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Left to right: Alasdair Green (Head of Management Consulting), Douglas Martin (Partner), Claire Smith (Management Consulting Associate) with Graeme Allan (Managing Partner). Aberdeen firm of Chartered Accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced the launch of a new management co

Martin Gilbert Aberdeen Asset Management chief executive Martin Gilbert has stated that he intends to remain as head of the troubled investment fund he founded for another five years as the business reflects on a quarter century as a listed company.

A Scottish lawyer who helped establish the Cayman Islands as a tax haven has left over £1.4 million in his will.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants (Icas) called on Holyrood to use its new powers to simplify the tax system, align skills training to meet economic requirements and improve exports. Icas has published it report, Making Tax Work for Scotland, which sets out the information and issues around tax

Lan Tu Edinburgh-based insurance giant Standard Life has today announced the appointment of Lan Tu as strategy director.

Andrew Holloway Andrew Holloway is head of technology & emerging markets in Scotland for Grant Thornton

Rising house prices have driven a deterioration in home affordability in Scottish cities for a third consecutive year, according to a Bank of Scotland report. The bank’s Affordable Cities Review found that the average Scottish city house price has risen by three per cent, from £176,009 in 2015 to

Louise Sim One of eastern Scotland’s leading young accountancy firms is creating a new scholarship at Abertay University.

Apex City of Bath. Edinburgh-headquartered Apex Hotels has secured a £29milion funding package from Bank of Scotland to expand its UK portfolio with the development of its first hotel in England.

Dr Ross Brown Scottish universities are limited in their abilities when it comes to commercialising research, according to a new study by the University of St Andrews.

Hazel Peplinski and Malcolm Thomson. Three months after taking the reins of Scotland’s most popular racecourse, new Perth Racecourse chief executive Hazel Peplinski has indicated that that this season is bet to be its biggest yet.

Blair Nimmo and Gerard Anthony Friar of KPMG have been appointed joint administrators of the iconic retailer McEwens of Perth after it was announced today that the business is to close after more than 130 years of trading. McEwens was placed under the control of GRC, the recoveries arm of the Royal

Michael Shaw Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced the appointment of Michael Shaw as its new General Counsel.

Last year saw a 23 per cent rise in £1m property transactions in Scotland, a more significant recovery than the overall market, where transactions rose by 5 per cent, according to estate agents Rettie & Co. Rettie said the introduction of Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) clearly impa

Martin Gill There are too many lawyers and too many law firms in Scotland, a new survey carried out by accountants BDO has found.