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Vishal Chopra, who took over from James Kergon as senior partner for KPMG in Scotland, has revealed a new-look senior leadership team. Mr Chopra now oversees a team of more than 900 people across KPMG’s offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. He stepped into the role after having most rece

New research released today by KPMG has revealed boosting their savings would be a top priority if the impact of the cost-of-living crisis was to ease. KPMG UK’s Consumer Pulse survey gauged the quarterly confidence and buying behaviour of 3000 UK consumers across regions, ages and income grou

UK chief executives see implementing generative AI (GenAI) as an opportunity to change the nature of work and create highly skilled workforces without reducing the number of jobs in the market, according to KPMG. In its 10th annual CEO Outlook survey, KPMG spoke to more than 1,300 CEOs around the wo

Twenty-three Scottish businesses have attracted over £85 million in venture capital funding during the second quarter of 2024, defy the broader UK investment trend, according to KPMG. The latest KPMG Private Enterprise Venture Pulse report has showed that companies from across the region

KPMG UK has been awarded a government contract worth up to £223 million to provide training and development services to civil servants across Whitehall. This represents the second-largest public sector contract ever granted to the Big Four firm.

Total UK fintech investment hit $7.3 billion in the first half of 2024, up from $2.5bn in the same period in 2023, according to KPMG’s latest Pulse of Fintech report, a bi-annual report on fintech investment trends published this week.

Return to school shopping is not enough to stem the drop in Scottish retail sales in July, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium - KPMG Scottish Retail Sales monitor.

Financial services leaders in Scotland are more positive about the sector’s future growth under the new government, according to KPMG’s latest UK Financial Services Sentiment Survey. The quarterly poll, which was conducted after the general election, tracks sentiment among over 150 leade

Scottish retail sales experienced a significant decline in June 2024, dropping by 3.6% compared to the same period last year.

Edinburgh-based biotech firm OGI Bio has beaten off competition from nine local tech startups to be crowned Scotland's Tech Innovator 2024 in KPMG's UK-wide competition. The microbiology and biotech firm was one of nearly 400 businesses that applied to the UK competition. They were then selecte

Interpath Advisory, the UK restructuring firm formed from a KPMG spin-off in 2021, is in advanced talks to acquire KPMG's French restructuring division. This would be Interpath's most significant acquisition to date, with the French arm employing over 100 people, Sky News reports.

KPMG is set to cut a further 200 jobs in the UK as the consulting sector faces a market slowdown. The cuts, affecting both back-office and client-facing roles, come after a review of the firm's cost base and are expected to be completed by October 2024.

Spending on eating out, new clothes and takeaways are the biggest areas people across Scotland have cut back on so far this year, according to KPMG.

KPMG UK has appointed Vishal Chopra as its new senior partner for Scotland, taking responsibility for a team of over 900 across KPMG's Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen offices. He has been based in Scotland throughout his professional career and takes on the prominent role having most recently led K

Scottish football fans have revealed how they plan to get into the football spirit during Euro 2024, according to new KPMG research. As part of its Consumer Pulse survey, KPMG polled 3,000 (297 in Scotland) UK consumers ahead of multiple international sports tournaments being screened this summer in