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Retired homeowners cashed in more than £934 million of property wealth in the first six months of the year as a buoyant housing market continued to boost retirement incomes, analysis from leading over-55s finance specialist KeyRetirement.com shows.

Andrew Bell Britain’s economy has reached a major milestone with the country’s private sector business population exceeding five million for the first time ever, according to Aberdeen accountancy firm Hall Morrice.

Jenny Robertson receives her Caithness Glass Trophy with Professor Elizabeth Gammie, course leader at RGU, and John Black of AAB. Aberdeen-based accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown, the sponsors Robert Gordon University's Best Final Year Student in Accounting and Finance BA (Hons) award, has b

Sedley Place, Oxford Street. Aberdeen Asset Management’s efforts to ease the post-Brexit run on its property fund has seen it complete the £124 million sale of a flagship retail and office building in London.

The average price of a property in Scotland has increased by 4.0 per cent on the previous year, according to new figures.

Scotland’s economic growth is set to hit the skids next year following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, in a slowdown that will see business investment slashed and house prices tumbling, according to PwC.

Fifteen Scottish-based accountants have been named among ICAS’s 35 Chartered Accountants (CAs) under 35 for 2016.

Gavin McEwan Gavin McEwan is a partner and head of charities at Turcan Connell.

Aviva, which employs about 1,300 staff at its hub in Perth and is the largest pension provider in the UK following its takeover of Friends Life, has announced plans to re-enter the face-to-face advice market.

Global accountancy firm EY has predicted that the average household disposable income in the UK will drop by 0.5 per cent next year.

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it has made £1.1 billion of funds available to support the growth plans of small businesses across Scotland, England and Wales.

UK businesses across every sector of the economy were showing positive signs of stability in the run up to the EU Referendum but now face at least another six months before they see a ‘new normal’ in the UK economy, according to new research from Begbies Traynor.

Confidence among the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of the UK’s largest companies has taken a sharp fall following the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU), according to Deloitte’s latest CFO Survey.

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

Edinburgh-based letting agent and residential investment firm Grant Property has secured a £450,000 loan from HSBC to invest in sophisticated IT systems designed to grow the business.