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Direct flights between Dundee and London will be extended into 2020 after the UK Government announced it would give the service financial backing.

The largest payday lender in the UK, QuickQuid, has fallen into administration and left more than one million customers facing financial uncertainty. CashEuroNet UK, which operates the QuickQuid and On Stride brands, has stopped lending following the appointment of Grant Thornton as its adminis

Accounts assistant Andrea Gibson embezzled more than £248,000 from Evans Halshaw in Glasgow. Ms Gibson manipulated financial systems to cover 45 transactions made to her personal bank accounts.

Companies are falling short of investors’ expectations for clearer reporting on climate-related issues, according to a new report from the Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) Financial Reporting Lab.

Increased demand for guidance on boardroom governance has seen financial services adviser Malcolm Wood drafted in to a consultancy role with Burness Paull LLP. Mr Wood recently stepped down as group company secretary of Lloyds Banking Group. Prior to that he successfully led the in-house legal and s

Standard Life Aberdeen is to cut up to 70 jobs in its IT department due to outsourcing. Workers at the financial services company were called into a meeting yesterday afternoon and told that the company's IT services would be outsourced to US-headquartered IT services company Cognizent.

Scottish Legal News, the sister publication of Scottish Financial News, yesterday reached 13,005 subscribers to its daily newsletter, underlining its primacy as the leading daily news service for Scotland’s dynamic and fast-changing legal community. Since it’s launch in June 2008,&n

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has initiated a recruitment drive in an attempt to fill 80 new openings. With over 80 new positions being created in the 2019/20 financial year alone, the FRC has emphasised that there are significant opportunities for a broad range of candidates to play a key r

A social inclusion charity which uses sport to tackle unemployment, crime and poor health, has obtained a financial boost of £18,291 from the Aberdeen Standard Investments Charitable Foundation.

Scottish Friendly has announced that it has hired Kirsty Polley as the new head of client services. Kirsty Polley has over 15 years’ experience in financial services, across wealth management and business process outsourcing.

Martyn Paterson, financial planner at AAB Wealth in Aberdeen, examines the unpredictability of the global equity market – and why it isn't necessarily a bad thing for investors. Where in the world will I invest? A question often asked and, given the current happenings in world markets, a very

Lord Smith of Kelvin has stepped down as non-executive chairman of Alliance Trust from today, the investment and financial services company has announced. Lord Smith, who has led the board since 2016, has been succeeded by deputy chairman Gregor Stewart, whose post will be left vacant.

On 9 December 2019, the senior managers and certification regime (SMCR) will come into force for all Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-regulated asset management firms, replacing the old approved persons regime. Sarah Leslie tells practitioners what they need to know. Final policy statement

Burness Paull has reported a rise in turnover for its financial year ending 31 July 2019, posting an annual income of £58.5 million – up two per cent from £57.6m in 2017/18. Profit at the firm was £22m, down eight per cent from £23.8m. Burness Paull chair Peter Law

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling on Edinburgh Fringe authorities to allow a giant inflatable vagina to fly over the city home to Scotland's financial centre.