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Fife accountants have raised £700 for a local family charity by donning their festive attire on Christmas Jumper Day.

Bruce Cartwright Bruce Cartwright CA, the former partner and head of corporate restructuring, Scotland at PwC, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS).

Ian Blackford SNP MP Ian Blackford has spoken in parliament to accuse the Royal Bank of Scotland of using “misleading" figures to defend the closure of 62 banks across the UK.

Maggie McGhee This month saw the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) hold its epic three-day global virtual conference, Accounting for the Future, with a record attendance recorded.

More than a million adults in Scotland believe that they, or someone they know, could experience homelessness, according to new research.

Sean McGinness A recent case in the Court of Session in Edinburgh has found in favour of an Aberdeenshire farming business against HMRC.

Buccleuch Property and joint venture partner Wrenbridge has sold Mill Court, a 38,840 sq. ft. business park in Great Shelford, Cambridge, for £9.85m.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has surpassed $8bn this year in a clear sign that confidence is gradually returning to the basin, says Oil & Gas UK’s newly launched Market Insight.

Chris Cummings The UK’s listed companies are being urged to start acting on shareholder concerns around issues like excessive pay after a new Public Register published today for the first time revealed that more than a fifth suffered investor revolts this year.

Family-owned seafood supplier Whitelink Seafoods has secured a funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to assist the purchase of a new scallop vessel.

Bill Michael KPMG partners in the UK are to have had their average pay slashed by around 10 per cent after the firm’s annual profits were hammered by a series of write-offs on investments.

(Source: R3/Bureau van Dijk) The number of Scottish companies at higher than average risk of insolvency rose markedly over the course of 2017, according to insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

Police Scotland has confirmed it is making enquiries into allegations of financial irregularities at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).

Martin Gilbert Standard Life Aberdeen’s investment arm has seen outflows continue, according to the first trading update for the Edinburgh investment giant since it was created as a result of August’s £12 billion merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management.

Bill Kane Aberdeen-based accountancy firm Anderson Anderson & Brown has announced that its rapidly expanding consulting division has formed an 'Associate Network' to assist in delivering a full service consulting offering to clients.