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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.

Kevin Phillip and Rebecca Shiel Aberdeen-based independent financial services firm Phil Anderson Financial Services Ltd has made a double key appointment to strengthen its workforce following an increase in demand for its services during the past twelve months.

Peter Vardy, the fast-growing car sales firm in Scotland, has accelerated into the fast lane with a high-powered set of results for the first half of 2015 which has seen profits rise by 64 per cent over the same period last year. The group, which now employs more than 800 people in a portfolio of si

Zane Hunter French Duncan Financial Services, the wealth management arm of accountants French Duncan has been awarded the prestigious ‘Chartered Financial Planners’ title by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Artificial intelligence could automate between 30% and 50% of tasks in most financial services roles, threatening significant employment consequences across the industry unless the technology is leveraged to drive growth rather than just efficiency, a new report has revealed. Commissioned by the UK

Integrated investor, developer, operator and asset manager PLATFORM_ has appointed Matt Garner as its new chief financial officer. He brings a wealth of financial experience from his 13 years of real estate CFO roles, most recently at Praxis Real Estate Management Limited. He has an extensive track