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Miles Celic Jobs growth in Scotland's financial and related professional services (7 per cent) has outpaced that of London (5 per cent) over the last 12 months, a new report has revealed.

Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, has joined Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) to enhance its collaboration, engagement and partnerships with other SFE members.

Ed O’Connell Demand for highly-skilled professionals means those in the accounting and finance and administration sector are set to experience significant starting salary increases in Scotland.

Financial services bosses - such as those in banking and insurance – have taken the top spot following a poll of employees in industries across the UK, with 62 per cent of workers describing their boss as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.

James Smethurst The key for business during the Brexit process is to maintain an uninterrupted service to clients, according to a new report on the legal impact of Brexit on the UK-based financial services sector from a Magic Circle law firm. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s report finds that

Miles Celic A new report has underlined the important role UK-based financial and related professional services play in underpinning prosperity in Britain’s nations and regions and the danger to it posed by uncertainty.

Vishal Chopra As Chancellor, Philip Hammond, prepares to deliver his first Autumn Statement, Grant Thornton in Scotland has created a ‘wish list’ of priorities focused on delivering sustainable growth north of the border, amid a climate of economic and political uncertainty.

Thomas Moore Standard Life Equity Income Trust (SLEIT), managed by investment director Thomas Moore, is to focus on stocks it thinks are undervalued amid a backdrop of "stretched" valuations after it provided a 12.8 per cent diluted total return on net asset value in the first half of its financial

The Edinburgh Tokenisation Summit is set to take place tomorrow at the University of Edinburgh’s Informatics Forum, gathering senior figures from global banking, asset management, and regulation to address the implementation of on-chain real-world assets in the UK. Organised by Blockchain Scot

Phil Anderson Financial Services Ltd has appointed two new independent financial advisers, strengthening the firm’s presence in both Aberdeenshire and the Central Belt. Kevin McArthur has joined the firm as a financial adviser based at the company’s head office in Ellon, while David Cald

Aveni has launched Transformation Nation: The AI Innovation Shift in financial services, a new thought leadership report examining the practical adoption of artificial intelligence across the UK financial sector. Drawing on candid insights from senior leaders in wealth management, life insurance, an

Phil Anderson Financial Services has appointed experienced financial adviser Margaret O’Brien to support its expansion into the Edinburgh market. Based in South Queensferry, Ms O’Brien brings expertise in financial planning, pensions, and investment advice. She previously worked at M&

A new financial planning venture, Juniper Financial Planning, has taken root in the heart of Ayrshire, founded by experienced financial planners Ross Hunter, Scott Moore, and Euan Brown. Boasting a collective 50 years of experience from prominent financial planning institutions like Standard Life, a

FinTech Scotland, in collaboration with professional services supporter Deloitte, and with Tesco Bank, Morgan Stanley and abrdn, has launched a first-of-its-kind innovation challenge.

Energy industry firm Wood Group has released its full-year trading update for the year ending 31 December 2023, demonstrating robust financial results in line with expectations.