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Aberdeen-based Acumen Financial Planning has been announced, for the second consecutive year, as the winner of Citywire, New Model Adviser of the Year Award - Scotland & Northern Ireland Region.

Barry Fraser Grant Thornton is to relocate its Aberdeen operation to the recently-opened, multi-million pound city centre Silver Fin development, as part of a long-term growth strategy in the North East of Scotland.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today opened an investigation under the Audit Enforcement Procedure in relation to KPMG’s audit of the financial statements of collapsed construction and services firm Carillion.

Colin Dempster Last year saw the lowest number of profit warnings from Scottish listed companies since 2011, according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings report.

Justin Cooper UK dividends soared 14.3 per cent to £28.5 billion in the third quarter, according to latest data.

Rain Newton-Smith Optimism in the UK’s financial services sector fell for the third consecutive quarter in 2017 in the three months to December, rounding off two years of continuous flat or worsening sentiment and the longest period of falling sentiment since the global financial crisis of 2008, t

David Rennie (left) and Neil Forbes

Shona McCusker In the wake of Carillion's collapse, Shona McCusker, a solicitor at Scottish law firm MacRoberts, looks at the contractual protections available to construction parties

Gareth Magee Scottish accountancy firm Scott-Moncrieff has announced their support for a leading university programme at the launch of the 2018 company creation programme.

Paul Broad New figures have revealed almost half of all transactions for office space in Glasgow in 2017 was by the public sector, following two major Government Property Unit deals at the end of the year.

Fourth quarter UK GDP came in at a modest, but still higher-than-expected, 0.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter, according to latest official figures, marking the best quarterly performance since the last three months of 2016.

Property consultancy CBRE has been tasked with selling the former Dunnes department store on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street.

Mark Shepherd An estimated £31 million is expected to be paid by trade credit insurers to help firms in the supply chain recover from the collapse of Carillion, the Association of British Insurers has announced.

Jamie Dimon The chief executive of JP Morgan has admitted that the US investment bank could be compelled to shift more than 4,000 of its UK-based staff abroad if Britain crashes out of the European Union in a so-called ‘hard Brexit’ scenario.

Blairfindy Castle Moray A new Bill has been submitted to the Scottish Parliament outlining the long-term future of land and property management organisation Crown Estate Scotland.