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Douglas Martin Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP oversaw the successful completion of 52 deals during 2017 worth a total of more than £500 million.

Ian Barnet of Glasgow firm Shearer Candles expects to see his business continue to grow. SMEs in Scotland are expecting a good year in 2018, despite the latest SME Growth Tracker showing that confidence in business conditions in the region is among the worst in the UK.

The Scottish Government has today appealed for the UK to remain within the EU Single Market after a new economic impact analysis found that a so-called 'Hard Brexit' would mean a loss equivalent to £2,300 per year for every person in Scotland.

Kaley Crossthwaite The value of fraud in Scotland dropped 76.8 per cent in 2017 to £16.2m having recorded a four-year high in 2016 following a 283.1 per cent increase to £69.6m, according to new research published by accountancy firm BDO.

Experts throughout the financial sector have this morning heavily criticised the UK Government following the collapse of British construction and services giant Carillion which has been plunged into liquidation with more than £1.5 billion of debt and a pension shortfall of over half a billion poun

Steven Fraser Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced the launch of a new service which it claims will assist businesses in their gender pay gap reporting requirements, whilst also giving them valuable insights into their business and helping achieve com

Frances Sim Restitution, the only litigation funder founded in Scotland, has expanded its team with the appointment of Frances Sim as general counsel to its Edinburgh office.

Michael Magnay Michael Magnay and Rob Harding of Deloitte have been appointed joint administrators of Aberdeenshire-based Pelikan Hardcopy Scotland Limited.

UK banks and building societies have begun the practice of carrying out checks on the immigration status of all personal current account holders under government measures to encourage those in the UK illegally to leave.

Turning a frown upside down can transform the way people see you, work with you and even pay you, according to new research from Bank of Scotland and University of St Andrews.

Gareth Biggerstaff and Nikola Kelly Scottish recruitment company Be-IT is set to open new bespoke headquarters as part of an expansion strategy into new markets.

The latest Bank of England survey of lenders has revealed that the amount of unsecured credit made available to consumers was significantly reduced during the fourth quarter of 2017.

Alan McLintock The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has called for revisions to a new government scheme to tackle VAT evasion, so that those who make administrative errors, but are not accused of involvement in tax evasion, are not penalised with what it describes as "swingeing fines".

The average selling price of properties in Edinburgh increased by 9.5 per cent in the last three months of 2017, when compared with the same period last year, according to the latest house price report from local estate agents ESPC.

John Brodie John Brodie, chief executive of Scottish Midland Co-operative Society (Scotmid) and Tom McMorrow, ICAS’ former General Counsel, have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honour List 2018.