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Ryan Yule and Laura Stephen of Phil Anderson Financial Services Two members of staff at north east firm Phil Anderson Financial Services are celebrating after a double success for the firm.

Jenny Laing Cash-strapped Aberdeen City Council is taking steps to reduce the risk of its £370million bond by recruiting a team of financial monitoring experts.

Staring at modern buildings and the 21st century’s urban landscapes such as the archetypal financial district can give you a headache, according to a new academic study.

Exchange Place 1, Edinburgh. (Image: Google) Fund manager Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM) has sold The Exchange Place 1 office block in the centre of Edinburgh’s financial district to GLL Real Estate Partners Pan European Property Fund in one Scotland’s biggest commercial property sales of the y

Carolyn Bell Scottish commercial law firm Maclay Murray & Spens LLP has strengthened its financial services capabilities with the appointment of Carolyn Bell as director of its financial services group in Edinburgh.

Caroline Gardiner The Auditor General for Scotland, Caroline Gardner, is so concerned about the financial health of three Scottish colleges that she has reported them to the Scottish Parliament.

The UK financial services industry will see slower but continued growth up to 2020 despite challenges on the horizon from Brexit and other geopolitical pressures, according to the latest EY ITEM Club outlook for the sector.

Cat MacLean, MBM Commercial's Cat Maclean is to assist in a Westminster inquiry into the use of alternative dispute resolution for financial disputes, along with other experts including former Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today reclassified registered providers of social housing in Scotland as public non-financial corporations.

Blair Nimmo Administrators who took over at a collapsed Dundee company in July have still not been provided with a list of the company’s assets and liabilities by its director.

Jeremy Lawson Edinburgh-based global investment manager Standard Life Investments has developed what it has called “a timely and comprehensive indicator of financial market stress” to help understand the links between financial, economic and monetary policy cycles.

Lynne Bell Employment law, HR and health and safety specialists Law At Work (LAW) have appointed a new financial controller as part of their strategy to expand operations in Scotland and England.

Lyall Dochard Healthcare and medical solutions company Iqarus has appointed Lyall Dochard as chief financial officer to lead the company’s financial and governance strategy as it continues its rapid global growth in remote and difficult operating environments.

Sue Dawe EY’s Scotland practice has marked the start of their financial year with three partner promotions and a new Head of Financial Services.

Rain Newton-Smith The first quarter of 2016 has seen optimism fall for the first time in over three years among financial services firms as a result of financial market instability and uncertainty of the global economic environment, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and PwC.