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An Aberdeenshire-based personal finance expert is celebrating after his podcast reached it’s 125th episode. Phil Anderson who is the managing director of Phil Anderson Financial Services has a weekly podcast titled The UK Personal Finance Show with Phil Anderson. Each week Mr Anderson and co-h

Auditing is the most in demand finance career in the UK right now, according to a new study from online trading platform CMC Markets.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has publicly censured Amigo Loans Ltd (Amigo) for failing to conduct adequate affordability checks on borrowers and guarantors.

AAB Wealth has appointed senior financial planner Alan Turner as it expands its operations across Central Scotland. Mr Turner has more than 12 years’ experience in financial planning and has previously held positions at Bank of Scotland, Grant Thornton Wealth Advisory and abrdn Financial Plann

Adults aged over 50 are struggling with the rising cost of insurance with nearly two-thirds (63%) worried about how much they are paying in premiums.

Construction firm CHAP Group has reported like-for-like annual turnover increase by 21% to £45.7 million for the financial year to 30 September 2022. The Westhill-based firm recorded a pre-tax profit of £152,000 versus a loss in the preceding period of £705,000.

The latest accounts for Donald Trump's Scottish golf resorts filed at Companies House have revealed a £14.7m loss for the financial year ending 31 December 2021. Accounts for Golf Recreation Scotland Limited, showed the loss, up from £5.2m the previous year, was mainly a result of d

Smart Data Foundry has revealed its inaugural board as it accelerates its mission to unlock the power of financial data to drive innovation and solve big societal issues. Joining chair Dame Julia Unwin and chief executive officer Frank Gauld, the board is drawn from government, industry and academia

Stephen Pearson, chair of Financial Inclusion for Scotland, and Carolyn Sawers, chief executive of Corra, launch an initiative where people can help those most in need of support with energy costs.

Financial mutual Scottish Friendly has appointed Stephen Campbell as chief operating officer. Mr Campbell has over 25 years’ experience within the financial services industry, with extensive knowledge of delivering large-scale and complex solutions to improve performance across technology and

Royal Bank of Scotland owner NatWest has announced a new cost of living support package for personal customers and community partners.

Typical household disposable incomes for working-age families are on track to fall by 3% this financial year, and by 4% next year, with the two-year cost-of-living squeeze set to leave families £2,100 worse off and only the very richest households seeing their incomes rise, according to new re

CFOs see bank borrowing and debt issuance as less attractive sources of finance now than at any time since the financial crisis, according to Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey, Q4 2022. As a result of this demand for credit is well below average levels and flagging with CFOs, with only 28% saying they

As Scottish Financial News publishes the last edition of 2022 today, we round up what has caught the attention of our readers over the last 12 months.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has approved more than £1.9 million in investments across Argyll and the Islands in the first half of the 2022 financial year. Between 1 April and 30 September, Arran Aromatics was awarded up to £80,226 for the development of a new filling line. Mor