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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.

Scotland's financial sector has unveiled an ambitious strategy aiming to add £7 billion to the Scottish economy over the next five years. The strategy has been developed in collaboration with City of London Corporation, TheCityUK, FinTech Scotland and the Global Ethical Finance Initiative, and

In a recent response to the Department of Business and Trade's (DBT) survey on non-financial information, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) highlighted the significance of non-financial reporting for businesses.

A new body established to foster greater collaboration between the Scottish Government and the financial services industry has met for the first time today. The Financial Services Growth and Development Board, which will meet every quarter, replaces the outgoing Financial Services Advisory Board as

Forth Ports has appointed Matt McCreath as its new group financial controller.  The group has also appointed Michelle Primrose as group HR manager.

Barclays Corporate Banking has found that optimism in the financial services sector is high as it enters into 2021.