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Several Scottish businesses have come together to launch a climate action initiative ahead of COP26 to accelerate the transition to a net-zero future. Aggreko, Diageo, EY, FirstGroup, Lloyds Banking Group, M&G, Scottish Power, Scottish Water and Wood have joined forces to establish the Scottish

The founder of Edinburgh-based financial services company Nucleus Financial Group has departed the company following its takeover by James Hay Partnership. In a statement announcing his departure, Nucleus founder and CEO David Ferguson said it "feels like the right time for me to move on and conside

Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech-enabled critical business services group, has been named top financial advisers in Scotland in Experian’s 2020 United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review. AAB retained their top place from 2019 having advised on 25 deals included in Expe

AGS Airports Ltd, which owns Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports, has appointed Gillian Brunton as chief financial officer. Having previously held the position of finance director for Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd, which owns and operates 11 airports around Scotland, Ms Brunton is&n

Scotland exported £9.2 billion of financial and related professional services in 2019, an increase of 7.7% from 2018, according to a new report from TheCityUK. Financial services exports from Scotland accounted for 8.2% of Great Britain’s total financial services exports in 2018. Th

PwC Scotland has appointed Allan McGrath as head of financial services, Martin Hislop as partner and Colin Carmichael as director of the firm's Edinburgh Office. Allan McGrath takes up the position of head of financial services at PwC Scotland, following Stephanie Bruce’s move to become chief

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has recruited managing associate, Natasha Brownlee, to join its banking and financial services team in its Edinburgh office. Ms Brownlee joins from Sainsbury's Bank and Argos Financial Services Group where she provided targeted, commercially legal advic

The regeneration of a key arterial site in Glasgow city centre has taken a significant step forward with the submission of a detailed planning application for a 283,000 sq ft Grade A office development by Osborne and Co.

The government urgently needs to provide post-Brexit arrangements that include the creation of a new short-term immigration category amid wider reform of the UK’s immigration system if Britain is to remain globally competitive, a new report by TheCityUK and EY has warned

David Horne David Horne of HBJ Gateley takes a look at how fintech, the application of technology to the financial industry, is addressing crime and corruption.

Atria One from Morrison Street Satisfaction with Edinburgh as a city to live in is the highest it has ever been, the City of Edinburgh Council’s annual residents’ survey has shown.

(L-R): Back row: Keith Graham (tax assistant formerly of Neil Ross & Company); Sean Cockburn (tax director of Murray Beith Murray); Neil Ross (tax consultant formerly of Neil Ross & Company); front: Hugh Younger Edinburgh-based law firm Murray Beith Murray has announced its acquisition of fi

Edinburgh-based AI fintech Aveni has secured £12 million in new funding to expand its assurance platform for AI agents in financial services. The round was led by PXN Ventures with continued support from existing investors Puma Growth Partners, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide and Scottish Ent

Edinburgh-based AI fintech firm Aveni has launched the Agent Assurance Expert Council (AAEC), bringing together senior leaders from financial services, advice, risk and compliance to address a defining challenge for the industry: how to assure and govern the next generation of AI-driven agents. The

Katharine Wooller, chief strategist – financial services at Softcat plc, looks at how growing AI adoption may be putting financial services industry jobs at risk. Financial Services is often seen as the poster child for AI driven efficiencies. AI excels in data-rich environments, and our indus