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Heather McDonald, founder and owner of WooHa Brewing Scottish brewer WooHa Brewing Company, known for its KeyKeg conditioned beer, is set to increase exports to the USA thanks to £700,000 of funding which included support from HSBC.

A new boutique financial planning and wealth management firm has launched this week with Bryan Innes, formerly executive partner at Tilney (Towry) heading up its Aberdeen office.

Newly elected councillors in May need to focus on improving long-term planning to tackles the major financial challenges facing Scotland’s local authorities, according to a new report from the Accounts Commission.

Growth in business volumes for financial services firms slowed in the three months to September, as optimism levelled out, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey. Overall business volumes rose at their slowest pace in two years, following nearly two years of robust expansion.

Reducing the cost of regulatory compliance should be the new Conservative government’s priority for financial services, according to banks, building societies and life insurance firms. Tax stability was also ranked highly and was the number one concern for general insurers and investment managers,

Optimism in financial services rose strongly in the three months to March and profitability improved in most sectors, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey. Despite overall business volumes across the sectors continuing to increase, the pace of growth was the slowest in a year.

Financial services is undergoing one of the most significant periods of change in decades. Technology is advancing at pace, new regulations are emerging, and organisations of every size are wrestling with how to build the skills needed to keep up.  In response to this, the Financial Regulation

A coalition of leading financial institutions including Sword Group, Natwest, Morgan Stanley, Dudley Building Society, The Tipton, Unity Trust Bank, M&G, Pinsent Masons, Tesco Bank, Aberdeen and KPMG have joined forces to launch a UK-wide innovation challenge focused on strengthening operational

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled a series of transformative reforms in her first Mansion House speech, focusing on pensions, financial regulation, and the advice-guidance framework. Speaking on 14 November, Chancellor Reeves underscored the need for a more growth-oriented approach to financial

Financial Inclusion for Scotland (FIFS) has issued a call to the Scottish Government to prioritise the allocation of dormant assets towards combating financial exclusion across Scotland. The recommendation is part of a series of measures contained within Scotland’s first collaborative Financia

Scottish financial planning firm Acumen Financial Planning is breaking the stereotypical bias in the financial sector with 83% of females in the company holding a senior position. Despite women being more represented in the financial services, making up 50% of the workforce, research shows only 18%

Glasgow-based wealth management practice Loch Fyne Financial has appointed Jackie Coyne as its newest certified financial planner. Ms Coyne’s role focuses on delivering high quality services and wealth management to the firms growing database of clients.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (OBS) has published today an action plan to change and improve the organisation to provide the best service for its customers and to cut down the complaints backlog. The action plan, which builds on progress already underway, sets out how the OBS will change and impro

Ayrshire-based financial advice firm Affinity has been acquired by Leeds-based firm Progeny for an undisclosed sum. Progeny, which already has an operation in Edinburgh, said the acquisition of the Affinity financial planning practice would extend its multi-disciplinary professional services offerin

Glasgow-based McCrea Financial Services has appointed Grant Sneddon to its advisory team with him taking up the new role of independent financial adviser.  Mr Sneddon joins McCreas from Policy Services / Virtue Money where he served as a financial adviser. Prior to that, he held senior position