AAB Life Blog

100th AAB Life Blog
This week we are celebrating our 100th AAB Life blog! To mark the occasion, we thought it was quite fitting to catch up with the boss. We last heard from Graeme Allan back in 2018 when we asked him some…
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Flexibility, Agility and Teamwork – Are they just Buzz words?!
My role at AAB has changed over the years, alongside demand and services offered to clients. I joined the firm in 2013 as part of Corporate Finance (CF) where I worked on pre-sale strategy and disposal mandates. This involved working…
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Over 20 years of Opportunities
Often when people hit the supposed top of their career ladder, they quickly become desired by other companies or desire a new challenge. With the online world meaning employers can easily find talented individuals, employees are also more aware of…
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An Unexpected Career Path
After graduating from Edinburgh Napier University with a BA Hons International Business Management degree in the summer of 2017, I found myself in the same position as many other graduates – feeling a bit lost and uneasy at the prospect…
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A Career Full of Local, National and International Opportunities
I joined AAB’s tax department as a Senior Manager in 1998. Looking back at that time, AAB was an ambitious firm with entrepreneurial spirit, a brilliant service ethos and a fantastic client base. These values are all still at the…
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Establishing AAB in the Central Belt
AAB was described to me early in my career as a “small firm with big firm opportunities”. I think the “small firm” definition is now being stretched, having grown significantly in the 11 years I have been with the firm,…
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From the Classroom to a New Career
When finishing school, going on to university is still the ‘normal’, even expected, route to take. This can sometimes raise questions for students who are interested in alternative options to further education. However, stepping into the workplace straight from school…
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People & Variety: And the variety of people!
For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to work in marketing. It was my favourite part of business management studies at school from standard grade onwards, so much so that it was the subject I studied at…
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One Team – Many Opportunities
On my first day at AAB in 2011, I recall arriving outside the office, feeling a tad apprehensive but really excited to start my new role. Having come from a medical secretarial background, starting a new role as secretarial support…
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They say variety is the spice of life and my career at AAB has certainly been varied!
As an RGU Accounting and Finance student I was lucky enough to have a placement year and AAB was my first choice. I thoroughly enjoyed my year working in the audit team, with the varied client base at AAB ensuring…
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Diversification Within AAB Wealth
If you told me three years ago that I would be in a career in finance and continuing to sit exams, I would have said you were mad. However, it’s the best thing that could have happened to me. I…
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“People are our greatest asset”
“People are our greatest asset” was one of the opening statements made at the AAB recruitment evening the year I applied for graduate position, I remember thinking at the time that a firm which views its employees as an asset…
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