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A new Scottish Widows life and critical illness product range has been rolled out to Bank of Scotland customers. The "Plan and Protect" products, which were made available to some Halifax customers last October, are now available across the UK to all Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Bank and Halifax custome

The Scottish Parliament will next week be invited to agree to the appointment of Caroline Anderson as the new commissioner for ethical standards in public life in Scotland. The commissioner is responsible for investigating complaints about the conduct of MSPs, local authority cou

Santander has today announced plans to "reshape its branch network", which means it will close 140 branches in the UK in what its says is a "response to changes in how customers are choosing to carry out their banking".

Scotland is on track to see in excess of £2.5 billion invested in its commercial property market in 2018, according to Savills, with £2.485 billion of deals already completed and two weeks remaining until the end of the year. Volumes mark a 10 per cent increase on last year (£2.275

Land value taxation could help deliver Scotland’s land reform objectives and raise revenue in a more progressive way, according to a new report. With a total estimated value of around £5 trillion, or just over half of the total net worth of the UK, land is the most valuable asset in the

Scotland’s national agency for the food and drink industry has made a rallying call for consumers to buy Scottish beer this Christmas as an ambitious new strategy to grow the Scottish brewing sector was unveiled today.

AAB’s Alex Matthews, Kenny Fraser, Kevin Meaney and Brian McMurray Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has expanded its technology advisory offering on the back of growth in its Edinburgh office, which launched earlier this year, with the recruitment of a former PwC partner.

Paul Eagland Accountancy and business advisory firms, BDO and Moore Stephens LLP, are in advanced merger discussions to complete a deal that would see the creation of a firm to supplant Grant Thornton as the fifth-biggest player in Britain.

In the year to April, around 125 senior finance executives were fined £5,000 for “failure to account properly for their businesses’ income and expenditure for tax purposes”, according to new figures compiled by law firm Pinsent Mason.

Christine Lagarde In a speech given at the Singapore Fintech Festival this week, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the international community should “consider” endorsing central bank issued digital currencies (CBDCs).

Robert Fraser Bob Fraser, a director in the Dundee office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, assesses the V&A effect on the City of Discovery's property market

Alison Rose Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary NatWest has become the first of the UK’s big high street lenders to open a standalone digital bank after announcing the launch of Mettle, an innovative digital proposition for small businesses.

The Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) has today urged lawyers to support Flag It Up, the UK Government’s anti-money laundering campaign, and ‘flag up’ suspicions about potential ‘dirty’ or laundered money.

AAB’s new Global Payroll team members from left to right; Simon Porter, David Purse and Katie Lange with Partner Steven Fraser Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB) has announced significant growth within its global payroll team as a result of a numb

Tony Prestedge Nationwide, Britain’s biggest building Society and the UK’s second largest mortgage lender, says it is "primed for the next generation of digital innovation" after announcing a further £1.3 billion injection of tech investment, taking total spent on its modernisation strategy to