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The Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee has launched a call for views on the impact of coronavirus on the financial sustainability of local government in Scotland.

Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM is lending its support to Edinburgh-based retail firm Lost Stock by helping to run its day to day finances.

Private equity funders are likely to focus their investments in infrastructure and technology companies in the short-term until the economic uncertainty caused by coronavirus dissipates, according to a new report from Pinsent Masons. Further opportunities for private equity investment could material

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its annual Sector Views, an assessment of the risks and potential harm to consumers across financial services markets. The Sector Views look at the impact of macroeconomic developments and common drivers of change emerging across financial ma

Glasgow-based fintech Altia-ABM has been chosen to provide software which will help the authorities in Peru combat financial crime. The Minister Publico announced that it will utilise financial investigation technology and analysis software to accelerate complex financial investigations and str

Last year saw the average pension fund post its biggest losses in a calendar year since the financial crisis in 2008.

Jennifer Young Scottish law firm Ledingham Chalmers said today its figures for the 2017-18 financial year showed a modest increase, ahead of forecast.

The number of Scottish companies rated as being in “critical” financial distress during Q3 2018 has increased by 119 per cent on the same period of last year, according to the latest research data from insolvency firm Begbies Traynor.

New York overtaking London to take the index top spot for first time since March 2015, the Z/YEN Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 24) released today has revealed.

Glasgow city Council Leader, Councillor Susan Aitken (right) meets My Money mentors at the service launch Thousands of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Scotland’s biggest city will be given a personal money mentor as part of a pioneering new scheme to tackle poverty and inequality.

The UK Government should not become preoccupied by EU passporting rules when addressing the needs of the financial sector in a post-Brexit Europe, a think tank has warned.

Stirling-based Superglass Holdings PLC, the UK’s leading independent manufacturer of glass wool and mineral fibre insulation solutions, has appointed chartered accountant Theresa McLean as its Finance Director. Ms McLean,pictured, who is currently the financial controller of the Company’s princ

Just six small changes to the management of Scottish SMEs could help ease pressure on their finances, staff and management, according to Azets. Nicola Campbell, head of accounts and business advisory services in the Glasgow office of Azets, is encouraging Scotland’s SMEs to review and mine the

East Lothian Council must enact significant reforms to its public services as it contends with the dual pressures of rapidly growing younger and older populations and a looming £46 million budget shortfall, the Accounts Commission has warned.