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Gillian MacLellan, an employment law specialist and partner at CMS, discusses how companies can report their ethnicity pay gap. Unlike gender pay gap reporting, it is not currently mandatory for any business or organisation to report on ethnic-based disparities in pay levels. Despite a government co

TEFL Org, a provider of TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) accreditations based in the Scottish Highlands, has become employee-owned. Launched from a garden shed in the middle of the 2008 financial crash by founders Joe Hallwood and Jennifer MacKenzie, the TEFL Org is established as a mar

Almost one in five (17%) of non-advised customers are either too proud or embarrassed to talk to someone about how to manage their finances, according to new research published by pensions giant Royal London.

Provident Financial is planning to shut its venerable 141-year-old doorstep lending arm after increasing pressure from the regulator. The firm is also set to close its online lending business, Satsuma.

Luxury Swiss watchmaker Breitling has opened its first Scottish store in Buchanan Street in Glasgow.

Independent financial advisory firm Phil Anderson Financial Services has recently appointed Jim Mortimer as a mortgage and protection adviser. Mr Mortimer will be based in the Ellon headquarters of the firm and will be supporting clients with mortgage and protection advice in and around Ab

A new chair and three new non-executive board members have been appointed to the Insolvency Service Board, providing strategic leadership to the agency. Incoming chair, Mark Austen, will be joined by Gary Kildare, Samantha Durrant and Rob Hunt on the Insolvency Service Board.

Sterling Sinclair Removals (SSR) has successfully completed a takeover of rivals Letford Removals in a deal worth in excess of £100,000. The acquisition sees Letford added to the SSR portfolio and underlines the Stirling-based firm’s emergence as one of Scotland’s fastest-growing r

OnePatch, a multi-national start-up based in Glasgow that helps online sellers manage their orders and inventory across multiple sites, has partnered with eBay after being approached by the e-commerce giant. OnePatch was launched two years ago by web developer brothers Richard and Brendan Dunne

Cumbrae Oysters is doubling the size of its three-acre site at Hunterston in Ayrshire. Alan Forbes, owner and director of the firm, detailed the value of the “very cold, deep Clyde estuarine water” to oyster production for customers in the Far East as he announced the firm's new 15-year

The forgery of official documents by monks was rife in medieval England according to a new study conducted by academics.

KPMG has completed the sale of its UK Restructuring practice, now known as Interpath Advisory, to H.I.G. Europe, the European affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, LLC. The sale of the business, which sees circa 528 staff and 22 partners transferring to Interpath, enables KPMG to accelerate its programme of

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed new rules to require pension providers to ‘nudge’ consumers to Pension Wise in order to benefit from guidance before they access their defined contribution pension savings. This includes booking an appointment with Pension Wise if the co

Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced the appointment of 19 members to its Advisory Panel with effect from May 1. The Advisory Panel is a group of appointed non-executive subject matter specialists, who are called on to provide expert advice and input across the breadth of the FRC’s

Accountancy firm Azets has announced plans to grow the business in Scotland by 50% during the next five years, creating 250 new jobs and taking turnover to more than £60 million. Launched in 2020 following a rebrand of leading independent accountancy firms, Azets has grown rapidly and now empl