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Blair Nimmo, head of restructuring at KPMG in Scotland, discusses the landlord-occupier tensions during the coronavirus pandemic. Tensions between commercial landlords and their financially stressed tenants continue to grow, and how landlords respond will be critical to the recovery not only of

Kirsty Ross, head of KPMG’s family business team in Scotland, discusses the resilience of family businesses and how firms can use their generational experience to ride out the COVID-19 storm. For Scotland’s family business community, 2020 will be a year to forget. A global pandemic, lock

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has indicated that rule breaches have been discovered in its investigation into KPMG’s audits of collapsed contractor Carillion.

To mark the end of Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight, Susan Dunlop shares a few thoughts on the prospects for the industry in the coming months with uncertainty dominating. For many of Scotland’s food and drink suppliers, producers and retailers, the last six months have been arguably the mo

Scottish retail is showing no return to growth as recovery stalls and sales continue to show a similar level of decline as that seen in July, according to latest figures. A report by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG LLP has shown that total sales in August this year decreased by 7.

Up to 25% of the 50,000 jobs in Scotland's pubs and bars sector could be lost as businesses face unprecedented challenges in the wake of COVID-19, according to a new survey released by the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) and sponsored by KPMG.

The accountancy failures surrounding the collapse of Carillion are costing other firms with government contracts millions of pounds in annual audit fees.

Scotland's economic growth is expected to contract by 9.1% in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the global economy, according to KPMG UK's latest quarterly Economic Outlook.  The firm’s latest analysis further downgrades forecasts for Scotland’s economic prospects

KPMG’s 'best and brightest' are celebrating after 14 team members from the firm’s offices across the world were recognised in this year’s ICAS Top 100 Young Chartered Accountants (CAs) competition. The CA's which made this year’s list include colleagues based in the Glasgow,

Big Four accountancy firm KPMG is expected to garner £16 million in fees for its handling of the administration of property empire Intu the former owner of the Braehead complex near Glasgow.

Total retail sales in Scotland decreased by 8.3% over the four weeks from July 5 to August 1 compared with July 2019, when they had decreased by 0.1%, in what KPMG has described as 'a recovery of sorts, but at a worryingly low pace'.

KPMG has appointed three new directors to its tax and audit teams within its Scottish practice.  In Edinburgh, Craig Barrowman has been appointed director in the tax and legal team. He’s joined by tax director Ruth Wallace in Glasgow and Michelle Smarsh, who is promoted to audit dire

Not one of Scotland’s 48 listed companies features a black executive on its senior management team, according to new research conducted by The Ferret.

Venture Capital (VC) investment in Scottish scale-ups remained robust and resilient in the second quarter of 2020, as the number of deals increased during lockdown despite growing economic and political uncertainty. The latest data from KPMG Private Enterprise’s Global Venture Pulse Survey rev

The closure of courts due to the coronavirus lockdown led to a complete halt in the prosecution of high-value fraud cases in Scotland during the first half of 2020, according to data from KPMG. The firm’s bi-annual Fraud Barometer measures fraud cases with losses of £100,000 or more reac