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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.

Barclays has taken a £1.6 billion hit from the coronavirus pandemic in the second quarter of this year. The lender posted pre-tax profits of £1.27 billion in the first half of the year, marking a decrease from the £3bn reported the year before.

FNZ, Morgan Stanley and Skills Development Scotland in partnership with the City of Glasgow College win at the Scottish Financial Services Awards 2019. The winners of this year’s revamped Scottish Financial Services Awards 2019 were announced at a ceremony at the EICC in Edinburgh last night a

Perth-based insurance giant Aviva has appointed Jason Windsor as chief financial officer. Jason joined Aviva in 2010 as strategy and M&A director before he became chief strategy and development officer in 2013. He was responsible for group strategy, M&A, financial planning and analysis, and

Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Jonny Williams as a partner and head of the firm's national financial services team.  A well-known figure in the financial services and wider business community in Edinburgh, Mr Williams will support the continuing growt

Miles Celic New national research commissioned by TheCityUK reveals that while two thirds (68 per cent) of people are proud to live in their local area, only one third (34 per cent) are positive about the future of their region.

Rain Newton-Smith Optimism in the UK’s financial services sector fell for the third consecutive quarter in 2017 in the three months to December, rounding off two years of continuous flat or worsening sentiment and the longest period of falling sentiment since the global financial crisis of 2008, t

Nucleus Chief operating officer Doug Heron, EY head of financial services Scotland, Sue Dawe, Nucleus chief finance officer Stuart Geard, Rising Star Award winner Victoria MacLean and SFE CE Graeme Jones. Nucleus Financial Group has been revealed as the winner of this year’s Scottish Financial Ser

Scott Lawson Martin Aitken Financial Services (MAFS), the wholly owned subsidiary of Chartered Accountants and business advisers Martin Aitken & Co Ltd., have today announced the appointment of Scott Lawson as an Independent Financial Advisor to further strengthen its financial planning arm acro

Average starting salaries for professional roles in the UK have grown by 3.68 per cent in the past three years and the upward trend is set to continue next year, according to Robert Half's 2017 Salary Guide.

John Waddell, Scott Middleton and Kelly Creighton One of north east Scotland’s most well-established independent financial advisory firms has shown its commitment to expansion with the appointment of two new directors.