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Kristen Bennie, head of open experience at Royal Bank of Scotland, urges that Scots struggling with the stresses of 'life admin' should take time for themselves. It doesn’t seem all that long ago that we were all setting New Year goals to aim for. Perhaps it was to read more books or spend mor

Atelier Capital Partners has launched into the short-term lending and development finance market with finance provided by funds managed by M&G Investments. The company, which formed last year, provides finance for developments across the UK and has already financed projects in Scotland.

Drinks company AG Barr has pointed to challenging trading conditions as the firm expects its pre-tax profits for the last year to drop by 18% to £37 million. In a trading update, the Irn-Bru maker said that the £37m profit before tax expectation is at the top end of current market expect

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has appointed Sree Kochugovindan as its new senior research economist and Robert Gilhooly as senior emerging markets research economist. As part of the ASI Research Institute, Ms Kochugovindan and Mr Gilhooly will work alongside a team of economists and researcher

Companies need to improve their governance practices and reporting if they are to demonstrate their positive impact on the economy and wider society, according to a new report from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). While changes to the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code raised the bar considerab

KPMG has cut the average pay of each of its 621 equity partners by £52,000 after the firm experienced a decline in profits. The average pay for KPMG's partners fell by £52,000 to ££549,000 last year. This amount is lower than that for partners at the other Big Four firms. Del

AJ Bell has posted record profits in its first year as a listed company. The company, which is one of the UK’s largest investment platforms saw pre-tax profits increase by 33% to £27.7 million in the year to the end of September on revenue up 17% to £104.9m.

Glasgow-based fashion company Quiz has posted a six-month deficit after it accepted a £7 million impairment on loss-making stores. The company's online sales remained stagnant at £20m and its half-year underlying profits fell from £4.2m to £0.6m.

Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust's annual results for the 12 months to 30th of September 2019 has revealed that the Net Asset Value total return for the year was -10.8%, share price total return was -15.1% against the FTSE All-Share Index total return of 2.7%. However, the results have also hig

Retail water supplier Brightwater has appointed former Standard Life Bank employee Carron Henley to its advisory board. Ms Henley will provide guidance and support to the Brightwater’s executive team as it focuses on further growth across the Scottish retail water market.

Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust has posted positive annual results with a Share Price Total Return of +16.4% and Net Asset Value Total Return of +13.1%, significantly outperforming the Topix Index Total Return of +9.3%. The results have also revealed that since the change in investment objective to

Edinburgh-based recruitment and headhunting firm Core-Asset Consulting has recorded its best-ever results – during 12 months which saw them turn a loss into a half million-pound profit. The company is a leading independent recruitment company dedicated to financial and professional services in

Edinburgh private bank Hampden & Co is to acquire a loan book from London-based Smith & Williamson believed to be worth around £35 million.  The portfolio loan book of Smith & Williamson is due to be handed over to Hampden & Co later in 2019.

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has moved to reassure investors it has the “resilience and flexibility” required to deal with the potential effects of Brexit.  Issuing a trading update for the 15-week period from 1 July to 13 October yesterday, the FTSE 100 developer said it compl

The latest Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) Quarterly Economic Indicator survey for Q3 of 2019 shows that businesses continue to struggle due to factors caused by Brexit uncertainty in the most recent quarter.