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Aberdeen Asset Management has announced the acquisition of Advance Emerging Capital Ltd. London-based AEC is a specialist investment manager with nearly two decades of experience managing portfolios of primarily closed end, but also open end, fund-of-fund vehicles.

A new report from PwC and games entrepreneur, Ian Livingstone, has revealed that while UK creative industries are thriving, making a strong contribution to the UK GDP with growth ahead of the broader UK economy itself, more must be done if it is to cement its success as one of the UK’s prized asse

Hazel Burt French Duncan has promoted tax director Hazel Burt to partner with immediate effect as part of the accountant’s ongoing ‘programme of change and development’.

Aberdeenshire Council could be set to target the £42million owed by residents and businesses across the region with a new £1.2million deal to bring in bailiffs to collect the unpaid taxes. Councillors will meet this week to discuss the six year debt collection contract.

Registers of Scotland has experienced its most significant year in recent history, according to its 2014-15 annual report and accounts. The organisation accepted over 400,000 applications on to its registers in 2014-15, an increase of nearly five per cent compared to the previous year.

Mike Brown Mike Brown, a founding partner and head of corporate finance at Aberdeen accountants Anderson Anderson & Brown, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Scottish Business Insider Deals and Dealmakers Awards.

Lindsay Gardiner, regional chairman of PwC in Scotland Professional services firm PwC has announced revenue growth of 10 percent over the past year, supported by double digit growth in the Scottish practice.

Donald MacRae, chief economist at Bank of Scotland Output and new orders expanded across Scotland's manufacturing and service sectors in August, according to the Bank of Scotland's latest PMI report.

There were 3,159 new start-ups in Scotland in the second quarter of 2015, according to new figures from the Committee of Scottish Bankers. The numbers are based on the number of businesses opening accounts with Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, TSB and the Royal Bank of Scotland over the time perio

Tom MacLennan and Iain Fraser, partners with FRP Advisory and joint administrators of McClure Naismith LLP, have revealed that the firm's creditors are unlikely to be paid more than a small dividend as its affairs are settled. The pair also announced jobs have been secured for nearly 70 per cent of

Professional services firm KPMG has said rampant over-billing in the North Sea oil and gas sector should be tackled by firms trying to cut costs. KMPG reportedly audited more than 10,000 contracts and found as many as 70 per cent of them were not complied with, leading to frequent over-billing betwe

Roseanna Cunningham Fewer days have been lost to industrial disputes in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK, according to the Scottish Government.

Revenue Scotland chair Dr Keith Nicholson The Scottish Government is searching for a new chief executive to head up Revenue Scotland, the body responsible for collecting devolved taxes like the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.

Vaughan Hart, managing director of the Scottish Building Federation There was a 20 per cent increase in output from the Scottish construction industry over the past year, according to new figures published by the Office of National Statistics.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has recruited expert investment bankers from Bank of America Merrill Lynch to help prepare the stock market flotation of Williams and Glyn. The spin-off bank is expected to be sold for £1.5 billion next year.