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Aberdeenshire-based financial advisory firm Phil Anderson Financial Services has reported that 2021 was a record year for them, achieving a turnover of £1.33 million, a 20% increase from 2020 and their best financial performance since launching in 2010. Despite the challenges the economy

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is acting to address concerns about the ease and speed with which people can make high-risk investments by proposing a significant strengthening of its rules on how high-risk financial products are marketed. This is a central element of the FCA's Consumer Invest

Housebuilder Persimmon has appointed Jason Windsor as its new chief financial officer as the firm noted a return to near pre-pandemic levels. Mr Windsor is expected to join in the summer and will become an executive director on the board at that time. He will succeed Mike Killoran, who announced in

Earlier this year, Aberdeenshire-based Phil Anderson Financial Services nominated Aberdeen charity Cyrenians for the annual Skipton Building Society Community Giving Award, securing them a £1000 donation.

Edinburgh-based financial services firm Aegon UK has appointed Jim Ewing as its new chief financial officer.

Households experiencing financial difficulties are being offered greater support from the Scottish Government to help their recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Money Support Scotland website, funded by the Scottish Government, will point users to a range of organisations committed to promoting

Scottish Ford dealership Peoples has hailed its best-ever financial performance with turnover in the year ended July 31 increasing by almost 20% to £289.5 million. Founded in 1983, Peoples Group says it is the largest independent dealership in Europe retailing only Ford cars and commercial veh

Gilson Gray Financial Management (GGFM), the investment arm of law firm Gilson Gray, has acquired Dunblane-based holistic financial planning firm, GCR Financial, for a seven-figure sum. As part of the merger, Graham Robinson, the former owner of GCR Financial – which specialised in managing fa

Thompsons Solicitors has established a new financial misselling unit. The move follows the firm's work in recent years representing drivers caught up in the “Dieselgate” scandal which saw manufacturers accused of installing technology to falsify emission levels.

Aberdeen-based financial consultancy firm Gary Walker Wealth Management (GWWM) has agreed a multi-year partnership with Aberdeen Football Club to become the club’s first official financial planning partner. An ardent supporter of the Dons over a number of years, GWWM will work collaboratively

Financial crime prevention costs UK financial institutions an average of £374,000 every year, according to new research from global legal business DWF. The survey of 300 financial crime decision-makers working in the financial services sector in the UK, also found that on average, organisation

More than one in five Scottish financial sector employees back fully remote working, according to new research by Accenture.

Independent financial advisory firm Phil Anderson Financial Services has announced the appointment of Andrew Scouller as a financial adviser and Emma Reid as a trainee financial adviser. The double appointment brings the Aberdeenshire-headquartered firm's headcount to 15, more than twice the seven m

DLA Piper has appointed Stuart Murdoch as partner in its Edinburgh Litigation & Regulatory practice, specialising in financial services disputes and regulatory matters. He joins from local Scottish firm Burness Paull, where he was also a partner, and before that in-house at RBS, where he was Leg

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