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Mark Wilson UK insurance giant Aviva, which employs about 1,300 staff at its hub in Perth, has revealed that chief executive Mark Wilson has more than doubled his pay packet having won praise over the £5.6 billion acquisition of Friends Life last April and guiding the firm to bumper profits.

PIB Insurance Brokers have added three new members of staff to its Aberdeen office. Alan Alsop, private client manager, Julia Cant, senior account executive and Rachel Wilson, account handler, have joined the team led by Graeme Cant at the firm’s Granite City office at Golden Square.

Sheena Anderson Aberdeen accountancy practise Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has announced that Sheena Anderson and Ishbel Sutherland will retire as partners from the firm this week.

Following years of austerity, saving money has become a higher priority for many Scots as more than four in 10 (44 per cent) are putting away more money than they did two years ago, compared to a national average of 41 per cent, according to Scottish Widows’ tenth annual Savings Study. However, de

The previously overwhelming support of Scottish business leaders to remain in the European Union is beginning to wane, according to the results of a new survey. The Business Growth Fund (BGF), which is backed by major banks and was established to provide growth capital to ambitious and growing small

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is to lease new offices at BAM Properties’ CONNECT110NS development at 110 Queen Street, Glasgow.

Alastair Rae Scotland’s hospitality sector saw occupancy and revenue fall during 2015 due to the dramatic collapse in activity in Aberdeen according to the latest report by accountants and business advisers, BDO.

Latest research from Savills has revealed that today’s house buyers are returning to the Scottish suburbs in a prime market, which has been boosted by the return of home-grown wealth. While traditionally strong areas like the New Town, Stockbridge and Morningside in Edinburgh and the West End in G

The Scottish Retail Consortium has slammed moves to increase business rates in Scotland ahead of Friday's main poundage rate hike and the doubling of the extra rates supplement paid by firms occupying medium and larger sized commercial premises. The SRC said the plan was "out of step" while shop vac

Edinburgh-based Scottish Widows is to launch a new Employer Hub as the first in a series of digital developments which will form the bedrock of its recently announced £50m Driving Pensions Value programme. As part of Scottish Widows’ investment in digital development to support the evolving needs

Stewart MacDonald Business advisory and accountancy firm, Scott-Moncrieff, has announced its intention to merge with Edinburgh-based firm, Ogilvie & Company, expanding the firm’s tax advice and trust management team.

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