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Caroline Connellan Edinburgh-based investment management firm Brooks Macdonald has today published its quarterly update showing its discretionary Funds Under Management (“FUM”) for the first quarter ended 30 September 2018 totalled £12.8 billion, an increase of 3.0 per cent over the prior quart

Millennials are chasing the home ownership dream at the potential cost of a lower income in retirement, new research from Prudential shows.

Maggie McGhee Maggie McGhee has been appointed executive director - governance at ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), taking up her position on ACCA’s executive team on Monday 1 October.

Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Money CEO Jayne-Anne Gadhia Virgin Money, which is headquartered in Newcastle but employs 200 at its Edinburgh hub in the capital’s St Andrew Square, has reported a better-than expected rise in profits ahead of its merger with with CYBG.

Melanie Gilmour An up-and-coming Aberdeen corporate finance specialist has been crowned Accountant of the Year in the Scottish Accountancy and Finance Awards.

Sam Subesinghe Scottish technology companies were responsible for the majority of all venture capital raised in Scotland in the first three months of 2018.

Graeme Hartop 2018 Hampden & Co, the Edinburgh-based independent bank which opened in June 2015, has increased income by 138 per cent and nearly doubled the volume of loans it makes to clients.

Graeme Hartop Edinburgh-based independent bank Hampden & Co has announced both a new second office in the capital and the appointment of Andrew Jackson to the newly-created post of head of banking management in their Mayfair, London office.

Euan Morrison Thinking of taking on a trustee role? Euan Morrison, head of charities at Edinburgh accountancy firm Chiene + Tait, talks us through the potential pitfalls

Mark Doleman, Lead Partner at Propel Propel by Deloitte, the global firm's cloud accounting service, has been appointed as the new preferred accountancy partner for the Scottish Sports Association (SSA).

Team Amiqus A pioneering project aiming to allow regulated professionals to securely collect client on boarding information and documents, has won business consultancy firm Deloitte’s prestigious Disrupt the Enterprise competition, an annual pitch competition inviting Scotland’s most disruptive

Lloyds Bank is to lay off 305 staff and redeploy 900 more after announcing plans to close another 49 branches across its Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands.

Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Money CEO Jayne-Anne Gadhia UK challenger bank Virgin Money, which is headquartered in Newcastle but employs 200 at its Edinburgh hub in the capital’s St Andrew Square, increased its underlying pre-tax profits 28 per cent to £273.3 million last year, with total inco

Matt Henderson Insolvencies are down in Scotland but all might not be as it seems, argues Matt Henderson, head of restructuring, at Johnston Carmichael