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Aberdeen Asset Management has completed the process of rebuilding liquidity levels in its UK Property Fund and the Aberdeen UK Property Feeder Unit Trust after they were hit by the impact of the UK’s vote to leave the EU.

Sue Dawe The UK’s financial services industry is facing a period of slower economic growth and market uncertainty as the Brexit decision impacts on both consumer confidence and business investment in the short to medium term, according to the latest EY ITEM Club outlook for financial services.

Law firm Morton Fraser, which operates throughout the UK from offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, employing over 270 people, has grown substantially in the last three years, in line with its growth strategy. The firm has increased revenues by 42 per cent in the last three years, hitting £19.37 milli

James Chadwick James Chadwick is head of food & drink, Scotland at Grant Thornton UK

Two former executives of the Anglo Irish Bank have been jailed in Dublin after being convicted of fraud after misleading depositors, lenders and investors by making the bank's corporate deposits look larger than they were.

Accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has announced itself as gold level sponsors for the August 14 charity Kiltwalk on Speyside.

David Hoey Over eighty of the UK’s leading directors from across the country, including five from Scotland, have been shortlisted for the Institute of Directors’ annual Director of the Year Awards Finals.

Stephen Martin The Institute of Directors has announced that Stephen Martin, currently chief executive of the Clugston Group, has been selected to replace Simon Walker as the body's director general, when Mr Walker's term of office ends towards the end of this year.

Levels of commercial property take-up in Glasgow city centre and its out-of-town market were well above the five-year quarterly average despite uncertainty created in the lead up to the EU Referendum vote, according to Bilfinger GVA.

The percentage of the Edinburgh workforce with a degree level qualification or equivalent is higher than any other major UK city and has risen again, to 55 per cent.

While the UK may have voted to leave the European Union, this hasn’t stopped UK workers wanting to remain working in the EU - in fact, quite the opposite.

Steve Cartwright Independent accountancy firm Henderson Loggie has signed up to support a pioneering three day gaming festival taking place in Glasgow this weekend.

Hugh Chater Holyrood’s European and External Relations Committee– taking the highly-unusual step of meeting during Holyrood’s summer recess – has been told by Hugh Chater, director of banking at Edinburgh-based challenger bank Virgin Money, that Scotland could provide a “safe harbour” fo

Consumer confidence has plunged in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the EU with the optimism of Scottish shoppers hit the hardest.

The right of tenants to buy their council houses in Scotland will finally come to an end this week.