaster STV, George Watt, is to take the helm of Glasgow-based SpaceandPeople, which specialises in renting out space in shopping centres for marketing promotions.