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Aberdeen Asset Management is set to off-load £250 million worth of property in London as a means of heading off costs incurred on its UK commercial property fund following the UK’s Brexit vote.

European countries have given their support to an independent Scotland’s place in the EU, according to a new poll.

Paul Allan of Exchange Mortgages and Alan Reid of Cornerstone. A new “impartial mortgage advice and lending service” aimed at helping home-buyers from start to finish has been launched in Edinburgh.

James Stuart Entrepreneurial network Entrepreneurial Scotland has appointed former army major James Stuart as managing director.

Sue Dawe EY has signed the HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter, which aims to drive diversity in the financial service industry.

Family-owned housebuilder Campion Homes is to accelerate its private residential and affordable home building programme after receiving a multi-million pound investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF). The Fife-headquartered business said it plans to build 700 new homes over the next five years

Fifteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2016. The global body of finance professionals said the list, which includes entries spanning six continents, recognises “the best and brightest Chartered Accountants who are making a diff

Aberdeen Asset Management has revealed that many trades submitted last week on its property fund have been withdrawn by investors following the application of new exit penalties. The firm also announced that it is to extend the temporary suspension on trading on its UK Property Fund and the Aberdeen

Sean McAuley Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP have announced that Sean McAuley, who heads up the firm’s fraud prevention & investigation and independent whistleblowing service lines, has successfully achieved the globally preferred Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) cre

The Primestaff Board: Carol Conlin, Danny McIntyre, Michael Docherty, Sean McPolin and Antonio Vezza. One of Scotland’s fastest growing recruitment companies has been acquired in a management buyout after experiencing its biggest year ever.

Hamilton-based Caledonia Financial Planning has been bought by adviser consolidator Succession for £2.5m. The acquisition marks Succession's 24th adviser buyout, bringing it towards the halfway mark of its growth strategy.

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Sue Dawe EY’s Scotland practice has marked the start of their financial year with three partner promotions and a new Head of Financial Services.

Business optimism and output in Scotland have fallen to a three year low while hiring intentions are at a two year low, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO. The firm said that while some of this can be put down to the uncertainty surrounding the EU

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