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Paul Brown Paul Brown is a partner at Anderson Strathern

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

Dear Editor, I was interested to read Jordan Stodart's piece on peer-to-peer lending.

Tim Wishart is a senior investment director at Psigma Investment Mangement

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking input on which areas should be considered as part of its upcoming review of the rules surrounding both investment-based and loan-based crowdfunding. In 2015 an estimated £2.7 billion was invested on regulated crowdfunding platforms, up from £500 mil

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

The Coventry Building Society is set to introduce what could be the cheapest 10-year fixed rate mortgage deal on record as lenders anticipate a further cut in base interest rates next week. Economists think there is a 78 per cent chance that the Bank of England will cut base rates next Thursday and

Aberdeen Asset Management has extended the 24 hours suspension in trading on its £3.2 billion UK property fund initiated on Wednesday, saying it has now pushed back the deadline of the hiatus until midday on Monday. Aberdeen has introduced the suspension on Wednesday at the same time as imposing a

Declan Hourican Edinburgh-based Tesco Bank has announced the appointment of Declan Hourican as its new chief financial officer.

Roger Cotton, a partner at Brodies, writes about the effect Brexit might have on the way the spending of public money is regulated. One way in which EU law seeks to preserve open trade between Member States is by regulating the way in which public money is spent.

Companies in Scotland will see their pension liabilities increase by £15bn, according to a half year report on the health of pension schemes by PwC’s pensions practice. The Skyval Index that looks at the health of defined benefit pension schemes shows the deficits that companies disclose in their

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

Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded its credit rating for Glasgow-based housing, care and property giant Wheatley Group just weeks after upgrading it. The International ratings agency cited the “increasing political uncertainty” which has followed the UK’s decision to leave the EU f

Entrepreneurial Scotland, in association with Deloitte, has today opened nominations for its annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Celebrating Scotland’s top entrepreneurial talent, the event focuses on two awards – ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ and ‘Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year’ –