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More than 400,000 Scots (10 per cent) have fallen victim to a financial scam at some point in their lives, new research by Bank of Scotland and YouGov has revealed.

The board of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), the representative body for the financial services industry in Scotland, has selected Philip Grant of Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) as its new chairperson. Mr Grant's new role will be in addition to his position as chair of LBG’s Scottish executiv

Scotland’s construction firms are once again on the front line as one of the sectors worst affected by growing advanced or ‘critical’ distress in the country in the first quarter of 2019 compared with the same period the previous year, according to the latest data from insolvency s

Glasgow-headquartered chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has today opened an office in the heart of Manchester’s financial district as it gears up to target growth across the north of England. Located at 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, the new office is headed by Wylie & Bisset joi

A first of its kind Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), allowing investors to spread their money across multiple peer-to-peer lenders (P2P) has been launched this week by Edinburgh-based investment platform and analyst Orca Money.  The Orca ISA aims to open up the P2P market to retail investors and

Wylie & Bisset is warning anyone who participated in Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs) and Employer Funded Retirement Benefit Schemes (EFRBs) that the new Tax Year could bring unprecedented financial woe as the new Loan Charge Legislation comes into force. Traditionally such schemes remunerated key

The Financial Conduct Authority has underlined the importance of GDPR compliance for financial services firms after signing an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO), the UK’s data protection watchdog, write MacRoberts Par

An Aberdeen-based investment specialist has expanded its team with the appointment of an experienced financial adviser following a period of continued growth for the business. Graham Smith has joined Scott James Wealth Management – a representative of St James’s Place Wealth Ma

1825, the financial planning and advice arm of Standard Life Aberdeen, has been appointed by independent pensions and risk consultancy Hymans Robertson to deliver a financial educational programme to all their employees and partners across the UK.

Caroline Gardner The Auditor General has reported to the Scottish Parliament that NHS Highland and NHS Ayrshire and Arran face significant financial challenges, which are likely to persist for years to come.

Alistair Darling Ten years on from the global financial crash of 2008, a new BBC documentary will deliver a dramatic account of one single day, 7th October 2008, when the Royal Bank of Scotland collapsed and almost took the entire UK banking system down with it.

Ten years on from the 2008 financial crisis, its impact can still be felt across the world, but the outlook is currently positive for the east central Scotland housing market, new data has revealed.

Mike Dailly Mike Dailly, Govan Law Centre's solicitor advocate, has been appointed as a non-executive director to the board of the Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB), With the agreement of the minister for pensions and financial inclusion. He will take up the post in October 2018.

The European Union appears to have dealt a major blow to the UK's financial services sector in the lead up to Brexit after continental negotiators rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for the sector as laid out by the British government in its now notorious white paper.

A London charity tackling the financial barriers preventing young people entering higher education and increasing young people’s confidence to manage money has received a £14,805 boost from the Aberdeen Standard Investments Charitable Foundation.