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Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) has announced the appointment of Mike Tumilty and Louisa Knox as non-executive board directors. The industry body said the new appointments will bolster its ability to support industry ambitions to lead the journey to net zero and develop the strength of Scotland&

Glasgow-based Ascot Lloyd is to acquire Aberdeen's financial planning business, Aberdeen Financial Planning. Aberdeen has reportedly been searching for a buyer since the start of the year and last week confirmed it had struck a deal to sell the business for an undisclosed sum.

Chartered surveyors firm DM Hall has added to its leadership team with the appointment of Andrew Healy as its latest financial director. Mr Healy, previously in charge of finances at the Scottish Rugby Union for a decade and most recently with the Law Society of Scotland, is set to succeed Alan Patr

Hamilton-based Caledonia Financial Planning has been bought by adviser consolidator Succession for £2.5m. The acquisition marks Succession's 24th adviser buyout, bringing it towards the halfway mark of its growth strategy.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published its Annual Enforcement Review 2026, highlighting recurring issues in financial reporting and audit quality while setting out changes designed to deliver faster and more proportionate enforcement outcomes. The review draws on the regulator's enforce

Sue Dawe, EY’s head of financial services in Scotland, has been appointed as a patron of Women in Banking & Finance (WIBF). Ms Dawe joins as the fifth patron of WIBF and is the only patron to be based in Scotland.

Standard Life’s financial planning business 1825 has ended talks with Almary Green over a proposed acquisition that has been under discussion since March.

Alistair Darling The Standard Life Foundation has today announced the appointment of its trustees, with former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling expected to become Chair.

Scottish Investment Bank has sunk £1.3 million into Glasgow-based identity and access management solutions company, My1Login.

Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is scrapping sales bonuses for staff working at the 73 per cent taxpayer-owned lender’s retail banks. To compensate, the roughly 20,000 staff selling products such mortgages, credit cards and loans to individuals and businesses will get an average 5 per cent pay

Almost 10 million people, and rising, in the UK are spending more than they earn every month, according to a new monthly economic pulse launched by Edinburgh-based Smart Data Foundry (SDF). The figures appear in the Economic Nowcast released by Smart Data Foundry, Edinburgh’s "data for good" p

A forthcoming report from the Building Societies Association (BSA) highlights the urgent need for substantial changes in the current housing market to facilitate the entry of prospective first-time buyers onto the property ladder, without compromising the prospects of future generations of homebuye

Nationwide Building Society has announced that it will be closing all branches and call centre operations at the weekends amid the current coronavirus crisis. After previously unveiling plans to close 50 branches and reduce opening house, the building society distributed a letter to its clients anno

John Joyce Addleshaw Goddards and HBJ Gateley have confirmed today that they plan to merge.

Glasgow and Edinburgh have been ranked amongst the top inclusive cities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) according to new research by Cushman & Wakefield. The ‘Inclusive Cities Barometer Report’ was compiled by the global real estate services firm who evaluated 44 EMEA ci