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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has urged the UK government to collaborate with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to establish a robust regulatory framework for sustainability assurance. This call follows the FRC’s publication of its final report from the Assuranc

Grant Thornton UK LLP has strengthened its Scottish tax team with the promotion of Colin Park to partner and Cristina Pavel to director, both based in the firm’s Glasgow office. Mr Park has extensive expertise in advising owner-managed businesses and large corporate groups across Scotland and

Scotch whisky exports reached £5.4 billion in 2024, representing 1.4 billion 70cl bottles – or 44 bottles every second, according to the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). The figures, released today, show a decrease of 3.7% on 2023 exports by value. The SWA has called on the UK and Scotti

Barratt Redrow has kicked off 2025 with the appointment of its new regional managing director for Scotland. Alison Condie, 53, previously held the roles of regional director for Scotland and managing director for the East of Scotland before stepping up to regional managing director for Scotland last

A bespoke property factoring service operating across Scotland has announced a major new recruit. Nic Mayall, formerly managing director of James Gibb and a past president of the Property Managers Association Scotland (PMAS), played a key role in transforming James Gibb into one of Scotland’s

Edinburgh-based consultancy Optima Partners – which helps businesses solve challenges by integrating AI, machine learning, and GenAI – has announced a record year of expansion, achieving 40% turnover growth in FY24. This hypergrowth, as defined by the World Economic Forum, puts the firm

Legal and business services provider DWF has made 15 promotions across its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. Key promotions include Caroline Coyle and Danny McClymont, both elevated to director in Glasgow. Within the firm's insurance practice, Maggie Keir (Edinburgh), Harriet Tooley and Rachel Heathcot

House prices in Scotland began 2025 in growth mode, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, and they are expected to continue rising into the three months ahead.

Over 5,000 artists have called for Christie's auction house to cancel its first-ever AI art auction, labelling it "mass theft" of human artists' work.

Business confidence amongst UK CEOs is growing, despite ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges, according to the latest EY-Parthenon CEO Outlook survey. 

Deloitte's UK office has distanced itself from its US counterpart by reaffirming its dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) targets. Richard Houston, head of Deloitte UK, assured staff that the firm remains "committed to our diversity goals" and will continue annual reporting on inclus

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is facing criticism from a cross-party group of MPs for its handling of tax evasion, who have warned that the true cost of tax dodging is likely far greater than HMRC's estimated £5.5 billion for 2022-23. The Commons Public Accounts Committee's (PAC) report highli

Santander UK has challenged the fixed-rate mortgage market by slashing rates to below 4%. Starting Thursday, the bank will offer 3.99% fixed rates on both its two-year and five-year products, the lowest such rates since November.

Edinburgh-headquartered BR-DGE has launched a new whitepaper – How to Keep Your Customers in a Multi-Acquirer World – offering practical insights and advice to merchants and payments providers, centred around the evolved merchant payment acceptance landscape. The way that businesses hand

Scotcoin has debuted on the MEXC exchange today at 10.00 am GMT, representing one of the biggest UK-based project listings of recent years and a big step forward for the ethically focussed crypto project. The listing, which will see the tokens valued at a combined $250 million (c. £200m), will